5 Ways to Design for Large Viewports
Web designers have typically always been big-picture people, in that they like having really big screens in front of them….
Designing the Emotional Interfaces of the Future
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made…
Content Management is Design
Content management is design. I usually try to start an article with some sort of joke or metaphor for flavor,…
How to Add Innovation to UI Design Patterns
Researchers have known for some time that human behavior happens in patterns. Rather than seek out new ways to interact…
5 Trends of Voice UI Design
At its core, the concept of interaction was always about communication. Human-Computer Interaction has never been about graphical user interfaces,…
5 Principles of Cuteness in Web Design
Okay, how in the heck do you make something “cute”? Now maybe you’ve grown up in an environment where getting…
10 Tips for Building a Visual Language
A visual language is just like any other form of communication. Where “language” refers to spoken or written communication, visual…
9 Fictional Websites Reviewed
There’s a moment that every tech nerd in every corner of the tech industry knows all too well. It’s that…
The Landing Page at 15: Grown up and Professional
Tech folklore has it that the landing page was born in late 2003, when Microsoft created the concept in response…
5 Secrets of Image-Rich Websites
When was the last time you visited a website with no images? As web designers, we love adding images to…
Mailchimp Unveils Quirky Rebrand
Now, with their latest rebrand courtesy of brand agency Collins (as ever, alongside an in-house team) Mailchimp has got almost…
Loving & Hating the Hamburger Icon
I love the hamburger menu. I hate the hamburger menu. I am constantly contradicting myself about this tiny website element;…
Uber Unveils Simple New Rebrand
This week, a little less than three years longer than it should have waited, Uber have unveiled a far more…
4 Best Practices for Designing Mega-Footers
Have you ever visited a website, looked around for a bit, and then headed straight to the footer to find…
The Real Problem With Pre-Made Themes
Designers, developers, site owners… lend me your eyeballs for a bit. There’s something rotten in the state of pre-made website…
8 Design Mistakes that Spell Disaster
Just like anything else, product design can be done well, and it can be done poorly. When a product is…
10 Ways to Design Your Website for Mobile Speed
Have you performed a mobile speed test lately? How does your website rank? A slow website can turn mobile users…
Reading Waterfall Charts to Focus on Page Speed
There’s no question that making your website’s pages load fast is important. Research shows that people start to lose focus…