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Penguin Random House redesigns its UK sites

Penguin Random House UK has undergone the first major redesign of its online presence since two publishing giants…

IE8 is back from the dead

Some site owners may well have been surprised this morning, when checking their analytics, to discover that customers…

Affinity Photo: the Best Mac App of 2015 just got better

It’s a tribute to the hard work and ambition of Serif’s Affinity team that on the same day that they pushed major…

Pantone unveils two colors of the year for 2016

In a fairly radical break with tradition, Pantone has revealed that the ‘Color of the Year’ for 2016 will in fact be…

Adobe unveil major update to Photoshop

Today, Adobe has released a major overhaul to its flagship product, Photoshop. The new version, CC 2015.1, comes with a…

Flash is dead, long live Adobe Animate CC

Alongside a host of new features for its CC applications, today Adobe has announced that it’s finally killing…

Twitter kills-off social proof

You might have noticed in the last few days, that social share buttons on Webdesigner Depot, and across the Web, look a…

Google+ undergoes huge redesign

The ugly duckling of the social media world, Google+, has just undergone a significant redesign. Far more than a simple…

Twitter tweaks its UI and destroys its UX

Last month, when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey moved into his new office and set about broadening the platform’s appeal,…

Adobe releases award-winning Slate app for the web

Adobe have announced that their award winning iPad app, Adobe Slate, is available from today, free of charge, as a web…

Sketch 3.4 is released

The UI designer’s tool of choice, Sketch, has just received a significant update. The version 3.4 release from Bohemian…

Medium 2.0 launches with great features, and dreadful branding

Medium is just two years old; staggering considering that the site has redefined how we think about blogging. With an…

Adobe unveils a revolutionary UX design application at MAX

Debuted today at their own MAX conference, Adobe have just unveiled a brand new design system that could revolutionize…

The Huffington Post debuts a bold new design

The Huffington Post used yesterday’s Advertising Week event in New York to announce the first major redesign in its ten…

Will Atomic revolutionize your workflow?

Atomic is a new breed of design app, that bridges the gaps left by traditional artwork applications like Sketch, or…

GoDaddy announces major enhancements to its Pro Program

Launched in May this year, GoDaddy’s Pro Program is a service for web designers and developers, enabling them to easily…

What Apple Pencil means for designers

Yesterday’s Apple keynote introduced changes to a range of Apple devices, but only one new product was announced: the…

Font Flame aims to be the Tinder for typefaces

This week, the Web’s been falling in love with Font Flame. Billed as the ‘Tinder’ for typefaces, it’s an addictive…