10 predictions for imagery in 2014
As a part of my role at iStock by Getty Images, I run global research projects that involve monitoring visual…
Why negative is positive in web design
With all the terms that get thrown at us during our design education (be we self or institutionally taught), it…
Can we kill off lorem ipsum?
Once upon a time, in decades and centuries past, Lorem Ipsum served typesetters and printers well. That was back in…
How to use Foundation’s advanced features
Last time we covered our bicycle enthusiast’s page, we built an entire basic page in less than twenty minutes flat…
In defence of skeuomorphism
Just a few short years ago the majority of web designers wouldn’t have been able to spell skeuomorphism, much less…
Are hollow icons harder to understand?
With the release of iOS7, Apple made the most significant changes to their application design guidelines to date. iOS7’s design…
A fresh approach to iStock
It’s pretty easy to get confused as to who owns what right now. Pick any web start-up and there’s a…
7 Black Friday rules for maximizing your site’s conversions
It’s Black Friday, a day when all sensible Americans stay home eating leftovers and doing their shopping online. In honor…
How to get started with Foundation 5
Zurb’s Foundation is one of the most widely-used responsive frameworks available at the minute — and for good reason, too….
Foundation 5, available now
Today, the California-based product design team at ZURB announce the release of Foundation 5, the responsive web design framework that’s…
20 inspiring branding guides
One of the most important things about creating a brand is making sure everything is cohesive. Once a brand pinpoints…
Today Designers use a unique ink
Dutch design studio Today Designers has printed a book using a very special kind of ink—squid ink. The book, entitled…
Is flat design a passing trend or something more?
Recently while perusing some of the discussions that are currently happening throughout the web design community, I happened across an…
Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic pictograms revealed
On the celebrated heels of its new logo and custom typeface, the Olympic brand team has just completed the most…
How to use video bgs for incredible visual impact, part 2
In the previous part of this tutorial, using a mixture of HTML5, jQuery and CSS, we constructed the barebones functionality…
The easy way to answer, ‘Should I take that job?’
“Make something interesting” is a client request we don’t hear often. When Adobe asked it of Kelli Anderson (they wanted…
How to use video bgs for incredible visual impact, part 1
Full screen images used as the background of sites have an amazing visual impact, but did you know that you…
How to design for maximum traction
When someone lands on your website for the very first time, what happens? That’s the most critical point of conversion…