An introduction to Edge Reflow

Edge Reflow is one of the exciting new weapons in Adobe's ever-expanding Creative Suite arsenal; helping to bring the…

April Fools' roundup

It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual…

Certifications for U.S. designers to become law in 2015

The much talked about step of creating professional certification for graphic/web designers looks like it will become a…

Apple turn to Flash for security

Late on Friday night, Norwegian blogger Ally Tenor posted a number of screen grabs from Firebug that appeared to show…

Comics of the week #176

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

Arial vs. Helvetica, can you spot the difference?

It’s long been thought that Arial is to Helvetica what the ugly step sister is to Cinderella. Helvetica was designed in…

How to win customers, the Pinterest way

In just a couple of years, Pinterest has established itself as the third largest social networking website, behind…

Beautiful botanical alphabet

Since the very earliest illuminated manuscripts, dating back to the 5th century AD, we’ve associated flora with…

New app to get you Unstuck

It may be a project at work you just can’t get a handle on, or an important decision you can’t seem to make; but…

How to use CSS3 columns

With increasing diversity in monitor sizes, it's not practical to design single blocks of text that take up the entire…

How to develop a responsive workflow

Remember the good old days? You know which days I'm talking about; the days not so long ago when we used to design…

Getting started with Edge Animate

In this tutorial, we'll be getting started with Adobe's new animation tool, Adobe Edge Animate. Edge Animate harnesses…

Comics of the week #175

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

25 diverse patterns in site design

Patterns can make a website design more interesting and appealing. Often mildly skeuomorphic in nature, they bring an…

ESPNU taps into college loyalty

Sports branding used to be about differentiating two opposing teams on a field; it used to be about an umpire or…

How to create a color picker with HTML5 Canvas

Creating canvas apps is the new thing, we can even create games with it, it’s supported in all major browsers both…

Moving from in-house to freelance? Read this first

Within the past couple of weeks, I handed in my notice, after spending over fifteen years working in-house as a…

How to use Google+ to improve your search traffic

When Google Plus was launched a year and a half ago, it set in motion a multitude of changes to the search landscape.…

How to make your contact forms mobile friendly

Given the rise in mobile web usage year on year, there is now an increased focus on making websites more responsive,…

Giveaway: Win $500 credits from VectorStock

VectorStock.com have a huge collection of vector files, with thousands of new files being added each week. Vectors…

4 essential rules of effective logo design

A logo is an essential part of your company brand. It works together with elements such as your website, collateral,…

Big brand theory: packaging design

For most brands, recognition is everything. Occasionally you'll encounter a company that seeks to create a air of…

New York Times redesigns its website

In the web-era, major news sources aren’t restricted to local readership. Whilst a city paper may feature some local…

Comics of the week #174

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