How puppy training is the key to creating better forms
Let’s be clear: people hate filling out forms. Since most websites are lead generators, however, encouraging users to fill out…
Our favorite tweets of the week: February 25, 2013 – March 3, 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 #172
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Essential web design tips for start-ups
With so many new websites and start-ups springing up every day, a high-quality, professional web site is no longer optional…
Words as images
As a writer, I’m particularly drawn to typographic art. Perhaps it’s because the combination of word and art speaks to…
How to design from a blank canvas
Most web design and/or development projects have some history behind them. Sometimes you have to re-design or re-develop a company’s…
Adobe announce new features for Muse
Adobe has just announced new features in their Muse web design app. Muse launched just nine months ago, and in…
Sensational discount on Verb font family
If there’s one thing every designer needs in their toolkit, it’s a workhorse font. A workhorse font is the typeface…
“You ruined the project!”
Who said that? Both parties often do. Both the client and the designer often accuse each other of ruining a…
Better e-commerce for WordPress
There are a number of options out there for WordPress e-commerce plugins, including both free and paid options. The user…
Our favorite tweets of the week: February 18, 2013 – February 24, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Integrating content marketing strategies and mobile design
Anyone who’s up on technology has heard of mobile web design and content marketing—two terms used with increasing frequency in…
Yahoo! redesigns
When Marissa Mayer jumped ship at Google to take over the reigns at the web’s second biggest name in search,…
Magazine design principles applied to web design
I got my professional start in the world of design at a specialty magazine publisher. Magazine layout and design is,…
Amazing mirror images
The Rorschach test is the most widely used projective psychological test, designed to assess and identify personality structures. But while…
Windows of New York
If Bill Shakespeare is to be believed, eyes are the windows to the soul. Designed to look outwards, looking into…
What’s new for designers, February 2013
The February edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources,…
Retro Branding
While Generation Y may be too young to remember, there was a time in the 70s and 80s when the…