The Importance of Navigation Design Patterns

The Importance of Navigation Design Patterns

UX Design

In this article we discuss the importance of navigation design patterns using examples from some of the hottest websites and web apps. Once someone starts using your website or web…

4 Reasons Minimum Viable Products Fail

4 Reasons Minimum Viable Products Fail

UX Design

It is common belief that roughly 80-90% of products fail. Although this figure defies logic, the myth persists. If over 80% of new products truly fail, does it make sense…

10 Massively Successful Minimum Viable Products

10 Massively Successful Minimum Viable Products

UX Design

Today, lean startups and tech titans alike are increasingly using the minimum viable product (MVP) as a starting point for building successful software products. In the article 4 Reasons MVPs…

The Typographic Details Behind 10 Type-Driven Websites

The Typographic Details Behind 10 Type-Driven Websites

UI Design

What exactly makes someone say a website has “nice typography”? It’s more than a matter of just using nice fonts. Good typography is all about perfecting the small details. In…

Building Minimum Viable Products at Spotify

Building Minimum Viable Products at Spotify

UX Design

Many companies face the paradox of wanting to build a delightful product without knowing if people actually want the product until it’s released. Spotify’s vision was to give people the…

15 Inspiring Examples of Creative Depth in Web Design

15 Inspiring Examples of Creative Depth in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

Breathing life into digital design can be a tough call. A flat surface will always command less attention compared to the one that creates a 3D-feel. Adding depth to a…

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: John Maeda

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: John Maeda

Design / Freelance

Part of my education as a graphic designer was learning about the field’s history. Before, I thought history classes were stuffy and dull. Not this class. I was floored by…

15 Stylish Landing Pages for Web Inspiration

15 Stylish Landing Pages for Web Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

There’s been a common trend over the last few years for online services and products to focus on creating beautifully designed landing pages, and for good reason. You need to…

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Milton Glaser

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Milton Glaser

Design / Freelance

Part of my education as a graphic designer was learning about the field’s history. Before, I thought history classes were stuffy and dull. Not this class. I was floored by…

Exploration of Beautifully Designed Product Pages

Exploration of Beautifully Designed Product Pages

Inspiration / UX Design

Startups have, for the last few years, focused heavily on having beautifully designed landing pages. When software design is a big part of the company, it’s only natural that there’s…

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Cipe Pineles

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Cipe Pineles

Design / Freelance

Part of my education as a graphic designer was learning about the field’s history. Before, I thought history classes were stuffy and dull. Not this class. I was floored by…

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Wim Crouwel

Visionaries That Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Wim Crouwel

Design / Freelance

The Netherlands is a small country, but it’s had a big impact on design. Wim Crouwel’s typographic work is a good example of Dutch design at its best: clean and functional, like the work of his forefather Theo van Doesburg—yet progressive and surprising.

Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Saul Bass

Visionaries Who Shaped Modern Graphic Design: Saul Bass

Design / Freelance

Part of my education as a graphic designer was learning about the field’s history. Before, I thought history classes were stuffy and dull. Not this class. I was floored by…

How to Create a Full Width Responsive Tiled Menu with CSS

How to Create a Full Width Responsive Tiled Menu with CSS

CSS

Full width tiled menus are a crisp way for displaying your site’s navigation and for giving end to end coverage, creating a very full-bodied effect for the user. In this…

Free OSX Yosemite Replacement Dock Icons (ICNS, PNG, and PSD Formats)

Free OSX Yosemite Replacement Dock Icons (ICNS, PNG, and PSD Formats)

Icon Sets / UI Design

A free set of flat replacement dock icons based on the most popular Mac applications, designed in the style of Yosemite. ICNS, PNG, and PSD formats.

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

Web Design

Ever since Windows 7 Mobile was released in a distinctly anti-skeuomorphic format, the explosion of flat aesthetics has been obvious, evident, and pervasive. Anything with an edge is eschewed, gradients…

Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

Effective Video Examples of Paper Prototyping

UI Design

Paper prototyping is a commonly used low-cost usability method for testing and evaluating web designs and applications. This approach lets developers conduct tests before a single line of code has…

Learn Programming Without Paying a Penny

Learn Programming Without Paying a Penny

Web Design
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