Articles by WebdesignerDepot Staff

Spread the summer vibes with this fresh set of icons from Freepik and Flaticon! The Kawaii icons come in three different versions, allowing you to customize their look and colors.   The set is completely scalable so that you can adapt all the vectors to the size that you need. From mellow cocktails to a plane ready to fly...

The common belief amongst web designers is that content is king, but that’s not quite true; when it comes to the web, shopping is king. eCommerce nets billions for companies worldwide, as access to global customers means anyone with a quality site can compete with highstreet stores. Unfortunately, building an eCommerce...

This set of 100 nature icons designed by vecteezy.com is the perfect antidote to the austere, minimalist line icons used everywhere. Drawn in a friendly, clean, emoji-style, they’re perfect for social media, kids’ sites, and any project where you want to communicate health, innocence, and positivity. Our favorites...

Being a designer is tough: you can spend months crafting the perfect experience, ensuring your usability is inclusive, writing careful copy, testing on every browser known to man—even the copy of IE on that old laptop that props open the studio door; then you check your analytics and discover that your labor has resulted...

When you’re designing for users, and you’re always designing for users, you need to understand them. The problem with user-centered design is that with over seven billion of us, sometimes it’s difficult to pin down exactly what makes us tick. Building a relationship with customers through your sites and apps is essential,...

Recently, I had the pleasure of reading Craig Hockenberry’s short, sweet, and informative Making Sense of Color Management. In the book, Craig points out that while new, Hi-DPI screens present us with more resolution than our eyes can actually see, they’re nowhere close to being able to produce all of the colors that...

If you’re a freelance designer, or developer—heck, if you’re a globally renowned digital agency—you must not do business without binding paperwork; don’t even pick up a sketchbook unless the client is signed up and committed. Every designer has a horror story about the client who seemed trustworthy, and then...

We can never get enough icons, especially icons with a fresh approach to business concepts. So we’re delighted to be able to bring you this free set of icons designed by Icons8. Created in their new “Nolan” style, the icons are great for adding some personality to an otherwise corporate site. Startups will love them,...

You’re a web professional, so we don’t need to explain the value of a good domain name. Your domain is your identity, and that’s priceless. Sometimes it feels like an appropriate domain name is as hard to find as a unicorn playing an accordion. There’s a few tactics you can use, misspellings and hyphens being the most...

There has always been an innate fear of artificial intelligence in the creative communities, not least in web design. First developers, and more recently designers, feared they were about to be replaced. From Frankenstein to Hal 9000, artificial intelligence forms the backbone of numerous fables about the danger of technology....

Every designer needs a kickass toolbox to fall back on. Whether you’re an accomplished designer who’s looking to save time, or a newbie still honing their skills, a great big pile of design assets will bail you out of many a tight corner. That’s why we’re delighted that our sister-site, MightyDeals.com, has arranged...

Art direction plays a role in all facets of life. It’s especially important in advertising and magazines. The visuals in ads and magazines often are presented in a way that evokes an emotional reaction and leaves us with a lasting impression. Have you ever seen an ad in a subway and you pause to look at it because it connects...

There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics—often mis-attributed to Mark Twain, the anonymous quote sums up the truth about stats; they can be misunderstood. It’s not uncommon for a single fact about a web site to prove two different truths. Take your site’s bounce rate for example, a high bounce...

Every creative needs a good portfolio. Whether you’re focussed on typography or photography, layout or user experience, your portfolio is what defines you professionally. As with most things, the quality of your portfolio is determined by the appropriateness of the tools you use. All too often we see great work, presented...