All the signs are that web design is entering a phase of exuberance, with clashing colors, rapidly changing graphics, and dense layouts replacing the minimalism that’s dominated digital design for the last decade. Portfolios are beginning to adopt this maximalist approach, but never fear, for those who aren’t quote ready for full-on retina burn on… Continue reading Introducing 15 Best New Portfolios, October 2019
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20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2019
You’ll find a few other trends, and sites that ignore trends altogether, in our roundup of the freshest web design this month, but it’s hard to ignore the vibrancy that’s taking over. Enjoy! Chevalvert Chevalvert is a French design agency whose site visually bombards you from the moment it loads. The maximalist approach is visually… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, October 2019
Is Emerging AI Too Smart to Design for Me and You?
Currently, the answer is a resounding, “What? No… why would you even ask?” But this article isn’t about current AIs. True artificial intelligence is a long, long way off; and frankly, if we run face-first into the singularity, I doubt that our digital progeny will be interested in building interfaces for us. Learning algorithms are… Continue reading Is Emerging AI Too Smart to Design for Me and You?
Tips On Designing Creative Websites That Will Wow Your Clients
The global market keeps getting bigger and bigger, which should be good news for web designers – but there’s a catch. The clients you can expect to serve are more sophisticated and want creative websites, not just the regular HTML and CSS. You can’t deliver just anything and expect them to be happy. You’ll also… Continue reading Tips On Designing Creative Websites That Will Wow Your Clients
20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019
This month, there’s tons of color, and some elegant transitions. Video is huge this month, with a number of sites opting for video front and center. You’ll also find some delightful animated illustration. Enjoy! Bon Iver Visualizer This impressive site, built with Spotify data, visualizes all of the people currently streaming Bon Iver music, including… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019
How to Use Popups Without Damaging User Experience
Website owners/designers/developers are always looking for the best strategies to convert new leads into loyal customers, and popups are one of the most effective ways to catch your audience’s attention. Unfortunately, popups can be intrusive and often turn users away. As per a study by HubSpot, popups are one of the three most disliked forms… Continue reading How to Use Popups Without Damaging User Experience
20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019
Every month we roundup the best portfolios launched by agencies, freelance designers, and other creative professionals, into one easy-to-digest collection. And now we come to September. The kids are off to school (the poor dears), the teachers are off to school (the poor dears), and you’re free to spend some time thinking about the most… Continue reading 20 Best New Portfolios, September 2019
Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach
Design thinking is an innovative method of coming up with solutions to problems. Design thinking places the users at the heart to the problem-solving exercise with their experiences and opinions used to develop solutions to the problems they are facing. Once a solution to a problem has been found, it is tested on the users… Continue reading Tips to Enhance Your Blog With Design Thinking Approach
7 Features That Make Sitejet a Viable Alternative to WordPress
WordPress has long been the king of web design, but a new CMS built by four German designers looks set to offer an entirely new challenge for its crown. Sitejet doesn’t just provide novices and experts the chance to make beautiful websites in a shorter timeframe than its rival. It also comes equipped with a… Continue reading 7 Features That Make Sitejet a Viable Alternative to WordPress
35 Best Script Fonts
The best brush and script fonts compilation for web and graphic designers. The best brush fonts and best script fonts can turn any creative project into a true stand out with its unique charm! These brush and script fonts based on the expression of real handwriting. Brush fonts will work perfectly for fashion, e-commerce brands, trend blogs, wedding… Continue reading 35 Best Script Fonts
Brand Science 101
Every day in my work helping grow digital agencies and Fortune 500 brands, I hear countless companies struggle with how to discuss, interact with, and grow their client’s brand, leaving dollars on the table and creating problems along the way. The agency owner offers their perspective, shares why branding is important, but usually lacks the… Continue reading Brand Science 101
20 Best New Portfolios, August 2019
It’s August, which means the rain is finally slowing down, and I have a chance to get my roof fixed. While I wait here under a literal tarp-fort that I hung up in my office, I thought I might as well compile some of the best recent portfolios for you all to look at. We… Continue reading 20 Best New Portfolios, August 2019
8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Recently, I was part of a 3-person team of consultants who in 12 weeks built the foundations of a new design system. That design system is now used in multiple products and is contributed to by other developers and designers. In this post you’ll find some of the techniques we used to make the project… Continue reading 8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Balance Between Content and Web Design: How to Reach It
Just recently, I was given a very hard task – to find the perfect balance between web design and content. I have plenty of experience with both, but the combination of the two always gives me a lot of trouble. Still, for a website to be a success, it has to have the perfect balance… Continue reading Balance Between Content and Web Design: How to Reach It
Rethinking the Exploration Phase of Design
Starting off a project is often described as being the exploration phase of a design process–during this phase, you quickly diverge with lots of ideas, generating many potential leads on concepts and hypotheses to test with customers. However, the notion that conceiving creative ideas is more akin to sudden unexpected flashes of brilliance obscures the… Continue reading Rethinking the Exploration Phase of Design
25 Simple & Clean CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letters
Simple and clean Resume Templates to present your completer bio-data, portfolio, education, skills, and job experiences. Modern resume design have everything about your lifestyle, expertise, and thoughts about your future. In simple words if you apply for job resume is your first impression. So choose only best simple resumes. In this article we are presenting… Continue reading 25 Simple & Clean CV / Resume Templates with Cover Letters
Effective Examples of Useful Slide Out Panels and Sidebars
It should be noted that slide-out panels are indeed less accessible than fixed navigation options. They’re harder to discover and understand. Screen elements appearing and disappearing can confuse users and frustrate visitors. However, they’ve maintained their position as a consistently popular design choice, especially when screen space is limited, like on mobile devices. Their modularity… Continue reading Effective Examples of Useful Slide Out Panels and Sidebars
How Website Graphics Can Help You Reel Customers In
Customer service is invaluable. It is an integral factor that determines the success of a business as it enables your customer to keeps coming back to you. Customer satisfaction is only earned when you ensure that your customer is happy with your services and the overall customer experience. As technology progresses, businesses evolve with it.… Continue reading How Website Graphics Can Help You Reel Customers In
How to Create an Online Store with WordPress and BigCommerce
In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to make a WordPress shopping cart, using the BigCommerce WordPress plugin. We’ll go over the following things (in both video and written format, choose whichever you prefer!): What is BigCommerce (and the concept of “headless”)? How to download the plugin and create an account Setting up… Continue reading How to Create an Online Store with WordPress and BigCommerce
Professional Resume That Will Transform Your Job Application
Resumes’s are not just a document to present your education skills and experiences. Nowadays Resume have everything about your lifestyle, expertise, and thoughts about your future. So choose modern, creative and unique resume templates design. In this article we are presenting Professionally designed Resume Templates save you time and keep your resume clean and well-organized… Continue reading Professional Resume That Will Transform Your Job Application
How Many Programming Languages Should I Learn?
How many programming languages should the average developer learn? While most programmers are expert in one or two languages, how many should they be familiar with? There isn’t a limit to the number of programming languages that any one person can learn. Your memory can expand infinitely inward, but that doesn’t make it easy. Just… Continue reading How Many Programming Languages Should I Learn?
24 Premium Business Card Templates (In Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign Formats)
Are you rebranding or launching a new business? Do you have a big conference or meetup fast approaching? Is your current business card at the quality level you’d like? Now’s a great time to update your business cards or create a new set. Hand a well-designed card to the people you connect with and leave… Continue reading 24 Premium Business Card Templates (In Photoshop, Illustrator, & InDesign Formats)
Use a Drag-and-Drop Form Builder for WordPress
Forms have always been an integral part of the Internet. As a WordPress website owner, you have no choice but to use them if you want your users to communicate with you. Creating a modern form that follows best practices and conforms to the look and feel of your site, however, can be a daunting… Continue reading Use a Drag-and-Drop Form Builder for WordPress
Which Should You Use and When?
Flexbox and CSS Grid are two CSS layout modules that have become mainstream in recent years. Both allow us to create complex layouts that were previously only possible by applying CSS hacks and/or JavaScript. Flexbox and CSS Grid share multiple similarities and many layouts can be solved with both. When to use which is another… Continue reading Which Should You Use and When?