The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills

In 13 years working in UX, I have joined a considerable number of meetings where UX Designers present their work to the rest of the team. More than I can remember, to be brutally honest. Consumer journeys, sitemaps, wireframes, benchmark audits, personas, user research reports — the list of deliverables designers are creating is huge. Presenting work… Continue reading The relationship between design deliverables and presentation skills

Best practices for public speaking in design conferences and events

Hello, old friend. We all reach a point in our careers when we start speaking in public. Designers, in particular, are pretty good at organizing conferences, panels, meetups, livestreams and other forms of publicly sharing knowledge with fellow designers. Speaking at design events is not only important for the design community as a whole, but also… Continue reading Best practices for public speaking in design conferences and events

Don’t Let Content Delay Website Launches

Posted · Category: Tools Whether content is delivered late, structured differently to the design or lost in email threads – content always gets the blame for website project delays. As a designer or developer involved in a website project, you’re probably familiar with having to adjust or even re-do your work when content finally arrives.… Continue reading Don’t Let Content Delay Website Launches

36 New Free Photoshop PSD Files for UI Designers

Free download newly free PSD files for web and GUI designs. These PSD files are perfect for creative fully editable PSD mockups and user interface. All freebies are very useful and easy to use with the Smart Object. Free PSD graphics included PSD logos, App UI, Flyers, Business Card Templates, Branding, Vector Icons, Web Templates, Mock-ups and… Continue reading 36 New Free Photoshop PSD Files for UI Designers

Dynamic Icons in Sketch

Two years ago, I had a grand total of zero minutes played in Sketch. Today — let’s do the math — I have approximately 18 months in Sketch x 172 working hours per month, equalling 3,132 hours. In that time I’ve discovered the best solution for tedious icon creation problems that zap your time. In the past, designers spent… Continue reading Dynamic Icons in Sketch

The Cutting Edge Of Website Design

Ultra-Responsive Mobile Websites Touchscreen technology isn’t historically “new”; it’s been around for decades. But responsive touchscreen technology that can be properly utilized by the public is an innovation that was untenable for a long time. The technology can be traced back to the dawn of computers; the forties, as a matter of fact. When this… Continue reading The Cutting Edge Of Website Design

10 Resource Sites For Free Website Background Images

February 16, 2017 by Veronika Building an entire website on your own requires special attention to details and a good eye for design. We’ve covered plenty of topics on website design, including essential features, user experience, and search engine optimization. We’ve listed plenty of free design resources but when it comes to something as simple as… Continue reading 10 Resource Sites For Free Website Background Images

35 Creative Business Logo Designs for Inspiration – 44

This is the inspiration #44 in logo design series. Here you can find 2017’s fresh business logo design concepts and ideas created by professional graphic designers. Corporate visual identity or Branding is all about creating a logo design and in building up the brand value is essentially best done by a graphic designer who is adept in creating images keeping… Continue reading 35 Creative Business Logo Designs for Inspiration – 44

10 Web Design & UX Trends to Embrace in 2017

January 17, 2017 by Spyre Studios The team at The Deep End Web Consulting has produced an infographic that not only outlines 2017 Web Design and UX Trends to Boost Conversions — it lets you know why they work. Appearance, UX, and tactics all matter. These tips will give you ideas for putting them together… Continue reading 10 Web Design & UX Trends to Embrace in 2017

Some of The Best Black Friday Deals Are Already Here

Posted · Category: Best Collections Black Friday is a super time to take advantage of bargains in household items and consumer electronics. But what about bargains for web designers? As it turns out, web designers haven’t been left out of the picture. You can see from this selection of design aids, UI kits, stock photos, and WP… Continue reading Some of The Best Black Friday Deals Are Already Here

eBay experiments with a visual search engine

eBay, the giant auction site, has just launched a new site specifically for people looking for furniture and other complementary products and items for the home. eBay Collective, to be sure, is a site that’s aimed more at the high-end crowd, as it features items like antiques, fine art, contemporary design, and other unique items.… Continue reading eBay experiments with a visual search engine

Create a “Game of Thones” Inspired Photo Composite

Lately Game of Thrones season 6 has been aired! One of the most famous characters in it is Daenerys Stormborn. So let’s do an fanart for her! I loved her baby dragons. So I dediced to do an artwork of her with one of her baby dragons. You will learn how to use fire and… Continue reading Create a “Game of Thones” Inspired Photo Composite

How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

Posted · Category: Best Collections Your assignment is to create a website for a creative agency, perhaps the one you work for. Hence, your goal is to design a website that will attract and engage potential clients and customers. And have them beating on the door. You need to address what these potential customers expect from a creative agency.… Continue reading How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

How to Create a Misty Landscape Photo Manipulation With Adobe Photoshop

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I’ll show you how to create a misty landscape with rocks, an arch bridge, flying birds, castles, and a medieval woman. You’ll learn how to combine simple images into a cohesive scene, play with the depth and atmosphere, adjust the colors, and more.  Tutorial Assets The following assets… Continue reading How to Create a Misty Landscape Photo Manipulation With Adobe Photoshop

Make Vintage Comics with The Retro Comic Book Tool Kit

This incredibly fun set makes it ridiculously easy to put together your own vintage comic projects with just a few clicks of your mouse. Using layer styles, patterns and overlays in Photoshop, you can build out a fantastic look for your artwork. Use these styles to theme a website, create flyers for a fair or… Continue reading Make Vintage Comics with The Retro Comic Book Tool Kit

How Welcoming are WordCamps to Women?

This month it’s International Women’s Day, a worldwide event designed to raise the under-representation of women in many walks of life and encourage us all to open up more opportunities to women and girls. I thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look at gender diversity at WordCamps, and compare these with… Continue reading How Welcoming are WordCamps to Women?

Free Download : Colored Line Icons (SVG, PNG)

This is a complete pack that includes an amazing variety of Colored Line Icons.The set contains 30 colored line icons in pastel tones for your next design project. The icons come in vector format (SVG) and PNGs of various sizes.The icons of this set have a clean line and a glowy, playful look. A bright… Continue reading Free Download : Colored Line Icons (SVG, PNG)

20 Useful iOS Icon & App Template Resources

As a developer, your design skills may not be that great. But you want your applications to look great. Right? In this quick tip, I list 20 graphic resources for iOS you can find on GraphicRiver. Not only will they save you time, they will make your applications look great. 1. Application Icons The application… Continue reading 20 Useful iOS Icon & App Template Resources

20 Templates For Creating High-Fidelity Wireframes

Wireframing can be something quick and dirty, or it can be a large task that takes time to perfect. So here are some wireframe templates to help you save ton of time. With these templates you can easily create effective mockups and prototype of your web and mobile apps in no time. This is the… Continue reading 20 Templates For Creating High-Fidelity Wireframes

How to Make WordPress Sites Different by Geography

An Approach to Geolocal WordPress Sites In order to launch an inexpensive global network of sites run by volunteers that would provide shoppers categorized directories to local stores, I needed to leverage the power of WordPress with some unusual customizations and workarounds. There are a number of approaches to providing local experiences with WordPress. In this tutorial, I’m… Continue reading How to Make WordPress Sites Different by Geography

20 Free Vectors to Use in Your Designs

If you’ve been searching far and wide for high-quality free vector graphics, a quick look through the superb selection should convince you that your efforts have finally been rewarded. Most of these are royalty free and many are yours for the asking. Vector graphicsserve a multiplicity of purposes.You can use them tohighlight your brand. Some… Continue reading 20 Free Vectors to Use in Your Designs