Inspiration
Explore new sources of inspiration, check out the best new websites, and discover design trends that resonate with you and your design style.
Should Freelancers Join a Professional Network?
One of the biggest concerns that freelancers have is that they can be isolated from others in similar fields. So can a …
Essential Design Trends, July 2018
With the heat of summer comes a little bit of a design slowdown, but there are still plenty of projects worth your atte…
6 Bedrooms Inspired by Tech Giants
Consumers and designers alike look to giants of any industry for inspiration. Often times, the inspiration has to do wi…
20 Best New Portfolios, June 2018
Welcome back, Readers. It’s June, and if I got paid extra for every instance of the word “minimalist” in this article, …
3 Essential Design Trends, June 2018
Sometimes the most fun part of looking at design trends is when you start to notice subtle shifts in trends that create…
The Best UK Animation or VFX Courses
The animation and VFX scene is growing everyday with almost all feature films now containing some clever CGI. Even the …
20 Best New Portfolios, May 2018
Welcome back, readers. It’s May, and that means the weather’s getting hotter. Stay inside, away from the evil, evil sun…
18 Twitter Accounts Every Web Designer Should Follow in 2018
When you think about social media marketing for your web design business, you may be inclined to focus on platforms lik…
3 Essential Design Trends, May 2018
Attention grabbing designs are a goal for almost any project. But there are some techniques that draw users in faster t…
The Secret Designer: The Time I Almost Worked for Satan
No matter how much we might wish otherwise, money is integral to our society and our lives. It’s a powerful motivator, …
Affinity Launches Spotlight
Communities don’t start overnight, and a customer base is not, by default, a community. When fans of any particular bra…
Walmart.com Gets a Massive Redesign
We’re getting another massive redesign, folks, and this time it comes from a true American (and now worldwide) retail i…
The Secret Designer: The Abusive Employer
This is a true story. The events described in this article took place at some point in the author’s career. At the requ…
20 Best New Portfolios, April 2018
It’s that time again, readers. We’ve got a variety of sites, here: presentational and simple, colorful and nearly monoc…
3 Essential Design Trends, April 2018
Shapes and typography are two elements that can add a lot of impact to a website design project even when they don’t al…
20 Best New Portfolios, March 2018
Hello readers! It’s March. As is tradition, I’ve gone and collected a bunch of interesting portfolio designs for your p…
3 Essential Design Trends, March 2018
One of the best things about spring can be website design. Warmer air seems to put designers in a brighter bolder mood,…
20 Best New Portfolio Sites, February 2018
Hey everyone! It’s February, and you know what that means: Hallmark executives get bonuses! Also, people make a special…
