Can space really be negative?
The old saying is that the optimist sees the glass as half full, while the pessimist sees the glass as…
How white noise affects UX
Web Designers are typically thought to only solve design problems and create trendy sites. Little credit is given to the…
80+ free wood type alphabets
An absolute must-have for any typography buff, these wood type alphabets, available as a Flickr photoset from Patricia M, make…
SNOW aims to improve responsive design
The goal of responsive web design is to seamlessly adapt the look and UX of a website to different platforms….
How to optimize single page sites for search engines
When Google and other search engines index websites, they don’t execute JavaScript. This seems to put single page sites —…
Will generative typography revolutionize the Web?
Love it or hate it, it’s getting difficult to deny generative typography’s steadily increasing importance in the world of graphic…
Can you design on Windows?
Ask the average person who’s ever heard about these new fangled “computer” things which kind of computer is best for…
Symmetry vs. Asymmetry
Summer is just past, and sadly this means that I’ll no longer be able to look up from my keyboard…
Fast food logos with a side of honesty
After going through a successful weight-loss experience, Riyadh-based designer Adelbanfeel decided to add a few extra pixels to some of…
A simple typographic trick to increase text readability by up to 30%
At its very heart typography is about two things: legibility, which is concerned with how distinguishable letters, words and phrases…
How to design blogs
As designers, we each develop distinct styles, and usually gravitate towards different kinds of projects when we have a choice…
How to create a hipster logo
It was once all about gradients. It was once all about the watercolor effect. I even remember a time when…
The history of typography in 5 minutes
Designer Ben Barrett-Forrest has created a delightful and informative stop motion animation about the history of fonts and typography. The…
3 ways a keyboard can enhance mobile UX
When it comes down to it, user experience should be the number-one priority for mobile developers. Really successful mobile experiences…
Sound in user experience design
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works…and sounds. The web is…
15 unofficial redesigns that are better than the originals
As designers, we can be extremely critical to different designs and details. If a designer told me they could never…
55 once-in-a-career typefaces
There are no bad dogs, just bad owners; likewise there are no bad fonts, just bad designers. Well, that’s not…
How to get the low-poly look
You may have noticed a common look in many images, not only in graphics and animations online, but also in…