The surprising history of emojis
You encounter emojis on a regular basis in your 21st-century, tech-savvy lifestyle, but what is the history of emojis? They’re…
The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
We hear lots about how brutalism is becoming a trend. Well, the alarmists among us can probably let this one…
Popular design news of the week: October 3, 2016 – October 9, 2016
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around…
Comics of the week #360
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Essential design trends, October 2016
As the saying goes: Everything old is new again. That’s true in design for sure. This month some of the…
Deal: unlimited access to 1,300 fonts for a year
The web is mostly text, so typography basically is web design. It’s not the whole of it, but it is…
8 ways to design sites faster in Photoshop
As a web designer, it’s hard to stay organized. Not only are you balancing several projects at once, but you’re…
Essential resources for developers, October 2016
In this roundup, we’ve included app platforms, templates, source code tools, learning tools, frameworks, JavaScript resources, and much more. Much…
Photoshop Elements 15 and Premiere Elements 15 are out
It’s worth remembering that web designers are hardly the only people making pretty things for the web. We’re certainly not…
10 simple steps to qualify your clients
Qualifying your clients is an important step that helps to keep you from wasting time on those suspects who will…
Popular design news of the week: September 26, 2016 – October 2, 2016
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around…
Comics of the week #359
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
10 creative event websites
I love designing event websites. They’re ephemeral and almost always simple (no complex user interfaces here). This combination affords us…
Free download: Weem handwriting font
Serious in intent, legible, playful in style. When designing a font, it can be tough to nail an aesthetic that…
How to annoy your freelancer
Being a freelancer means that you’ve chosen a different type of lifestyle. If you work at home, then you’re not…
Why brutalism boosts conversions
For those of us familiar with brutalism on the web, we don’t necessarily look at it as a favorable design…
ClickSend boost the marketing possibilities for your business
ClickSend are well known for their online SMS capabilities, and have now expanded their service by adding a heap of…
Is mobile app UI design a complete waste of time and money?
More and more companies are constantly chopping and changing their design direction and user interface in a battle to stand…