Carrie Cousins

Carrie Cousins is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience in the communications industry, including writing for print and online publications, and design and editing. You can connect with Carrie on Twitter @carriecousins.

Exciting New Tools for Designers, September 2021

Since school is back in session, this month’s roundup has a learning focus. In addition to tools, many of the resources…

3 Essential Design Trends, September 2021

This collection of trends – from fun angles to illustrations where you wouldn’t expect them to cool three-dimensional…

Exciting New Tools For Designers, August 2021

It’s almost time for another season of change. Although the temperatures might not reflect it, this is the time of year…

3 Essential Design Trends, August 2021

Sometimes the designs that make the most impact do a lot of unexpected things and break some of the most tried and true…

Exciting New Tools for Designers, July 2021

The dog days of summer are here. From vacations to pool time, you might not be thinking about work that much. But there…

3 Essential Design Trends, July 2021

The common theme among them is a strong design element that can create distinct emotional connections. They range from…

22 Exciting New Tools For Designers, June 2021

This month’s new tools and resources collection is a mixed bag of elements for designers and developers. From fun…

3 Essential Design Trends, June 2021

If you are feeling like me right now, you have mixed emotions about the world in general. And this is translating into…

26 Exciting New Tools For Designers, May 2021

From dev tools to productivity to a little bit of fun with sudoku, this month’s collection of new tools is packed with…

3 Essential Design Trends, May 2021

Spring and fresh designs are in the air. This month, it’s obvious that designers are feeling creative with new and…

25 Exciting New Tools For Designers, April 2021

Rather than spring cleaning, do some spring “shopping” for tools that will make your design life easier. Packed with…

3 Essential Design Trends, April 2021

The best thing about writing about website design trends each month is looking at all the great sites that are being…

23 Exciting New Tools for Designers, February 2021

We’re going to try something a little different this month; with this roundup of tools and resources for designers,…

3 Essential Design Trends, February 2021

It’s hard to believe we are more than a month into 2021 already. But that means more trends to dive into this year,…

Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2021

The new year is often packed with resolutions. Make the most of those goals and resolve to design better, faster, and…

3 Essential Design Trends, January 2021

Don’t drop the ball on these website design trends for the new year. All of the trends featured here this month are…

Exciting New Tools for Designers, December 2020

Jumpstart your next design project or speed up a workflow with some of these new tools and resources. With so many new…

3 Essential Design Trends, December 2020

The end of the year tends to be busy for a variety of reasons and it can limit some of the freshness we see in designs…