Comics of the week #248
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Why you must master mobile ecommerce
Since 2011, many in the design community have been pushing responsive design to our clients as a “nice-to-have” feature. But…
6 life lessons from the typographers at Typekit
In so many ways, great design is representative of the way we should live our lives: keep it simple, try…
What’s the best advice you ever received?
The best advice I’ve ever had came from a tutor at college. She told me that the biggest obstacle to…
Why your brand needs a style guide, and how to create one
A lot of designers and creatives overlook the need for a brand style guide (also called a brand bible by…
4 ways to create richer web experiences
The Web has evolved a lot from being a simple document repository, and we now have browsers capable of rich…
10 rules for designing emails your customers will want to read
Email continues to be one of the most popular ways that companies interact with their customers. As with everything else…
How to make whitespace work on the Web
The term white space is sometimes used interchangeably with negative space, and the concept is the same. Though the term…
Can web animation save flat design?
As web designers, we need to make sure we keep our skills fresh and up-to-date. We don’t need to follow…
How to design for mobile devices, when you don’t have one
Once upon a time, about an hour away from where I currently live, worked a web designer who loved his…
The secret to Airbnb’s successful rebrand
Unless you’ve been abstaining from social media this week, it can hardly have escaped your notice that Airbnb, the global…
The 10 commandments of documentation
Toyota is well-known as the most efficient organization on the planet outside of the human body, and one of their…
How to optimize your website’s landing page for mobile
It’s no longer necessary to underline the importance of preparing your site for mobile. The mobile revolution is the single…
The ultimate guide to designing ecommerce websites
In the U.S. alone, e-commerce sales are expected to reach over $434 billion per annum by the end of the…
6 steps to perfecting minimalism in web design
Over the past few years, web design has been rocked by various trends that have come and gone. One of…