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…
By Sam Piggott
April Fools' roundup
It’s April 2nd, and news sites have gone back to reporting the news instead of inventing it. Yesterday’s annual…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Jerry King
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…
By Stacey Kole
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Stacey Kole
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…
By Sara Vieira
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…
By Sam Piggott
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…
By Jerry King
25 diverse patterns in site design
Patterns can make a website design more interesting and appealing. Often mildly skeuomorphic in nature, they bring an…
By Aquil Akhter
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Sara Vieira
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…
By Simon Minter
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.…
By Andy Nathan
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,…
By Alex Gibson
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…
By WDD Staff
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,…
By Jason Mark
Big brand theory: packaging design
For most brands, recognition is everything. Occasionally you'll encounter a company that seeks to create a air of…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Ben Moss
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…
By Jerry King