Paddi MacDonnell
Paddi MacDonnell is a designer and entrepreneur from Northern Ireland, follow her on Twitter.
Is Firefox Quantum Really Any Good?
This week, Mozilla launched Firefox 57—aka Quantum—the biggest update to the browser in its 13 year history.
75% of…
14 Best eCommerce Options for Designers
With Black Friday/Cyber Monday just a few weeks away, it’s time to get clients set up and ready to sell. The list of…
A Quick Guide to Everything You Missed at the Adobe MAX Keynote
With the usual pomp and ceremony of their MAX conference keynote, Adobe have unveiled a whole host of updates to their…
Adobe Reveals the Secrets of Email
Adobe shared the results of its 3rd annual consumer email survey today, and while some of the findings are extremely…
6 Ways Innovative Navigation Enhances UX
There are two aspects to designing navigation: How will the content be structured, and how will that structure be…
Foundation 6.4 Released
Foundation 6.4 has been released by the team over at Zurb, and while it’s packed with tweaks and improvements that…
90+ Best Free Fonts, Spring 2017
2017 may be off to a questionable start in the world of politics, but at least we can rely on a steady supply of free…
Quiz: Do You Really Hate Comic Sans?
You’re a designer: you use Moleskine notebooks, the stickers on the back of your MacBook Pro are artfully arranged,…
75+ type driven sites
When we talk about the visual elements of a website, we are usually referring to images: photos, illustrations, icons,…
50 creative card UI designs
When I was a kid I was desperate for a Polaroid camera: to be able to take a photo and see it—almost—right away was…
50 fresh resources for designers, September 2016
It’s that time again. Here’s this month’s collection of the best free stuff for designers. We’ve got fonts, icons,…
101 best free fonts of 2016, so far
2016 has been one of the best years for type design in decades. The lettering craze has pushed a lot of illustrators…
Zurb launches new @mention engine, Tribute.js
Zurb, makers of Foundation, have a reputation for building robust tools that web developers love. They craft effective…
101 best free fonts, fall 2015
2015 continues to be a bumper year for type design, there have been literally hundreds of quality free fonts released…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bounce (rate)
If you are trying to understand why a site is not producing the results you want, the bounce rate can be a very useful…
Modern web layout with flexbox
Let me say this first: flexbox is easy. Whether it’s because of early-adoption issues, or because we’ve learned to…
30+ impactful black and white websites
Color is one of the most significant elements of any design. It creates emotion, guides us through an interface, and…
The state of responsive images in 2015
The Web is a visual medium. The vast majority of that visual landscape is thanks to image files. Whilst plenty can be…
