Why your brand needs a style guide, and how to create one
A lot of designers and creatives overlook the need for a brand style guide (also called a brand bible by…
5 reasons you should be using Sass today
By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Sass and how “You really need to start using it!” Learning a new…
Our favorite tweets of the week: July 28, 2014 – August 3, 2014
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can…
5 essential elements of a successful 404 error page
404 pages are one of the most overlooked aspects of any website design, and when they’re not overlooked, the tendency…
4 ways to create richer web experiences
The Web has evolved a lot from being a simple document repository, and we now have browsers capable of rich…
Deal of the week: Full Smashing Library
Smashing Magazine always produces high-quality articles, loved by designers and developers alike. And that same quality carries over to their…
10 rules for designing emails your customers will want to read
Email continues to be one of the most popular ways that companies interact with their customers. As with everything else…
The best free WordPress plugins for August 2014
Ladies, Gents… welcome back! It’s time for another round of WordPress plugins that you might just find useful. As per…
How to design a successful web app walkthrough
We’ve all interacted with an app walkthrough at some point or another. Heck, some of us designed them. But when…
Comics of the week #245
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
I hate design…now what?
So you’ve been working as a designer for the past few years. You’re good at it. You’re successful. Maybe even…
Discover the Web’s best design resources with oozled
“Curated resources for everything design related.” So? “oozled brings together 586 curated resources in 41 categories.” Gaah! “Subscribe to as…
How to make whitespace work on the Web
The term white space is sometimes used interchangeably with negative space, and the concept is the same. Though the term…
Can web animation save flat design?
As web designers, we need to make sure we keep our skills fresh and up-to-date. We don’t need to follow…
How to design for mobile devices, when you don’t have one
Once upon a time, about an hour away from where I currently live, worked a web designer who loved his…
Comics of the week #244
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
Deal of the week: 11 professional email templates from ChocoTemplates
One of the toughest tests any web designer is asked to undertake — and we all get asked at sometime…
The secret to Airbnb’s successful rebrand
Unless you’ve been abstaining from social media this week, it can hardly have escaped your notice that Airbnb, the global…