Design
Graphic design is more than just good looks. Design is the process of visually conveying ideas or messages to a specific audience.
6 Predictions for Web Design in 2023
As ever, the design world isn’t isolated from the world in which it exists, so when events shape our lives, they impact…
By Ben Moss
How To Build A Design Portfolio With Zero Clients
A design portfolio is an excellent way to demonstrate your skills as a freelancer. As a web designer, you compete with …
By Daniel Segun
How To Make Your Designs Scannable (And Why You Should)
Jakob Nielsen’s How Users Read on the Web is 25 years old this week, and one glance at an eye-tracking study will tell …
By Ben Moss
Client Communication and Creative Control
If you’ve worked directly with a client, then on more than one occasion, they’ve probably come to you and said somethin…
By Jennie Reedy
How to Use Hand-Drawn Elements in Web Design
What stands out as an incredible web design project for you? Do you count your creation as a success if it’s modern, mi…
5 Big Web Design Predictions for 2022
Every year, at this time, blogs like this one like to try and predict what’s going to happen in the year ahead. It’s a …
By Ben Moss
Square Rebrands as Block
A few days ago, the big tech news was that Jack Dorsey was stepping down from his role as Twitter CEO to focus on Squar…
By Ben Moss
Creative Problem Solving for UX Designers
It’s normal to pull up sharp in front of a problem; after all, if there was a known solution, it wouldn’t be a problem.…
By Nancy Young
Protect Your Design Clients From These 6 Easy Mistakes
As a web designer, you’re responsible for a lot of things. Your client is relying on you to ensure that their website i…
How Illustration Adds Emotion To UX
From 45,000-year-old cave paintings to 21st-century space rocket diagrams, illustrations have long played a significant…
Making your Mark: 6 Tips for Infusing Brand Essence into Your Website
What makes a company special? There are hundreds of organizations out there selling fast food, but only one McDonalds. …
9 Tips for Better Live Logo Design
Have you ever wondered why we’re so amazed by motion? A moving image is more likely to grab your attention than a stati…
7 Skills You Need To Thrive As A Web Designer In 2021
Web design is an ever-evolving field. Those of us that have been in the industry a long time (i.e., six months plus) ha…
By Ben Moss
8 Easy Ways to Improve Your Website Typography in Under 30 minutes
Typography is one of the most important elements of any site, having a measurably large impact on brand and experience.
By Ben Moss
Poll: Should Designers Stay Out of Politics?
The Beazley Design of the Year for 2020 has just been awarded to US architecture firm Rael San Fratello & Colectivo…
By Ben Moss
Poll: Is Burger King Rebrand a Taste of the Future?
Burger King, the globally recognized food chain with 19,000 restaurants worldwide, has unveiled a redesigned set of bra…
By Ben Moss
Pantone Color of the Year 2021
It’s that time again: the self-fulfilling prophecy that is the Pantone Color of the Year has been announced for 2021.
By Ben Moss
The Designer’s Guide to Letter-Spacing
Most of the information we consume happens through reading, so it makes a lot of sense to pay attention to the words wh…
