Popular design news of the week: September 17, 2018 — September 23, 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.
Grapedrop — Free, Responsive, Web Page Builder for your Next Project

Sketch 52 Beta with New UI and Darkmode

Simple Analytics — Simple, Clean, and Privacy-friendly Analytics

Funding Choices – Google’s New Tool for GDPR Compliance and Content Monetization

Mailplane 4 — The Best Way to Use Gmail on your Mac

Mind-Blowing Artwork from the Animé Classic Akira

What not to Call your Web Design Company

The Rise and Demise of RSS

How Headspace Rebranded Meditation

Ever Wonder Why the Most Popular Apps are Starting to Look the Same?

Designers Need to Keep Old People in Mind

Parody Site: Hello We are Agency (Tip — Refresh the Page for New Designs)

Xara Cloud — The Simplest Design Tool for Business Documents

Vapid: An Intentionally Simple CMS

Why Good Design Principles Can Create Better Designs

This AI Dreams in Tulips

Turn Off Push Notifications

Decide Better with a Decision Matrix

How to Slack Smarter? — A UX Case Study

Facebook is Letting Job Advertisers Target Only Men

New Logos and Identities for John Lewis Partnership by Pentagram

How Catchy Interface Illustrations Can Enhance UI Design

Super Simple Grids Using CSS Grid

Framer X is Here

Uber Design by Ueno. A Case Study.

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