Combat clutter to boost conversions
When we design websites, we do so to get a message across to our audience. However, one of the biggest…
The Met’s new logo polarizes opinion
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art—The Met, for short—has just redesigned its well-loved logo. The Museum has gone by a…
Essential design trends, February 2016
Looking for a website refresh and don’t know where to start? Some of the trendiest elements in web design right…
PayPal relaunches its mobile apps with minimal new design
In a move that’s a first in the company’s history, PayPal has redesigned its mobile apps completely from scratch. The…
Designing for gestures
With mobile becoming the platform of choice for more users these days, gestures are becoming more relevant than ever. Those…
How slow is too slow in 2016?
Have you checked your website’s speed lately? In a study conducted by Geoff Kenyon way back in 2011, he determined…
Don’t design for mobile, design for mobility
Just when we were starting to get used to the tools, frameworks and methodologies needed to design good mobile apps,…
Design trends: Flat Design 2.0
Flat design has taken the design world by storm in the few years it’s been around, but no design movement…
Uber relaunches with a new brand identity
Uber has relaunched its brand, with a new logo, identity, app icons, and site designs. One of the most well-known…
Essential design trends, January 2016
Apps are everywhere. They have become an integral part of our daily lives thanks to the number of smartphones and…
8 more predictions for web design in 2016
2015 witnessed a lot of changes and innovations, but 2016 has a lot more in store. With more people accessing…
Illustrating the Web: deconstructing the trend
Illustrations are taking over the Web. Designers are creating websites with everything from full-screen illustrations to hand-drawn divots that are…
Case Study: Confessions from a risky redesign
They say nothing is harder, or more stressful than to design for yourself. Not to be a one-upper, but I…
9 eCommerce design trends to embrace in 2016
In today’s fast-changing eCommerce world, it’s challenging for any web designer to predict the future. What’s new today may be…
Perfecting navigation for the mobile web
As the number of mobile users continues to outpace the number of desktop users, it should go without saying that…
Designing Adobe Portfolio
In November 2015 I did a little talk at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City about…
Matching site design to your target demographic
When creating a website project, it’s always important to think about the end users of the site. Frequently it’s the…
8 ways to optimize your site for mobile
When the world shifted from desktop computers to mobile devices, designers became even more focused on UX. Although the user…