What is a full-stack designer, and should you be one?
Being able to quickly and efficiently one-line our skills and the focus of our professional life has a lot of…
60+ best free fonts, Summer 2015
2015 continues to be a fantastic year for fonts. Type designers are increasingly prolific and there’s a new design for…
3 essential rules for effective navigation design
Designing your website navigation is like laying the foundation for your house. Failure to plan your foundation properly could put…
Free download: Font bundle featuring 17 incredible typefaces
The only thing we love more than a good font, is a good free font. So we’ve combed the Web…
Elegant Themes unveil the revamped Divi theme
Divi is more than just another WordPress theme. Designed and built by Elegant Themes, Divi is a complete theme builder,…
Adobe releases major Creative Cloud update
Adobe have just rolled out a major update to their Creative Cloud suite of design tools. In addition to the…
What’s new for designers, June 2015
In this month’s edition of what’s new for designers and developers, we’ve included lots of podcasts, design resource directories, lots…
4 essential elements of successful UX design
When you consider the success stories of the internet age, you could be forgiven for believing that luck has been…
How to export SVG patterns
It used to be that you could just whack out a tileable image as a gif or jpg at 72dpi…
Safari 9: Everything web designers need to know now
Yesterday’s keynote at the Apple WWDC featured two new OS. The new MacOS is named El Capitan after a rock…
How to design social media buttons that work
Social media is the key to any website’s popularity. Taking advantage of the psychological phenomenon known as social proof, social…
How to perfect UX with design affordances
Affordances in design are important to usability and function. They’re one of the components of design that have to come…
Win more work in 5 simple steps
It’s 11:20am on a Tuesday and my husband and I are working in our favorite coffee shop just around the…
How to make WordPress images responsive
WordPress is a really powerful platform. Making a responsive theme and integrating it is pretty easy once you know the…
Aol.com redesigns mobile-first
Very few of the major players from the Web’s early days are still with us. Business models that thrived in…
101 best free logo fonts
When you’re working on a branding project, the principle asset is the font you use for the logotype. The decision…
50+ incredible freebies for web designers, May 2015
We’re constantly amazed at the generosity of designers and developers who release exciting, inspiring products out to the web design…
6 pro secrets for portfolio headlines that convert
I’ve noticed something: the best designers are often the worst salesmen. But if you work hard to refine your craft,…