An Artistic Homage to Michael Jackson

As the world pays tribute to the king of pop, we've decided to do so in WDD in a unique and artistic way. In this…

10 Tools to Improve Your Site’s Usability on a Low Budget

Testing the usability of your site is one of the smartest things you can do. Usability involves making a website's…

The Fantastic Photography of Clark Little

Today we're featuring the fantastic photography of Clark Little, an amazing surf photographer. His photographs have…

5 Pet Peeves Designers Have With Developers (and How to Avoid Them)

Cats and dogs. Cain and Abel. Designers and developers. These are just a few of the great historical…

25+ Useful Infographics for Web Designers

Infographics can be a great way to quickly reference information. Instead of pouring over figures and long reports to…

100 Outstanding and Inspirational Infrared Photos

Infrared photography produces some of the most amazing photographs on the planet. In infrared photography, the film or…

Create a Realistic Candy Bar in Illustrator

Realistic renderings can be done easily in Adobe Illustrator. With vector shapes, the objects can be preserved and…

10 Web Design Rules That You Can Break

As web design and design in general have evolved, rules have been established to ensure consistent and usable…

26 Examples of Online T-Shirt Shops

Many e-commerce and shopping websites suffer from poor quality design. However, when it comes to online t-shirt shops,…

80 Creative Ways to Customize Your MacBook

The MacBook and MacBook Pro are stunning examples of minimalist design. Their sleek lines, simple shapes, and…

Doing Social Good with a Great Hosting Provider

Let me first get this out of the way: my blog posts at WDD are not for sale, and I stand to profit in no way from this…

40 Examples of Incredible Photo Manipulation

Photo manipulation is an ever evolving collaboration between photography and graphic design. Combining certain…

5 Rotten Things No One Else Has Told You About the Clients You'll Work For

In over 10 years of freelancing I've had the fortune, and sometimes misfortune, of working with some unusual…

10 Tips to Create a More Usable Web

Whether it's your portfolio, a blog, a marketing web site, or a collection of games, we all want to attract visitors to…

25 Awesome Facebook Apps for Designers

Facebook might not have all the glittery text and obnoxious backgrounds that MySpace has, but it still has its fair…

50 Great Examples of Data Visualization

Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of…

Apple vs. Microsoft - A Website Usability Study

Today we're going to compare the websites of two monumental companies: Apple and Microsoft. The two giants pride…

Massive Giveaway of Designious Goodies

I don't know about you, but if you're anything like me, you probably can never have too many design goodies such as…

100 Extraordinary Examples of Paper Art

Paper art can be traced back to Japan, where it originated over a thousand years ago. From complex paper cutting to…

The Evolution of Cell Phone Design Between 1983-2009

Cell phones have evolved immensely since 1983, both in design and function. From the Motorola DynaTAC, that power…

30 Artistic and Creative Résumés

In these tough economic times, many designers find themselves applying for jobs and freelance gigs on a regular…

10 Best CSS Practices to Improve Your Code

It's really easy to find yourself wondering how your CSS got to be such a mess. Sometimes it's the result of sloppy…

50 Excellent Circular Logos

A graphic symbol is often used as part of logo design in order to convey a particular idea or concept in an effective…

9 Tips For Brand Building With Web Design

First of all, what is a brand? A brand is a symbol. Symbols are designs which represent something else, and a brand is…