Stop being so square
As a design professional, you are familiar with (and possibly contributing to) the increased use of circles in all elements…
Best practices for navigation on the mobile web
The way people access information online is evolving. Google reports that by next year (2013) more than half of website…
Sometimes, more is more
If you’ve been involved in today’s conversations about what’s best as far as style goes for websites, and nearly everything…
Yahoo considering rebranding?
This is the logo you may be soon looking at whenever you point your browser to yahoo.com The Internet giant…
Making the right typographic choices
The internet, after you get past all the coding, is littered with different approaches to typography. There are a plethora…
Brands from a parallel Comic-Sans dimension
What if we lived in a world where the only available typeface was Comic-Sans? That’s the idea, or at least…
WebdesignerDepot redesigned!
And here it is… After way too many delays, countless mock ups and ideas, the new WebdesignerDepot.com is finally here!…
Redesigns: more help than you might think
Recently, I ran into a client that wanted to redesign their company’s website. It was made using Flash, and of…
The hidden meaning behind really good logos
One feature that can make a logo shine more than any other is hidden meaning. Remember the last time you…
Walk through a downpour without getting wet
The combination of technology and art is always fascinating when done well. The Rain Room, a new installation at The…
Monstrously beautiful font
We’re all familiar with the parable of the ugly duckling; spurned by its peers for being too ugly, it is…
Plunk: mobile click testing made easy
Usability testing is key in developing any kind of website. There are tons of tools out there for testing the…
Facelift for VEVO
When VEVO redesigned their website back in March of 2012 and added Facebook Connect functionality, they saw a 600% increase…
Tips for improving your online branding
Some people think that branding is a highly expensive marketing activity that can only be pursued by multinationals with million…
35+ awesome and free @font-face kits
With the right fonts, we can do anything, and create anything. Fonts help portray a mood or emotion. Your font…
The web developer’s guide to A/B testing
Running a web development business isn’t an easy endeavor at all. You have to manage multiple projects, tough clients, and…
9 mistakes designers make when creating a logo
Every now and then I’m approached by design students and clients asking me to critique their logos. While I’m not…
What’s new for designers, September 2012
The September edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript and jQuery tools, plugins…