Ranked: Top 10 Illustration Apps in 2021
Illustration is a big trend in 2021. Every designer should have some ability to illustrate, whether that’s producing…
By Ben Moss
20 Best New Websites, March 2021
This month’s collection of the best new websites launched or updated in the last four weeks features color, and more…
Quiz: Can You Spot The Center Of These Shapes?
It’s Friday, and we wanted to have a little fun with a design test that might make you go cross-eyed.
Here are ten…
By Louise North
15 Psychology Principles Every Designer Should Know
As a web designer, you’re not really in the business of building websites that your clients will love. I know that may…
By Ben Moss
Ghost 4.0 Released
We’ve been big fans of Ghost since it first launched via a Kickstarter campaign way back in 2013. Ghost 4.0 has just…
By Ben Moss
Getting Started With Inclusive Web Design
A key part of designing successful websites for clients is making sure that as many end-users as possible can access…
Comics for Designers #440
Every month we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Many Web Design Acronyms Do You Know?
Web design is chock-full of acronyms like WWW (World Wide Web), and HTML (HyperText Markup Language). But how many of…
By Simon Sterne
Poll: Is It Time to Merge Browser Engines Into a Browser Protocol?
We tend not to think about it, but the Internet has a physical dimension. It’s a complex network of wires, cables,…
By Ben Moss
8 Domain Name Myths Every Web Designer Should Know
A domain name is an essential element of every project, product, and company. It’s central to a brand and has a…
By Ben Moss
27 Exciting New Tools For Designers, March 2021
Looking for something new to get you excited about design work? This list is packed with all kinds of goodies to help…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Anatomy of a Typeface?
The constituent parts of a typeface design have some bizarre names. Any ideas what a beak might be? How about a crotch?…
By Simon Sterne
Google’s FLoC Promises a Radically Different Web
Advertising knows you better than your friends, better than your family, perhaps even better than your partner.
Look…
By Ben Moss
8 Best Premium Stock Image Sites for 2021
Stock images are an essential tool for anyone working with clients who can’t afford to hire a photographer for a…
By Simon Sterne
D&AD Partners With Google To Expand Design Education
D&AD Shift is a free design school program for creatives over the age of 18, who do not already have a degree-level…
By Ben Moss
Proxima Vara Font Released
Proxima Vara, a variable font version of the enormously popular Proxima Nova type family, has just been released.
By Ben Moss
3 Essential Design Trends, March 2021
March is that time of year where the feeling of newness starts, from the first Spring days to fresh design projects.…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Well Do You Know Your Design History?
Design is on a loop; it goes round and round, repeating the same ideas, and revisiting the same problems. If you want…
By Ben Moss
12 Tips to Improve Your Web Design Skills in 2021
There are many reasons you might be wanting to improve your design skills this year. Perhaps you have extra time on…
By Ben Moss
Try the New Material Design Capabilities for WordPress
If you like to build websites with WordPress, then you’re in for a treat.
Now, for the first time, you don’t need to…
By Simon Sterne
20 Best New Websites, February 2021
It’s February, and the spring sun is finally starting to peep through the winter clouds. While many of us are still…
By Ben Moss
Quiz: How Well Do You Know UX Principles?
UX principles guide many of our decisions when we design and build sites and apps. Understanding UX principles doesn’t…
By Ben Moss
Poll: Is Minimalism a Dead Trend Walking?
Since the skeuomorphism of the early 00s, the design trend of choice has been minimalism. In fact, minimalism has been…
By Ben Moss
10 Best Free Stock Image Sites For 2021
When photographers take images to sell commercially, like every other business, they want to maximize their returns, so…
By Ben Moss