Popular design news of the week: January 9, 2017 — January 15, 2017
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the past week. Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that were posted, so don’t miss out and subscribe to our newsletter and follow the site daily for all the news.
5 Modern Website Background Ideas for 2017

10 Web Predictions for 2017

Ladies and Gentlemen: The Biggest Design Fail of 2017

Why are We all Moving Away from Apple?

Tiny Trends #1: Non-Rectangular Headers

24 Examples of Texture Usage in Web Design

Norway’s New Passport – Already a Design Classic?

Hello, Unsplash, Inc.

UX Design Trends to Follow in 2017

8 Free Apps for Picking a Colour Scheme

Microsoft’s Windows 10 Design Refresh Revealed in Leaked Screenshots

How Micro-Interactions Drive User Engagement

Graphic Designer Creates Epic Social Network for Superheroes and Villains

Hello it’s Charlie

How to Create Perfectly Centered Text with Flexbox

20 Sketch Tutorials for Beginner Designers

Mobile Website Speed Testing Tool – Google

Say Hello to Opera Neon

Showcase of Beautiful Websites with Glitch Effects

How to Create Spotify Colorizer Effects with CSS Blend Modes

Designing for Brand Interaction

Building a CSS Framework with Sass

Design Thinking, Where it Came from and the Types of People Who Made it All happen

The Evolution of UI/UX Designers into Product Designers

My Blend 2.0 — Visual Email & Unsubscribe

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