3 Essential Design Trends, November 2019

There’s always a balance between visual design and functional design. Many of the “rules” of design as we know them…

5 Unexpected UX Design Skills to Help You Level Up

Trying to land a job in UX design? There’s expected to be huge growth in this space in the coming years (with some…

How to Add Sound to Your Site, Without Infuriating Users

Once in a while, every professional comes across a challenge so great, so ridiculous, that they just can’t help…

Introducing 15 Best New Portfolios, October 2019

Every month we publish this roundup of the best new portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other…

How to Use Proven Industry Data to Guide Your Clients

What happens if a new client comes to you with a website they want redesigned, but because analytics show that very few…

10 Spooky Designs to Get You Inspired This Halloween

Is the eerie spirit of Halloween haunting your designs? Find spooky inspiration in these ten ghoulish illustrations,…

20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2019

If you’ve become accustomed to the slick, sophisticated look of minimalism, prepare your eyeballs for a shock. This…

Are You Too Old to be a Web Designer?

If you’re considering a career switch, or simply wondering if you’ll be able to keep up with the fast-paced and…

Is Emerging AI too Smart to Design for Me and You?

The design world is increasingly looking to AI as the future, but are we too dumb for AI to design for us, or is AI too…

Exciting New Tools for Designers, October 2019

It’s already time to start thinking about all the seasonal design elements that you will use for the rest of the year.…

15 Best CSS Libraries for 2019

Hey kids, you ready for me to tell you all about this newfangled thing called Bootstrap? Well get un-ready, ‘cause I’d…

How to Deliver Dramatic UX with Weatherstack’s API

weatherstack is an exceptional API service that provides accurate weather data for millions of locations around the…

3 Essential Design Trends, October 2019

There’s a bonus trend in the roundup this month. (Four trends rather than three…but you’ll have to find it!) Our more…

Is It Time to Embrace AMP?

Google’s AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) offer faster mobile performance, but at what cost? We ask whether it’s time to…

Tips On Designing Creative Websites That Will Wow Your Clients

The global market keeps getting bigger and bigger, which should be good news for web designers – but there’s a…

What’s New for Designers, September 2019

While there aren’t as many new tools out there to play with right now, the ones available are a lot of fun. From tools…

How Powerful Micro-Interactions Boost Your UX

Micro-interactions have become increasingly important in a world with a dizzying number of digital platforms, and an…

How to Decrease Decision Fatigue and Increase Conversions

With so much of our lives spent trying to choose from oversized lists of options, why not make your website simpler?…

20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019

Welcome to September’s edition of our monthly roundup of the best sites to be launched (or relaunched with significant…

15 Best APIs for Web Designers and Developers

There once was a time when your clients desired certain features that either left you scratching your head as to how…

Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived

It’s time for me to go all fanboy on you guys, because Vivaldi is on Android, ya’ll! Vivaldi the browser, that is. You…

20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019

Every month we roundup the best portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other creative professionals,…

In Defence of Hacking

When your business is just getting started online, hacking seems like a purely bad thing: catastrophic at worst, and a…

How to Get Your Newsletter Read

Email newsletters are still one of the primary ways to successfully engage with customers. In this article, we’ll show…