Flat design casts a long shadow
Whilst many designers embrace flat design wholeheartedly, it seems a growing number have already tired of its charms and are…
Our favorite tweets of the week: June 24, 2013 – June 30, 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 #189
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Major updates to Adobe Creative Cloud
The days of CS6 are fading into the distance behind us, and Adobe has officially launched the newest version of…
Ampersand 2013: The web typography conference
Ampersand 2013 — held today in Brighton, UK — was the third iteration of the popular web typography conference. Describing…
How to approach usability testing
In order to deliver a clean, fresh, and — more importantly — effective user interface, usability tests are required. It…
Thomas Barbèy’s astounding surrealism
Today, everyone’s a photographer, grabbing their iPhones for a quick snap. Pictures are posted at a moment’s notice on Facebook…
15+ alternatives to Adobe Creative Cloud
We’re all familiar with Adobe Creative Cloud (née Creative Suite). Popular favorites are Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Fireworks. They’re great tools…
Side project: Silver Screen Society
Silver Screen Society is a project curated and maintained by graphic designers Trevor Basset and Brandon Schaefer. The idea is…
How to design for non-profits
I ought to know a lot about charities and non-profit organizations. My parents are career missionaries; and I grew up…
How to animate media queries
Responsive design is everywhere, and whether you’re using a framework or writing media queries yourself, some elements on your page…
Our favorite tweets of the week: June 17, 2013 – June 23, 2013
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
How to use a website to strengthen a brand
The first thing that springs to mind when we think of branding is likely the large, cultivated brand imagery that…
Deal of the week: CSS Hat converts PSD layers to CSS
One of the biggest problems designing websites in Photoshop is that time-consuming period after your design gets approval, when you…
How to escape a penalty for unnatural links
For some web designers, it’s pretty standard practice to place a link back to their own site on the footer…
Side project: The Everywhere Project
The Everywhere Project is a collaborative project curated by designer and illustrator, Adrian Walsh. It was created as a tribute…
Win $1000 worth of PSD/HTML to WordPress conversions
Got a great idea for a site, but don’t know how to create a WordPress theme? Maybe you’ve already built…
Free download: 25 Colorful Grunge Textures
This set of 25 Colorful Grunge Textures was designed by Florin Gorgan and is perfect for use as overlay textures…