Project post-mortems: how to successfully conclude any project
It’s launched. It’s live. It works. You designed, built and tested it, grieved nixed ideas and celebrated solved quandaries. The…
How to create horizontal scrolling using display:table-cell
Horizontal layouts of all kinds have intrigued me ever since I found out you could do that. I don’t know…
The ultimate guide to logo design
There are some companies out there that would have you believe that designing a logo is as simple as slapping…
Our favorite tweets of the week: February 17, 2014 – February 23, 2014
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #223
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Nothing left to say? The decline and fall of blog comments
It’s fair to say that blogs like this one have experienced a dip in comments of late. Social media shares…
Deal of the week: Learn to use WordPress in 1 hour
WordPress is a Web phenomenon. It powers a gazillion blogs and almost as many websites. As a technology, it’s unique…
typographicposters.com presents a beautiful overview of poster design
Typographicposters.com is a hidden gem of a site, that displays the artwork of a host of talented graphic designers in…
WYSIWYGs and the end of web design as we know it
With Squarespace (and similar platforms) out in the market, Do-It-Yourself website design just got more powerful. Here’s what it means…
What’s new for designers, February 2014
The February edition of what’s new for web designers includes new web apps, icons, color resources, webmaster tools, graphics programs,…
Our favorite tweets of the week: February 10, 2014 – February 16, 2014
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
Comics of the week #222
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
The secret of successful redesigns: what Ted got right and what Twitter got wrong
There was a time—it’s hard to imagine now—when most businesses did not have a website. In the early days of…
35+ inspiring quotes for designers
When it’s going well, design is a pleasure. But we all know what it’s like to experience a bad day:…
Deal of the week: The Design Kickstarter Bundle
Every designer’s toolbox needs a few new goodies every now and then, to keep it up to date. Selecting the…
How to supercharge your site’s speed with AJAX and jQuery
In this tutorial we’re going to look at how to speed up the user experience on small static sites using…
Using animation to create an emotional connection with your audience
For many of us, our early days are filled with animation. Cartoons made up a big part of my childhood,…
The best free WordPress themes, February 2014
WordPress is still a hot technology in 2014, and the CMS of choice for the majority of web designers continues…