Exciting New Tools for Designers, August 2020
The common theme in this month’s collection of new tools and resources is “things that help you show off your…
Interview: Redesigning the Empire State Building’s Website
In 2019, to keep pace with an interior redesign of its visitor experience, the Empire State Building decided to redesign…
Web Design for Seniors: UX From a Mature Perspective
It’s no secret that the senior population is growing. By 2030, people over the age of 65 are predicted to…
How to Integrate AI Into Your Toolset
Artificial Intelligence is the use of computers or machines that have been created to work and react like humans. Some…
3 Essential Design Trends, August 2020
Do the lazy days have you longing for a new design technique to try? You are in luck. This month’s…
Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
As a web designer, you’re constantly being bombarded with messages that tell you to acquire new skills, try new tools,…
20 Unmissable Websites, July 2020
After six months of uncertainty 2020 is finally beginning to find a style of its own. There are nods to…
Case Study: 8 Design Tips That Increased My Ecommerce Conversions By 42%
When it comes to increasing sales for your ecommerce store, there are 3 levers you can pull: You can increase…
How to Improve Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) and SEO
Contentful; Webster’s Dictionary defines “contentful” as… not found. Clearly someone made up this word, but that is not necessarily a…
The Designer’s Guide to Letter-Spacing
Letter-spacing is about adding and removing space between letters. Some people confuse it with kerning, but these two are different;…
In Memory of Flash: 1996-2020
We are gathered here today…. Today I write in memory of Adobe Flash (née Macromedia), something that a bunch of…
Grab Free SSL Certificates From ZeroSSL
Like it or not, we’re slowly edging towards a two-tier web: those sites that are secure, and…everything else. There was…
Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2020
Some of the changes we are seeing with where we work are starting to pop up in the type of…
8 Design Secrets of B2B vs B2C Websites
Web design clients come from a wide variety of backgrounds. One day, you’ll be designing a portfolio website for a…
Eye vs AI: Harnessing Technology to Successfully Track User Attention
Attention is the new gold; brands are in a constant competition for our attention. A big portion of our time…
Why Do Websites Look the Same (And Should We Care)?
If we don’t question this kind of design homogenization, do we put ourselves at risk of perpetuating the same mistakes…
Diversity Initiatives in Web Design
Web developers have been the bedrock of any company’s business strategy for some time, and the industry is continuing to…
3 Essential Design Trends, July 2020
The biggest trend we’re talking about this month started at WWDC as Apple provided a glimpse of what’s coming next…