Carrie Cousins

Carrie Cousins is a freelance writer with more than 10 years of experience in the communications industry, including writing for print and online publications, and design and editing. You can connect with Carrie on Twitter @carriecousins.

3 Essential Design Trends, March 2023

One thing that we often think about design trends is that they are probably good to make a list. That’s not always true…

3 Essential Design Trends, February 2023

There’s a common theme in this month’s collection of website design trends – typography. All three of these trends show…

3 Essential Design Trends, January 2023

Minimal styles with big, bold text is the biggest trending website design element of 2023 so far. There are many projec…

3 Essential Design Trends, December 2022

As we head into the final month of 2022, plenty of new ideas and website design trends are still emerging. The evolutio…

3 Essential Design Trends, November 2022

Color and depth are key themes this month as we look at what design trends are happening across websites. Red is the pr…

3 Essential Design Trends, October 2022

This month, it’s all about the images. Each of the design trends we spotted has to do with the images you select – or d…

3 Essential Design Trends, September 2022

As the season starts to change, so do some of the trends that web designers are using in projects. From a return of blu…

3 Essential Design Trends, August 2022

There’s a lot of experimentation happening in website design right now. Of course, there are micro trends everywhere, b…

3 Essential Design Trends, July 2022

There are a lot of dark, retro vibes trending in website design right now. Although there are still some light projects…

3 Essential Design Trends, June 2022

Are you bored with some of your current design projects? This month’s collection of website design trends can help brea…

Exciting New Tools for Designers, May 2022

The underlying theme of this month’s collection of new tools and resources is development. Almost every tool here makes…

3 Essential Design Trends, May 2022

Do you ever look at a website and think, why did they do that? Sometimes with website design trends, that’s the exact t…

Exciting New Tools For Designers, April 2022

Bored with the same old design tools? There are plenty of new toys to experiment with, from fun divots to functional de…

3 Essential Design Trends, March 2022

This month all of our web design trends have a common theme – imagery. Whether it’s seasonal or just coincidence, there…

Exciting New Tools For Designers, March 2022

We’re going to have some fun this month. There are so many new tools and resources out there for designers that make li…

Exciting New Tools For Designers, February 2022

One of the most talked-about digital elements of the new year leads our roundup of tools and resources this month – NFT…

3 Essential Design Trends, January 2022

This month’s design trends are a collection of the somewhat unexpected – from NFT website design to large text to illus…

Exciting New Tools For Designers, Holidays 2021

The year’s winding down as everyone segues into a much-needed holiday R&R. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t some …