How much are you worth? What we learnt from the 2014 design salary survey
Design salaries around the world vary a lot. Between all the different positions and experience levels out there, to the…
Deal of the week: 160 PSD mockups bundle from Zippy Pixels
One of the most important lessons you learn on any design course, is that presentation is half the battle. You…
What’s new for designers, August 2014
The August edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, software, productivity apps, icons,…
Why you must master mobile ecommerce
Since 2011, many in the design community have been pushing responsive design to our clients as a “nice-to-have” feature. But…
9 nightmare clients and how you can avoid them
Clients come in all shapes and sizes. They’re the lifeblood of any creative agency, bringing with them problems to be…
6 life lessons from the typographers at Typekit
In so many ways, great design is representative of the way we should live our lives: keep it simple, try…
The best new fonts, August 2014
With the end of summer rapidly approaching, now is the perfect time to update your collection of fonts! Okay, so…
Our favorite tweets of the week: August 4, 2014 – August 10, 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 #247
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
What’s the best advice you ever received?
The best advice I’ve ever had came from a tutor at college. She told me that the biggest obstacle to…
Deal of the week: The retro/vintage design bundle
If you’re looking to bolster your supplies of professional grade design assets, then you’ll be delighted to learn that our…
The best of DesignFaves.com, August 2014
For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there’s a new site that features…
The trick to pitching a design without striking out
How you present your design solutions (whether it be to another team member or a client) has an impact on…
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…