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Paul Andrew (601 Articles)

Paul is the founder and editor of Speckyboy Design Magazine. He has many years experience within the web design industry and a passion for the latest web technologies and design trends. He lives in the small town of Inverness in the north of Scotland. Follow him on Twitter.
How to Be the Web Design Client Your Designer Deserves

How to Be the Web Design Client Your Designer Deserves

Web designers and their clients are supposed to build a relationship over time. A good design is built on a foundation of creative collaboration and mutual understanding. When business owners…

A Beginner’s Guide to UX Prototyping

A Beginner’s Guide to UX Prototyping

Creating a stunning user experience (UX) is both an art and a science. It takes a team of knowledgeable designers and site engineers to put together a site that provides…

The Role Fluid Layouts Play in Modern Web Design

The Role Fluid Layouts Play in Modern Web Design

Fluid design is ultra-adaptable, user-friendly, and cooperates across devices – a necessary design foundation for the modern web user. However, it’s surprising how many web designers don’t understand the role…

The Beginner’s Guide to Google’s Material Design

The Beginner’s Guide to Google’s Material Design

You may be the type who struggles to keep up with web speak, confused by phrases like “UX (user experience) design” – or the type who confidently navigates the contemporary…

Free Mobile App Icons & UI Kit (AI & EPS)

Free Mobile App Icons & UI Kit (AI & EPS)

Free icons and various UI elements, such as buttons, sliders, and forms, designed to help you create a visually appealing mobile app or website.

The Emotionally Intelligent Web: How Will Machine Learning Affect User Interaction?

The Emotionally Intelligent Web: How Will Machine Learning Affect User Interaction?

One of the biggest technological revolutions in recent history has been the advent and increased precision of machine learning. Artificial intelligence (AI) is ushering in a new era of the…

20 Code Snippets for Extending the Functionality of WordPress

20 Code Snippets for Extending the Functionality of WordPress

When coding WordPress themes, especially if you do it regularly, its really useful to have a selection of code snippets in your toolbox to just ‘copy-n-paste’ as and when the…

Putting the Guitar Solo Philosophy into Your Designs

Putting the Guitar Solo Philosophy into Your Designs

Ever have those moments where you want to really show off your design skills? To impress people with the cool effects you can pull off? Unfortunately, you usually can’t. Because…

How a 100-Year-Old Dutch Movement Can Improve Your Site Design

How a 100-Year-Old Dutch Movement Can Improve Your Site Design

If you’re not a 20th-century Dutch art enthusiast, you might not be familiar with the concept of De Stijl. You’ve probably been exposed to many of its principles without realizing…

Are You Actually Designing for the User? A Case for Empathetic Design

Are You Actually Designing for the User? A Case for Empathetic Design

Web designers are the artists of the technology world. As such, it can be tempting to view a project as a form of self-expression, another notch in a portfolio that…

Why Influencers Should be Part of Your Social Media Marketing

Why Influencers Should be Part of Your Social Media Marketing

Social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram have become virtually ubiquitous in today’s culture, and it’s more important than ever for businesses to consider them essential components…

How to Reduce Friction in Web Design

How to Reduce Friction in Web Design