7 Skills You Need To Thrive As A Web Designer In 2021
While the tools we use, the terminology we employ, and the goalposts we shoot for are constantly changing, core skills…
3 Essential Design Trends, April 2021
It’s refreshing and inspiring. This month, some of those trends include a style that nods to brutalism, slide scrolling that’s…
Key and Surface Tracking Comes to Chrome
Google’s first step was the announcement in January of FLoC (Federated Learning of Cohorts). Google itself is still testing and…
Popular Design News of the Week: March 22, 2021 – March 28, 2021
The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to subscribe to Webdesigner News…
Quiz: How Much Do You Know About SEO?
Myths abound, but the answers are readily available if you know where to look. How much do you know about…
ITF Launches Free Font Service Fontshare
ITF (the Indian Type Foundry) has launched a brand new font service to bring beautiful typography to every business for…
Ranked: Top 10 Illustration Apps in 2021
Illustration is a big trend in 2021. Every designer should have some ability to illustrate, whether that’s producing icons, creating…
Popular Design News of the Week: March 15, 2021 – March 21, 2021
Everyday design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very…
Quiz: Can You Spot The Center Of These Shapes?
It’s Friday, and we wanted to have a little fun with a design test that might make you go cross-eyed….
15 Psychology Principles Every Designer Should Know
So, really, you’re in the business of designing websites for your clients’ audiences. But how do you ensure you get…
Ghost 4.0 Released
We’ve been big fans of Ghost since it first launched via a Kickstarter campaign way back in 2013. Ghost 4.0…
Popular Design News of the Week: March 8, 2021 – March 14, 2021
Everyday design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very…
Quiz: How Many Web Design Acronyms Do You Know?
Web design is chock-full of acronyms like WWW (World Wide Web), and HTML (HyperText Markup Language). But how many of…
Poll: Is It Time to Merge Browser Engines Into a Browser Protocol?
We tend not to think about it, but the Internet has a physical dimension. It’s a complex network of wires,…
8 Domain Name Myths Every Web Designer Should Know
A domain name is an essential element of every project, product, and company. It’s central to a brand and has…
27 Exciting New Tools For Designers, March 2021
Looking for something new to get you excited about design work? This list is packed with all kinds of goodies…
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…
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 up pizza…