How to Kill the Design Community
Recently, the notion of killing the design community has come up on a few blogs (sometimes indirectly), creating many intense…
How to Build a Footer That Doesn’t Stink
As the first thing visitors see, home pages and headers often steal the design spotlight. But above-the-fold thinking neglects the…
What Is the Future of Online News?
Newspapers around the world are struggling to survive while competing with websites that offer comparable news more quickly and without…
Happy Cog’s Redesign of VisitPhilly.com:
An Exemplary Modern Website
In January, Jason Santa Maria sent out a tweet announcing that visitphilly.com had been redesigned by world-renowned design studio Happy…
A Collection of “Coming Soon” Web Pages
“Coming soon” pages are a great way for websites to engage and connect with visitors, even before the actual site…
How to Grow as a Web Designer
The field of web design is constantly changing and growing. Getting in a rut is often the result of not…
The Simplicity of Helvetica
Helvetica is one of the most popular typefaces in the world. Technically speaking, it’s a sans serif Grotesque typeface, inspired…
CSS Transitions 101
Despite people’s expectation of change and movement on the screen, CSS and HTML have few controls that allow you to…
Happy New Year, 2010!!!
On behalf of myself and the entire WDD team, we’d like to wish you a very happy, healthy and successful…
How to Find Anything Online: Become an Internet Research Expert
Einstein once said, “The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.” The same could be said of…
How to Deal with Feature Creep
If any assumption is safe, it’s that six months after launching a website (or sooner?), its owners will have a…
Wikipedia Redesign: What’s in Store?
Wikipedia is currently undergoing a much needed redesign to improve the user experience. Anyone can preview this redesign by creating…
Minimalist Web Design: When Less is More
As designers, we all know that a minimalist design can achieve beautiful results. Still, many designers have trouble creating one;…
Internet Famous: Becoming an Online Celebrity
Some people dream of being famous from the time they’re quite young. They crave the spotlight, and will do anything…
The History and Controversies of Digg
Most people have probably heard of Digg by now. It’s one of the unofficial poster children of Web 2.0, and…