Design
Graphic design is more than just good looks. Design is the process of visually conveying ideas or messages to a specific audience.
The Hidden Costs of Minimalism in Design
Minimalism is a trend that has largely defined the best part of the last decade. Its rise to prominence came as a…
By Ben Bate
How to Make Gamification Work on the Web
The somewhat controversial topic of the usefulness of gamification in business has been sparking debates recently.
One…
Dogma Kills Design
It’s all in the title, really.
I am no stranger to dogmatic thinking. I was once a very religious missionary, and…
15 Critical Website Fixes to Make Before Launching a Mobile App
Your target market has gone mobile. Mobile users spend up to 12% of their time browsing on their device, which works…
By Adam Enfroy
19 Contemporary Font Pairings for 2019
Typography is a fundamental part of design, it enables the designer to create a variety of moods and effects by using…
How to Increase Mobile Engagement with Simpler Contact Forms
Contact forms are a necessity for websites. Without them, your clients would be relegated to handling website- or…
8 Ways to Shipwreck Your Next
Website Design
Ahoy Mateys! You’ve probably noticed lately that your website is looking a little worse for wear. What she needs is a…
By Joe Ardeeser
Designing Mobile Websites for Voice Search
In January 2018 alone, consumers conducted over 1 billion voice searches. By 2020, it’s estimated that 30% of all…
Unofficial Pantone Color for 2020 Revealed
Every December the color categorizing company Pantone nominates one of its colors as a hue for the next 12 months. The…
Slack Adopts Generic New Identity
There were few logos more recognizable than Slack’s. In the five years since the messaging service gained traction it…
By Ben Moss
The Right & Wrong Way to Use Templates
I’m a big fan of templates. They’re an essential part of any productive designer’s workflow and they can also be really…
5 Ways to Design for Large Viewports
Web designers have typically always been big-picture people, in that they like having really big screens in front of…
Designing the Emotional Interfaces of the Future
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them…
Content Management is Design
Content management is design.
I usually try to start an article with some sort of joke or metaphor for flavor, but I’m…
How to Add Innovation to UI Design Patterns
Researchers have known for some time that human behavior happens in patterns. Rather than seek out new ways to interact…
By Zach Watson
5 Trends of Voice UI Design
At its core, the concept of interaction was always about communication. Human-Computer Interaction has never been about…
5 Principles of Cuteness in Web Design
Okay, how in the heck do you make something “cute”? Now maybe you’ve grown up in an environment where getting in touch…
10 Tips for Building a Visual Language
A visual language is just like any other form of communication.
Where “language” refers to spoken or written…
