Dark Mode Is the New Comic Sans (And You Know It)
Somewhere along the way, dark mode stopped being a thoughtful accessibility option and became a design religion. In fact our obsession…
Evergreen Web Design Is a Lie (But Maybe That’s Okay)
Once upon a time, in the golden age of blogrolls and PSD mockups, web designers whispered of a magical concept: evergreen…
The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Right
There’s a quiet revolution happening in design, and it’s not about minimalism’s clean white spaces or maximalism’s riot of color….
Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2025
So many exciting new tools for designers this month! From AI help to UI tools to collaboration tools that make…
Is It Time to Kill the Sidebar?
Once upon a time, the sidebar was king. It wore a crown made of navigation links, tag clouds, RSS icons,…
The Designer-Developer Handoff Is Still Broken — why?
Let’s be honest: the designer-developer handoff was never really “working”—at best, it limped along with annotated PDFs and passive-aggressive Figma comments….
Intent-Based UI Is Replacing Navigation—Are We Designing Ourselves Out of the Interface?
We spent decades perfecting the art of navigation: breadcrumbs, sidebars, hamburger menus, sticky headers, site maps. We crafted taxonomies and…
Dear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005
Remember system fonts? Good old Times New Roman, trusty Arial, and the unkillable Courier New. Fonts so baked into operating…
Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity
It started with a shot. Not a launch. Not a live site. Not even a prototype. Just a shot — a single,…
What Is Web Design in 2025?
Let’s start with a gentle truth: web design in 2025 no longer means what it used to. And that’s okay. Once,…
Confessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
There’s a special kind of web designer out there. You won’t always spot them in the wild because they’re usually…
Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2025
Web design tools that use artificial intelligence are still dominating new and beta launches, while hopefully making your workflows a…
Simplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors
Let’s get one thing straight: Simplicity in web design? It’s a lie. We’ve all been told that making things simple…
The Evolution of Web Design: From Pixel Art to AI-Generated Experiences
Web design has always lived at the intersection of creativity and technology. It’s a practice that’s evolved not just in response…
20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (And How to Fix Them
Footers—often treated like the forgotten bottom shelf of your website’s pantry. Designers pour their energy into flashy homepages and slick…
Designing Travel: The Zürich Card’s Flexible New Visual Identity
Most city passes look like something you’d shove in your wallet and forget about. The Zurich Card just got the opposite treatment—thanks…
AI by the Numbers: How It Took Over Web Design & Development in 2025
AI isn’t just a neat extra anymore—it’s at the core of how websites are imagined, built, tested, and maintained. It’s…
Web Design & Web Development Salaries Around the World in 2025
If you’ve been in tech for more than five minutes, you know salaries swing harder than a startup’s “pivot” plan….