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5 research mistakes and why you must avoid them

Before you first meet with project stakeholders for a website design or redesign, you’ll want to prepare yourself by…

Deal of the week: Bundle of one-page parallax Bootstrap 3.0 templates

As a designer, you want to provide a superb service to your clients, and one of the best ways to do that is to base…

The best of DesignFaves.com, January 2014

For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there's a brand new…

How to harness the power of a well-cropped photo

As a website designer, I’ve always been fascinated by design (of any kind) that “works” and why. Of late, I’ve become…

What’s really wrong with Squarespace Logo

Last week Squarespace launched Squarespace Logo, a new addition to their service designed to provide individuals and…

50 freebies that you have to try

We've all been there: the moment when we realise that our project is missing something. With deadlines looming and…

Was Milton Glaser right about computers destroying design?

In a previous article, I wrote about design before computers became commonplace in the design industry. A fun look back…

Deal of the week: Respublika font family

It’s often difficult to settle on a strong sans-serif. So many carry a lot of baggage with them; Helvetica is…

How to learn more in 2014

Albert Einstein once said, “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” It’s one thing to be aware of what’s new in…

Giveaway: Win 1 of 10 professional WordPress themes from TemplateMonster

A great source for high-quality WordPress themes is TemplateMonster, so we're absolutely stoked to be able to announce…

10 jQuery snippets every designer should know

jQuery is used on thousands upon thousands of web pages. It’s one of the most common libraries to insert into pages,…

3 reasons we should stop using navigation bars

If you're anything like me, you spend a lot of time studying other designers' work. I like to look at projects for the…

Deal of the week: 21 premium, responsive, one-page HTML5 templates

One of the most appealing kinds of sites, for all types of businesses is the one-page parallax scroll. There's a…

12 inspirational hand-lettering projects

When it comes to lettering, there’s something about a handmade project that just stops us in our tracks. In this day…

Adobe release major Creative Cloud update

Today, Adobe have both announced and shipped, new versions of its flagship Creative Cloud applications. In this update…

7 web design trends you'll actually see this year (and how to survive them)

It's the time of year when every blogger on the Web pulls out a crystal ball, dusts off the tarot cards and spends…

How to Kickstart your HTML

A primary goal of all developers is faster development, especially rapid bootstrapping. There are dozens of frameworks…

Discover the world's best mobile UX

The developers behind UX Archive want you to build better mobile experiences. To that end, they find and present…