Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Anatomy of a Typeface?
The constituent parts of a typeface design have some bizarre names. Any ideas what a beak might be? How about a crotch?…
By Simon Sterne
Google’s FLoC Promises a Radically Different Web
Advertising knows you better than your friends, better than your family, perhaps even better than your partner.
Look…
By Ben Moss
8 Best Premium Stock Image Sites for 2021
Stock images are an essential tool for anyone working with clients who can’t afford to hire a photographer for a…
By Simon Sterne
D&AD Partners With Google To Expand Design Education
D&AD Shift is a free design school program for creatives over the age of 18, who do not already have a degree-level…
By Ben Moss
Proxima Vara Font Released
Proxima Vara, a variable font version of the enormously popular Proxima Nova type family, has just been released.
By Ben Moss
3 Essential Design Trends, March 2021
March is that time of year where the feeling of newness starts, from the first Spring days to fresh design projects.…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Design History?
Design is on a loop; it goes round and round, repeating the same ideas, and revisiting the same problems. If you want…
By Ben Moss
12 Tips to Improve Your Web Design Skills in 2021
There are many reasons you might be wanting to improve your design skills this year. Perhaps you have extra time on…
By Ben Moss
Try the New Material Design Capabilities for WordPress
If you like to build websites with WordPress, then you’re in for a treat.
Now, for the first time, you don’t need to…
By Simon Sterne
20 Best New Websites, February 2021
It’s February, and the spring sun is finally starting to peep through the winter clouds. While many of us are still…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Well Do You Know UX Principles?
UX principles guide many of our decisions when we design and build sites and apps. Understanding UX principles doesn’t…
By Ben Moss
Poll: Is Minimalism a Dead Trend Walking?
Since the skeuomorphism of the early 00s, the design trend of choice has been minimalism. In fact, minimalism has been…
By Ben Moss
10 Best Free Stock Image Sites For 2021
When photographers take images to sell commercially, like every other business, they want to maximize their returns, so…
By Ben Moss
Variable Font Reveals The Full Horror of The Climate Crisis
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has developed a variable font, that is designed to make the effects of human-driven…
By Ben Moss
What’s New in Ecommerce, February 2021
There are some interesting shake-ups on the horizon for ecommerce: Experiential shopping, Virt-ical worlds, Au naturale…
Exclusive Infographic: WordPress by the Numbers
What is WordPress? It began as a simple CMS for building a blog, and it has evolved over the years into a complex…
By Ben Moss
10 Must-Watch YouTube Channels for Web Designers
This article is brought to you by 4Kdownload.com, a suite of video tools that help you make the most of YouTube,…
By WDD Staff
10 Best Alternatives to Google Analytics in 2021
When you think of installing analytics, you probably reach for Google Analytics. And you wouldn’t be alone. The…
By Ben Moss
5 Web Design Trends and Ideas for 2021
One of the few bright spots in 2020 has been the creativity companies and individuals alike have exhibited in dealing…
By WDD Staff
23 Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2021
We’re going to try something a little different this month; with this roundup of tools and resources for designers,…
Quiz: What Type of Designer Should You Be?
How you present yourself as a designer, the core skills you nurture, the type of work you take on all contribute to a…
By Ben Moss
Top 9 Tips For Optimizing Images in 2021
The ‘need for speed’ is an essential item on every website’s bucket list these days. And why not? Enhanced speed is…
By WDD Staff
Top New CMS Plugins, February 2021
Welcome to our roundup of the best plugins for popular CMS, this month. We’re going to cover plugins built to enhance…
Is Twitter Rebrand a Glimpse at the Future of Design?
The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the…
By Ben Moss