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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