Web Designer Salaries Around the World: A Comprehensive Guide
Salaries for web designers vary significantly across the globe, influenced by geographic location, experience, and the local cost of living….
The Myth of Incognito Mode: Why “Private Browsing” Isn’t So Private
Incognito mode, often marketed as a digital cloak for anonymity, has become a trusted tool for countless users seeking to…
🎉Happy New Year, Web Designers! 🎉
As we usher in 2025, let’s take a moment to celebrate the year gone by—the late-night debugging marathons, the triumphant…
10 New Year’s Resolutions Every Web Designer Will Definitely Break
It’s New Year and that special time when we vow to become better versions of ourselves—only to realize by January…
40 Best New Websites, 2024
As regular readers will know, each month we roundup the best new designs of the previous 4 weeks. And now,…
Santa’s High-Tech Holiday Logistics: A UX Fairy Tale
It’s Christmas Eve, and Santa Claus is preparing for his busiest night of the year. But have you ever wondered…
Generate Hilariously Bad Christmas Movies
If you’ve ever thought Hallmark Christmas movies couldn’t get any more over-the-top, Xmas.Piclooks.com is here to prove you wrong. This delightfully chaotic…
Santa Tracker 2024: Keeping the Magic Alive in the Digital Age
Children and families around the world are gearing up for one of the most enchanting traditions of Christmas: tracking Santa…
How Airlines Leverage UX (and Dark Patterns) to Monetize Seat Selection
In the world of advanced UX strategy, few industries demonstrate the power of persuasive (and often problematic) design better than…
Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, and the Battle for Control of the Internet
When one man holds significant influence over 40% of the internet, controversies are inevitable. Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of WordPress,…
Google’s Project Mariner: UX and User Testing in the Age of AI-Driven Web Navigation
Google’s recent unveiling of Project Mariner is more than just a technical milestone—it’s a harbinger of how user experiences (UX) and user…
Git Wrapped: The GitHub Year in Review You Didn’t Know You Needed
As the year draws to a close, many of us indulge in retrospectives—Spotify Wrapped has long dominated the game, giving…
The 30 Best Fonts of 2024
2024 has been a great year for type design. Over the past few years geometric sans have been less apparent,…
Why Big Brands Are Ditching Serif Fonts in Their Logos
Logos are more than just symbols—they’re the visual identity of a brand, embodying its values, mission, and personality. For decades,…
Sandisk’s New Logo Is a Single Pixel of the Future
Sandisk Corporation—synonymous with flash drives, memory cards, and digital storage—has redefined its visual identity with a bold, minimalist new logo….
The State of UX in 2025: What Designers Need to Know
Every year, the UX Collective dives deep into what’s shaping the design world, and their 2025 State of UX report…
3 Essential Design Trends, December 2024
And just like that, we are closing in on the end of 2024. The trends keep on coming, though, as…
Blast from the Past: The Million Dollar Homepage
Ah, the mid-2000s. A simpler time on the internet. MySpace was still ruling the social media scene, YouTube was a…