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…
The best new fonts, August 2014
With the end of summer rapidly approaching, now is the perfect time to update your collection of fonts! Okay, so…
Comics of the week #247
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
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…
The best of DesignFaves.com, August 2014
For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there’s a new site that features…
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…
The best free WordPress plugins for August 2014
Ladies, Gents… welcome back! It’s time for another round of WordPress plugins that you might just find useful. As per…
Comics of the week #245
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Discover the Web’s best design resources with oozled
“Curated resources for everything design related.” So? “oozled brings together 586 curated resources in 41 categories.” Gaah! “Subscribe to as…
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…
Comics of the week #244
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
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…
Free download: 100 repeating vector patterns from freepik.com
We all love flat design, but ‘flat’ doesn’t have to mean boring! If you’d like to enhance your projects with…