Popular design news of the week: August 20, 2018 — August 26, 2018
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.
The Case for Slow Design
Why We Redesigned Our Website … Again
Ode to Gray
Introducing Ghost 2.0
WordPress is at a Crossroads
How to Grow as a Junior UI Designer
Things I (honestly) Don’t Want to See in your Portfolio
2018 Digital Marketing Trends
Picular
How to Design for the Modern Web
Defining a Successful Web Project
UX Design Should Evolve to HX Design
Design Notes
Heroic Vandal Massively Improves Facebook’s Bus Shelter Adverts
Heard at Work
Via Negativa
Starting a Side Project: The Story of Color Hunt
Snapchat’s Long-Awaited Redesign is Much Smoother
This Font is the Comic Sans of the 1970s
Design is not Science, Art or Engineering
Font Shaming — Which Fonts do the Top 737 ProductHunt Startups Use?
The Secret Behind all Great Copywriting
A Guide to Combining Fonts
WeTransfer Wants to Rule the Business of Creativity
Famous Brand Logos Redesigned in Retro 1980’s Style by FuturePunk
Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.
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