Paddi MacDonnell
Paddi MacDonnell is a designer and entrepreneur from Northern Ireland, follow her on Twitter.
Quiz: Do You Really Hate Comic Sans?
You’re a designer: you use Moleskine notebooks, the stickers on the back of your MacBook Pro are artfully arranged, the…
75+ type driven sites
When we talk about the visual elements of a website, we are usually referring to images: photos, illustrations, icons, …
50 creative card UI designs
When I was a kid I was desperate for a Polaroid camera: to be able to take a photo and see it—almost—right away was fan…
50 fresh resources for designers, September 2016
It’s that time again. Here’s this month’s collection of the best free stuff for designers. We’ve got fonts, icons, brus…
101 best free fonts of 2016, so far
2016 has been one of the best years for type design in decades. The lettering craze has pushed a lot of illustrators to…
Zurb launches new @mention engine, Tribute.js
Zurb, makers of Foundation, have a reputation for building robust tools that web developers love. They craft effective …
101 best free fonts, fall 2015
2015 continues to be a bumper year for type design, there have been literally hundreds of quality free fonts released s…
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bounce (rate)
If you are trying to understand why a site is not producing the results you want, the bounce rate can be a very useful …
Modern web layout with flexbox
Let me say this first: flexbox is easy. Whether it’s because of early-adoption issues, or because we’ve learned to thin…
30+ impactful black and white websites
Color is one of the most significant elements of any design. It creates emotion, guides us through an interface, and re…
The state of responsive images in 2015
The Web is a visual medium. The vast majority of that visual landscape is thanks to image files. Whilst plenty can be a…
30+ websites that prove parallax isn’t dead
Parallax scrolling is defined as a site on which the background image scrolls faster than the foreground, creating the …
60+ best free fonts, Summer 2015
2015 continues to be a fantastic year for fonts. Type designers are increasingly prolific and there’s a new design for …
101 best free logo fonts
When you’re working on a branding project, the principle asset is the font you use for the logotype. The decision on wh…
40 best free icon sets, Spring 2015
Whether you’re building a new website, a new app, or a dashboard, you can’t do without great icons.
The Web is in love…
25+ Kickstarter projects you’ll actually want to back
We all have great ideas, but some people are a little better at making them real than others. And kudos to them, the de…
65 best free fonts, Spring 2015
So far, 2015 has been a bumper year for fonts, with dozens of new designs going live.
There are a couple of dominant t…
The best free UI kits, February 2015
Designers love UI Kits. They’re a great way to explore ideas, and they’re a great palette cleanser after a difficult pr…
