Are hollow icons harder to understand?

With the release of iOS7, Apple made the most significant changes to their application design guidelines to date.…

Comics of the week #211

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

7 Black Friday rules for maximizing your site's conversions

It's Black Friday, a day when all sensible Americans stay home eating leftovers and doing their shopping online. In…

A fresh approach to iStock

It's pretty easy to get confused as to who owns what right now. Pick any web start-up and there's a good chance that…

Deal of the week: Elite Pro icons

There are very few icon sets as comprehensive as PictoFoundry's Elite Pro. With over 850 unique vector icons, Elite Pro…

Introducing DesignFaves.com

For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there's a brand new…

How to get started with Foundation 5

Zurb's Foundation is one of the most widely-used responsive frameworks available at the minute — and for good reason,…

Giveaway: Win 1 of 20 Premium WordPress Themes from MyThemeShop

If you’re a WordPress developer, you’ll know that there are a huge range of themes out there to build a site from. Many…

The key to success is a creative brief

It's a sad fact that the biggest problem freelancers face, is disagreements with a client once a project has…

The best free WordPress themes for November 2013

WordPress, one of the most popular blogging and website platforms in the world, accounts for thousands of new blogs and…

Comics of the week #210

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

45+ freebies you have to try this month

Web design is an adventure. Creating awesome projects requires time, creativity, and a lot of hard work. And sometimes…

Deal of the week: Massive infographic bundle

There’s no escaping the fact that some of the most vital information can be as dull as dishwater. No matter how you try…

Resisting the dark side: A primer on dark pattern UX

User Experience has come a long way in the last decade, especially in the world of web design. Now more than ever,…

Foundation 5, available now

Today, the California-based product design team at ZURB announce the release of Foundation 5, the responsive web design…

Today Designers use a unique ink

Dutch design studio Today Designers has printed a book using a very special kind of ink—squid ink. The book, entitled…

20 inspiring branding guides

One of the most important things about creating a brand is making sure everything is cohesive. Once a brand pinpoints…

Is flat design a passing trend or something more?

Recently while perusing some of the discussions that are currently happening throughout the web design community, I…

4 essential UX rules taught by eye-tracking research

Web designers use a lot of tools to make the sites they design the best possible for site visitors; one of the best…

Comics of the week #209

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and…

25+ flat UI kits for web designers

If you're a living, moving, breathing person, then the chances are very high that you've heard of the newest…

Deal of the week: Alana Pro script font

The constant geometric precision of screen-based design is enough to dehumanize any design project. The best way to…

How to write simple, elegant CSS with Compass & Sass

A lot of designers use some sort of CSS pre-processor, whether that be Sass, LESS or Stylus. If you've used any of…

Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic pictograms revealed

On the celebrated heels of its new logo and custom typeface, the Olympic brand team has just completed the most…