4 UX mistakes almost every designer makes
As a designer you’re expected to make the impossible happen. Time and time again, you’re expected to take an incredibly…
Designing for short attention spans
Recently-published research by comScore revealed that Smartphone apps now account for 50 percent of all digital media time. When we…
The surprising history of emojis
You encounter emojis on a regular basis in your 21st-century, tech-savvy lifestyle, but what is the history of emojis? They’re…
The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
We hear lots about how brutalism is becoming a trend. Well, the alarmists among us can probably let this one…
Essential design trends, October 2016
As the saying goes: Everything old is new again. That’s true in design for sure. This month some of the…
Deal: unlimited access to 1,300 fonts for a year
The web is mostly text, so typography basically is web design. It’s not the whole of it, but it is…
8 ways to design sites faster in Photoshop
As a web designer, it’s hard to stay organized. Not only are you balancing several projects at once, but you’re…
10 creative event websites
I love designing event websites. They’re ephemeral and almost always simple (no complex user interfaces here). This combination affords us…
Why brutalism boosts conversions
For those of us familiar with brutalism on the web, we don’t necessarily look at it as a favorable design…
Is mobile app UI design a complete waste of time and money?
More and more companies are constantly chopping and changing their design direction and user interface in a battle to stand…
Mozilla’s rebrand reaches the final four
Mozilla’s rebranding project has been going on the entire Summer. Now, as we head into the Fall, the company’s rebranding…
Email finally wakes up to responsive design
Email is far older than the web; introduced in 1972, anyone who’s ever tried designing for email can be forgiven…
Can web design stand the test of time?
2016 marks my twentieth year as a web designer. While it’s crazy to think that so much time has gone…
9 ways to wow users with email
Email marketing might be one of the most effective ways of reaching out to your prospects with your marketing campaigns….
Poll: Should designers just…design?
Every single designer reading this runs a blog, or at the very least a Medium account; around 5% (wildly anecdotal…
The rise and rise of the brutalist design trend
Brutalism in web design is raw, rough, unpolished and everything that today’s standard of the aesthetically beautiful website isn’t. It…
5 ways to feel like a design rock star, working as a roadie
There are many reasons to love being a web designer. Personally, my favorite part is the creative process. I love…
Pretty isn’t enough…designing the web with brand values
Websites have become table stakes for companies. Even the newest start-ups—who don’t yet have products—have a website. The reason being,…