Design = emotions + usability
While fine art is a subjective field, graphic design is more formulaic in its fundamentals. An effective design should make…
Deal of the week: Responsive parallax templates
Most sites have too much information; users are overwhelmed as CEOs wax lyrical on everything from their favorite charity to…
Do’s and don’ts of typography
As so much of the content available on the web is text it’s essential for web designers to understand the…
Fantastical fairytale photos
Film studios spend millions of dollars to create stunning epic masterpieces like The Lord of the Rings. But sometimes visual…
Side project: The Phraseology Project
The Phraseology Project was originally setup by Drew Melton as a way for him to hone his typography skills. The…
Our favorite tweets of the week: May 13, 2013 – May 19, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #183
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
How I learned to be REALLY creative
As I grew up, being a “creative child,” which was the description my school psychologist used to explain why I…
Deal of the week: Inspiring book offer from Smashing Magazine
Almost every business has a web presence these days; from single page ‘business card’ style sites, to million+ product e-commerce…
What’s new for designers, May 2013
The May edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources,…
Side project: Type Fight
The side project series is a series of posts in which we’ll be taking a look at the best of…
Our favorite tweets of the week: May 6, 2013 – May 12, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #182
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
SEO sanity check part 1: Google’s Penguin and Panda updates
SEO has always been a tricky business, not only do experts have to spend time on researching keywords and following…
Art, Copy & Code: advertising in the modern era
It’s been said that the only thing constant is change; and in the world of advertising, this saying is especially…
Deal of the week: The ultimate shortcodes collection
The most popular CMS out there, WordPress has a ton of great features; probably the best of which is its…
Common usability errors to avoid at all costs
One of the most important tasks on your plate as a web designer is usability. Usability is defined as a…
How to move from Illustrator to Photoshop without rasterizing (the easy way)
I’ve always had trouble getting large groups of shapes from Illustrator over to Photoshop without rasterizing them all in the…