Introducing the official font of the 2016 Olympics
Although the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are still years away, the official typeface for the event has already…
Design to the nines and the rule of thirds
If you’ve spent time exploring the creative industry, you’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘rule of thirds’. It’s one of those…
Firefox makes Fira Sans available for free
Though the Mozilla Foundation has been around for ten years now, they have only recently released their own font, Fira…
The 2 biggest questions about the Target redesign
The dust hasn’t settled on the new Target.com redesign: the Web (OK, well, the web design community and a few…
Infographic: Flat design vs. skeuomorphism
It’s easy to get wrapped up in a trend and choose the option you think is most popular. But do…
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…