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…
By Jerry King
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…
By WDD Staff
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…
By WDD Staff
Get cracking with Backbone
For years developers have been taking advantage of PHP frameworks like CakePHP, CodeIgniter and even Ruby frameworks…
By Sara Vieira
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Sam Jones
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…
By Rob Bowen
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Jerry King
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…
By WDD Staff
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…
By Sara Vieira
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Jerry King
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…
By Sam Jones
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…
By WDD Staff
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…
By Ben Moss