Popular design news of the week: December 24, 2018 — December 302018

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December 30, 2018
Popular design news of the week: December 24, 2018 - December 30, 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.

Six Tips to Build Better Design Systems

How to Quit Acting like an Amateur Designer

The Worst Design Crimes of 2018

Evolution of a Landing Page

Micro and Macro Typography in Web Design

Accessibility Guidelines for UX Designers

How to Get a Job at a Startup

20+ Creative Project Ideas to Get You Out of a Design Rut

Inspiration: Good Email Copy — Email Copy from Great Companies.

Designers Talk: How to Be Unique in 2019

Should We even Be Here?”: Three Perspectives on Imposter Syndrome

Looking Ahead to 2019 — WordPress in the Year to Come

Quick and Simple Image Placeholders

The Dilemma of Designers’ Empathy Delusions

Designing your Site like it’s 1998

Awesome Demos from 2018

Learning Design from Musicians

Google Account on the Web Gets New Material Design Makeover

Building a Better Rate Display Page for Customers

Useful Collection of Sketch UI Freebies

The Best and Worst Identities of 2018, Part 2: The Best Reviewed

How to Deal with a Creative Meltdown

Why Design Systems Fail, and How to Make Them Work

How We Built the Figma Design Team

P.U.R.E ‑a User Research Analytical Method

Want more? No problem! Keep track of top design news from around the web with Webdesigner News.

Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman is a freelance writer and designer from New England. You can visit her site or follow her on Twitter.

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