50 Best Logos for Inspiration in 2025

Explore best logos for real-world inspiration. These logo designs show clarity, creativity, and function across industries. Learn what makes them work and how they communicate brand identity clearly. Use these examples to improve your own logo concepts and meet client needs effectively. Logo design in 2025 is driven by clear visual impact, simplified structure, and… Continue reading 50 Best Logos for Inspiration in 2025

Adobe Premiere Pro AI: How to use Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text

I used to think video editing was a time-consuming beast! Fun in theory, but overwhelming in practice. But then Adobe started packing Premiere Pro with AI tools, and suddenly, things got way easier (and honestly, more fun). In this article, we’ll walk through two of my favourite features: Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text. These clever tools can… Continue reading Adobe Premiere Pro AI: How to use Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text

How to create a mesh gradient generator in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

What we’re building Here’s the gradient generator we’re going to build. Click the button at the bottom to generate random new mesh gradients! Once they’re generated, you can copy the CSS to recreate the gradients using the background-image property in combination with radial-gradient. Wait, what’s a mesh gradient? Good question. Mesh gradient is the… Continue reading How to create a mesh gradient generator in HTML, CSS and JavaScript

How to crop an image with AI ImageEdit

Image cropping removes unwanted image areas to improve composition, focus, or aspect ratio. When designing, cropping images can help you enhance visual hierarchy, optimize for different screens and social media, and subtly alter the mood to create compelling visual content. How to crop images using Envato AI ImageEdit In this tutorial, we’ll be editing two… Continue reading How to crop an image with AI ImageEdit

Top 8 Methods for UX Research Analysis w/ Tools & Tips

Key takeaways 💡 User research analysis is the process of interpreting data and insights collected during the user research stage. 🔦 In user research analysis, the data that we analyze generally falls under two categories: qualitative and quantitative data. 🔎 UX research analysis and UX research synthesis are two distinct processes that serve distinct roles… Continue reading Top 8 Methods for UX Research Analysis w/ Tools & Tips

How to Create a Reward System That Actually Works

Gamification is everywhere these days—from fitness apps that give you badges for hitting your step goal to language-learning platforms that keep you hooked with streaks and leaderboards. But let’s be real: not all reward systems are created equal. Done right, they can make an experience fun, engaging, and even addictive (in a good way). Done… Continue reading How to Create a Reward System That Actually Works

Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards

Belfast’s Whitenoise agency marks 25 years with custom playing cards. Each card features unique graphic design. A celebration of design and play. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Belfast-based agency Whitenoise created a unique and playful project: a custom deck of playing cards. This initiative showcases the agency’s graphic design talent and its passion for storytelling.… Continue reading Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards

Before We Charge Ahead, Let’s See Where We’re Standing

Audit your UX role, resources & leverage: 10-minute exercise to see where you stand before we redefine UX. In Lesson 1 we travelled from Roman amphitheaters to modern apps and saw that user experience is not what many consider it to be and needs repositioning. In Lesson 2 I asked whether you’re ready to lead… Continue reading Before We Charge Ahead, Let’s See Where We’re Standing

Professional Brochure Catalog Templates: 25 Print Ready Designs

A brochure catalog templates remains one of the most effective tools for brand communication. The catalog templates, lookbook brochure, and portfolio templates delivers information clearly while showcasing products, services, or collections in a structured format. Choosing the right catalog design template enhances visual appeal and strengthens brand identity. Creating a brochure, lookbook or portfolio from… Continue reading Professional Brochure Catalog Templates: 25 Print Ready Designs

AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update

Summary:  Despite improvements in narrow-scope AI design tools, most design-specific AI cannot replicate human designers’ output quality. This is a follow-up to the 2024 article AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update.  In April 2024, AI-powered design tools were not useful to designers. As of May 2025, their usefulness has improved, but we’re… Continue reading AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update

How to create a colorful fan art portrait in Procreate

In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to draw a portrait in Procreate from scratch. We’ll draw Jinx from Arcane series, and we’ll take some inspiration from comics and Art Nouveau styles. We’ll explore different drawing techniques, and we’ll learn to use textures to make your fan art portrait expressive and vibrant. Creating a fan art… Continue reading How to create a colorful fan art portrait in Procreate

How to extend the background of a photo

Do you want to extend the background of a photo to give your image more breathing room or a different aspect ratio? This quick tutorial will show you how to achieve fast, professional results using the AI tools in Envato’s ImageEdit and the latest features in Adobe Photoshop—no advanced skills required! We’ll cover how to… Continue reading How to extend the background of a photo

How to edit images with AI ImageEdit

While editing images, it can be tough to find a tool that is both easy to use and has advanced features. Envato’s AI ImageEdit makes this easy, providing both beginners and expert creators with tools that take away the difficulties of regular editing.  Ready to breathe new life into your uploaded images with this all-in-one… Continue reading How to edit images with AI ImageEdit

A Deep Dive into Today’s Best Online Meeting Apps

In our increasingly digital workplace, online meeting platforms have evolved from convenient alternatives to essential tools for global collaboration. As remote and hybrid work arrangements become standard practice, the demand for reliable, feature-rich virtual meeting solutions continues to grow. Whether you’re managing a distributed team, connecting with clients overseas, or organizing virtual events, finding the… Continue reading A Deep Dive into Today’s Best Online Meeting Apps

New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send

Zoom in to discover where your emails are being read. A great new feature offering more insight into your subscribers is now available with every email send and monthly insight report: Geographic data on engagement stats. And not just the numbers, the team went a step further and added a mapping feature for visual representation.… Continue reading New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send

How AI Models Are Trained

Summary:  Training modern LLMs is a costly process that shapes the model’s outputs and involves unsupervised, supervised, and reinforcement learning. By this point, you’ve undoubtedly heard that the large language model (LLM) behind your favorite AI tool has been “trained on the whole internet.” To some extent, that’s true, but after training hundreds of UX… Continue reading How AI Models Are Trained

Are You Ready to Become a UX leader?

Discover your true role as a UX leader—regardless of your job title or organization. Understanding Where You Fit If you’re reading this, chances are you’re passionate about user experience. But maybe UX isn’t actually in your job title. Perhaps you’re a marketer, project manager, developer, copywriter, or business analyst who deeply cares about making your… Continue reading Are You Ready to Become a UX leader?

Avoiding Common Bias Traps in UX Surveys

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Part 3 (of 3) in the Crafting Effective UX Surveys series. In Part 1, we covered the essential “Do’s” for creating impactful surveys, and in Part 2, we focused on identifying and eliminating bias in survey questions. In this final part, we’ll explore the broader landscape of common bias traps that… Continue reading Avoiding Common Bias Traps in UX Surveys

Button States: Communicate Interaction

Summary:  Minor visual changes help users distinguish between 5 different button states: enabled, disabled, hovered, focused, pressed. Buttons are core user-interface elements that, when clicked or tapped, execute an action. When designed correctly, buttons set accurate user expectations and help them understand how to interact with the interface. In addition to clear button labels, effective… Continue reading Button States: Communicate Interaction

Beyond the Model: a systems approach to AI product design

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Integrating AI from technical components to user experience. Source Reading Paz Perez’s “The Rise of the Model Designer” offers a clear and accessible perspective on the current wave in AI product development. She makes an interesting case for why designers should step beyond the interface and help shape the very… Continue reading Beyond the Model: a systems approach to AI product design

Prompt Suggestions

Summary:  System-generated suggestions for AI prompts must be contextually relevant, personalized, and specific to the task and the user’s level of experience. Prompt suggestions are a common design element in AI-chat features, but users often ignore them, especially when they’re not in the right place or don’t feel useful. Done well, though, prompt suggestions can… Continue reading Prompt Suggestions

How to enlarge an image without losing quality?

How do you enlarge an image without pixelation? Have you ever wanted to enlarge a picture for your designs, only to end up with a blurry and pixelated mess? Enlarging images without pixelation is crucial for all designers. It’s a common problem, but thankfully, modern AI tools can help maintain the sharpness of your images… Continue reading How to enlarge an image without losing quality?