The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Right
There’s a quiet revolution happening in design, and it’s not about minimalism’s clean white spaces or maximalism’s riot of color….
How Scrolljacking Breaks UX Fundamentals
Let’s be blunt—scrolljacking is the design equivalent of taking the steering wheel out of a driver’s hands and saying, “Don’t worry,…
Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2025
So many exciting new tools for designers this month! From AI help to UI tools to collaboration tools that make…
AI Is Revolutionizing User Testing in 2025 — and Honestly, It’s About Time
User testing used to be a clunky, expensive mess. Remember trying to recruit five “ideal users” who were just available…
The AI Avalanche: Are We Drowning in Our Own Creation?
Every week—no, every day—there’s a new AI tool. A new update. A new plugin. A new model that claims to…
Is It Time to Kill the Sidebar?
Once upon a time, the sidebar was king. It wore a crown made of navigation links, tag clouds, RSS icons,…
Are Closed Ecosystems Like Apple’s a Necessary Evil?
The walled garden. The fortress of control. The golden handcuffs. Whatever you want to call it, closed ecosystems like Apple’s…
Intent-Based UI Is Replacing Navigation—Are We Designing Ourselves Out of the Interface?
We spent decades perfecting the art of navigation: breadcrumbs, sidebars, hamburger menus, sticky headers, site maps. We crafted taxonomies and…
The 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know
If you’ve ever rage-closed an app because it wouldn’t let you “go back” or stared at a form that made…
Designing for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity
It started with a shot. Not a launch. Not a live site. Not even a prototype. Just a shot — a single,…
What Is Web Design in 2025?
Let’s start with a gentle truth: web design in 2025 no longer means what it used to. And that’s okay. Once,…
Confessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
There’s a special kind of web designer out there. You won’t always spot them in the wild because they’re usually…
Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2025
Web design tools that use artificial intelligence are still dominating new and beta launches, while hopefully making your workflows a…
Simplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors
Let’s get one thing straight: Simplicity in web design? It’s a lie. We’ve all been told that making things simple…
Why Algorithms Are Ruining Your Web Experience
The internet was once a place for discovery. A space where curiosity could roam free, where you could stumble across…
The Evolution of Web Design: From Pixel Art to AI-Generated Experiences
Web design has always lived at the intersection of creativity and technology. It’s a practice that’s evolved not just in response…
20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (And How to Fix Them
Footers—often treated like the forgotten bottom shelf of your website’s pantry. Designers pour their energy into flashy homepages and slick…
Designing Travel: The Zürich Card’s Flexible New Visual Identity
Most city passes look like something you’d shove in your wallet and forget about. The Zurich Card just got the opposite treatment—thanks…