Comics of the week #193

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

How to boost your profit margin with a good brief

Do you cringe at the mention of a “brief”? It's just a document for clients and “suits,” right? Wrong! A brief has the…

Deal of the week: The ultimate guide to UI design

The web is full of advice on different aspects of UI design, but what no one ever seems to offer is a complete start to…

Get cracking with Backbone

For years developers have been taking advantage of PHP frameworks like CakePHP, CodeIgniter and even Ruby frameworks…

Building a brand with design

Creating a brand is a tough task. There's a lot of work and research that goes into it, and even more time that's…

Famous logos reimagined

We all love a good satire. It’s one of the highest forms of political wit and frequently bites at targets that would…

20 beautifully designed smartphone apps

It's no secret that designers must start designing for mobile. With more and more people starting to browse the web…

Side project: The Dead Words

The Dead Words is a project created and curated by graphic designer Karen To. The idea behind the project is to…

What's wrong with being creative?

The web is full of people discussing the finer points of the design field. Many who are focused on figuring out exactly…

CSS Shapes the future of the web

If the recent flat design trend has demonstrated anything, it's how incredibly limited web designers are when it comes…

Comics of the week #192

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

Deal of the week: Versatile Nexa Slab

If you have one workhorse display font that you rely on again and again, make sure it's a slab-serif. In recent times…

How to create a simple parallax effect

All over the web, sites are springing up, that use what is known as a parallax scroll. In essence, a parallax scroll is…

Free Google Webfonts plugin for WordPress

Google Fonts are a tremendous addition to any designer's arsenal, providing a basic library of typefaces that cover…

When toolkits are better than frameworks

Let’s start with an observation: I love me some frameworks. As an alternative to completely reinventing the wheel, or…

50+ inspiring animated gifs

One of the biggest trends right now is animation. It's smaller than video, more engaging than still images, and the…

Free 90 days of Moz's Pro SEO tools

Business can be a lot like an Olympic race; being world class isn't good enough, to be successful you have to…

What's new for designers, July 2013

The July edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, JavaScript resources, iOS 7…

Comics of the week #191

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

Designers have spoken: redesigning iOS 7

By this time, I can assume you've formed some type of opinion of the iPhone's newest operating system. Some love it,…

How to transition app designs to iOS 7

There's been a lot of talk about iOS 7 since its unveiling earlier this month and most of it has been centered around…

Deal of the week: Distressed Veneer font

We're all looking for ways to insert some cool into our designs, and you'd have to go some way to be cooler than this…

How to modify Bootstrap simply and effectively

Bootstrap is by no means the only HTML/CSS interface framework out there, but I think it’s safe to say that it changed…

New symbol designed to replace 'the'

An Australian entrepreneur, usually known for his restaurants, has stunned the design world by creating a ligature to…