6 life lessons from the typographers at Typekit
In so many ways, great design is representative of the way we should live our lives: keep it simple, try new things,…
By WDD Staff
The best new fonts, August 2014
With the end of summer rapidly approaching, now is the perfect time to update your collection of fonts! Okay, so here…
Comics of the week #247
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging and…
By Jerry King
What’s the best advice you ever received?
The best advice I’ve ever had came from a tutor at college. She told me that the biggest obstacle to producing good…
By WDD Staff
Deal of the week: The retro/vintage design bundle
If you’re looking to bolster your supplies of professional grade design assets, then you’ll be delighted to learn that…
By WDD Staff
The best of DesignFaves.com, August 2014
For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there’s a new site…
By WDD Staff
The trick to pitching a design without striking out
How you present your design solutions (whether it be to another team member or a client) has an impact on how they view…
By Dennis Field
Why your brand needs a style guide, and how to create one
A lot of designers and creatives overlook the need for a brand style guide (also called a brand bible by some, or…
5 reasons you should be using Sass today
By now I’m sure you’ve heard of Sass and how “You really need to start using it!”
Learning a new tool can suck and…
By David Conner
5 essential elements of a successful 404 error page
404 pages are one of the most overlooked aspects of any website design, and when they're not overlooked, the tendency…
By Rob Bowen
4 ways to create richer web experiences
The Web has evolved a lot from being a simple document repository, and we now have browsers capable of rich visual…
By CJ Gammon
Deal of the week: Full Smashing Library
Smashing Magazine always produces high-quality articles, loved by designers and developers alike. And that same quality…
By WDD Staff
10 rules for designing emails your customers will want to read
Email continues to be one of the most popular ways that companies interact with their customers. As with everything…
The best free WordPress plugins for August 2014
Ladies, Gents... welcome back! It's time for another round of WordPress plugins that you might just find useful. As per…
How to design a successful web app walkthrough
We’ve all interacted with an app walkthrough at some point or another. Heck, some of us designed them.
But when you…
Comics of the week #245
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging…
By Jerry King
I hate design…now what?
So you've been working as a designer for the past few years. You're good at it. You're successful. Maybe even really…
Deal of the week: 100 professional fonts designed by Ingimage
We can never get enough fonts, so we’re always extra excited when our sister-site, MightyDeals.com, manages to pull…
By WDD Staff
Discover the Web’s best design resources with oozled
“Curated resources for everything design related.” So?
“oozled brings together 586 curated resources in 41 categories.”…
How to make whitespace work on the Web
The term white space is sometimes used interchangeably with negative space, and the concept is the same. Though the…
Can web animation save flat design?
As web designers, we need to make sure we keep our skills fresh and up-to-date. We don’t need to follow every trend…
By Caleb Mellas
How to design for mobile devices, when you don't have one
Once upon a time, about an hour away from where I currently live, worked a web designer who loved his Photoshop comps…
Comics of the week #244
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD.
The content revolves around web design, blogging…
By Jerry King
Deal of the week: 11 professional email templates from ChocoTemplates
One of the toughest tests any web designer is asked to undertake — and we all get asked at sometime or other — is to…
By WDD Staff