5 Excellent Tools Your UX and UI Design Tasks

Posted · Category: Best Collections UI Design – UX Design: Tightly Coupled, But Not the Same User interface (UI), and user experience (UX), are both critical elements in website design. The two terms are often confused, and are even used interchangeably by some; but they are not one and the same. Sure, it’s important to… Continue reading 5 Excellent Tools Your UX and UI Design Tasks

How to Order and Align Items in Grid Layout

In this tutorial, you will learn how to control the order in which items are placed using the Grid Layout module. After that, we will discuss how to control the alignment of different items in the grid. In the past, we covered a few important Grid-related topics. We began by learning about different ways of… Continue reading How to Order and Align Items in Grid Layout

Why human-centered design is an expectation.

Human-Centered Design, in short, is the practice of a management and problem solving process that places people (your customer) at the center of every decision. It requires curiosity and contextual observation, empathy, ideation, iteration, and implementation. “Human-centered” is the core of user, customer, and service experience design (UX, CX, SX). Almost every company has a… Continue reading Why human-centered design is an expectation.

Logo Design Trends and Strategy Guide for 2017

Branding strategy plays a fundamental part in an organization’s achievement in today’s focused and competitive markets. Your organization brand is not only a name or image; it speaks to the association with your purchaser. Making solid brand value is critical to position yourself in the business sector and make consumer awareness, whether you are an… Continue reading Logo Design Trends and Strategy Guide for 2017

21 Places to Sell Your Digital Desigs Online

Looking for a place to sell your graphic design goods? This collection of digital marketplaces features some of the best places to sell graphics designs online, including web elements, themes, vectors, clipart, hand illustrations, fonts, and more. Digital Marketplaces: Creative Market The Envato alternative for a top-notch digital marketplace will surprise you with a gorgeous… Continue reading 21 Places to Sell Your Digital Desigs Online

The Principles Of Information Architecture

Advertisement At the heart of online design sits information architecture. In fact, a large proportion of our function as online designers is devoted to supporting users when it comes to locating the content that they need, and driving them towards the content that website owners would like them to interact with. As such, we incorporate… Continue reading The Principles Of Information Architecture

Eye Candy User Interface Design Inspiration

Advertisement When designing a web-based app or mobile app, you must not only think about the content of the app but also about the functionality. In many cases, you must focus even more on the functionality of an app and use a great UI design in order to create an app that is not only… Continue reading Eye Candy User Interface Design Inspiration

How To Design A Great Portfolio Website

Advertisement Designing a great portfolio, whether it is a web design portfolio or a graphic design portfolio, is a challenging task for every designer. Designing a project for ourselves, such that could meet our highest requirements, can be tough. Still, it doesn’t mean that we cannot create an online portfolio which is entertaining, accurate, and… Continue reading How To Design A Great Portfolio Website

Flexbox Patterns: Ready-To-Use Building Blocks for Your Design

If you ever delved into Flexbox as an alternative to the classic CSS box model, you probably don’t want to go back. The hitch is, that you need to deal with it in-depth, and who has enough time for that these days. Thus, we’re often stuck with old methods of getting things done, just because… Continue reading Flexbox Patterns: Ready-To-Use Building Blocks for Your Design

International Artist Feature: Italy

For this article in the international artist series, we turn to Italy, featuring six artists who create fantastic work, from illustration to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Officemilano Officemilano is a multi-discipline design firm based in Milan, Italy.… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Italy

Selecting Parent Elements with CSS and jQuery

There have been occasions where I’ve wished I was able to select a parent element with CSS–and I’m not alone on this matter. However, there isn’t such thing as a Parent Selector in CSS, so it simply isn’t possible for the time being. In this tutorial we will walk through a few cases where having a CSS… Continue reading Selecting Parent Elements with CSS and jQuery

8 Free Cloud-Based Tools For Physicians

This post will surely help the physicians because in this post we are presenting 8 free and superb cloud-based tools for physicians. All these wonderful and outstanding cloud-based tools are reliable and you can easily afford them, save your time and make your work easier for you. All these amazing tools are free, popular and… Continue reading 8 Free Cloud-Based Tools For Physicians

Quick Tip: Using CSS Counters to Style Incremental Elements

In this quick tip, we’ll cover the very basics of CSS counters; a useful, yet not so well-known CSS feature. When we’re done building our demo, we’ll take a look at some real world examples of sites which take advantage of CSS counters. The Goal: Styling an Ordered List As a first step, let’s look at the… Continue reading Quick Tip: Using CSS Counters to Style Incremental Elements

Tips for Designers Who Don’t Code

I hail from a design background and moved into front-end development some years ago. With responsive web design, the requirement of the designer is shifting. Here are a few tips collated to help designers who don’t code. In an ideal world, everybody designing for the web medium would also be a front-end developer. The reasons… Continue reading Tips for Designers Who Don’t Code

Multisite Enhancements in WordPress 4.4

I’m a big fan of WordPress Multisite: I use it to manage a small network of client sites, hold all of my demo sites in one place, and also run a network allowing people to create their own custom sites. So it’s always nice to see Multisite getting a bit of love when WordPress is… Continue reading Multisite Enhancements in WordPress 4.4

Editing Images in CSS: Combining Techniques

In last two tutorials of this series, we have discussed how filters and blend modes can completely change the appearance of images. In this tutorial, I will cover the basics of editing images by using both these properties together. The Basics of Layering Image Effects With CSS Any non-primitive image editing usually requires more than… Continue reading Editing Images in CSS: Combining Techniques

Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

A day in the life of a freelance web designer can be a real whirlwind. Without ever leaving your desk, you might be working on dozens of sites, communicating with lots of clients, writing several proposals and still find time to network on social media. This is my 17th year of freelancing. Last year, I… Continue reading Managing Your Freelance To-Do List While Keeping Some Shred of Sanity

4 important rules for web design in the cloud

The cloud can make a number of things simpler in your business as web design is typically included. However to get the most out of the cloud, you need to make sure that you follow certain rules. Otherwise, you could find yourself in a great deal of trouble and having to redo some of your… Continue reading 4 important rules for web design in the cloud

10 Copyright Laws Every Graphic Designer Should Be Aware Of

Copyright is defined as having the exclusive right to control reproduction and commercial exploitation of your work. In a world where truly inspirational art has taken a backseat to fame and fortune it is important to make sure your true creations remain yours in the eyes of the law. For aspiring designers, it is especially… Continue reading 10 Copyright Laws Every Graphic Designer Should Be Aware Of

The Future of Web Design is in Our Hands

For the past 20 years, the Web has evolved via a single portal (the desktop browser) and a single paradigm (the page). In the last two years both have been obliterated by the proliferation of new Internet-connected devices and browser technology. The Web as we know it is undergoing a transformational shift in how information is delivered, created,… Continue reading The Future of Web Design is in Our Hands

Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

It feels like every day you read about a new security breach on a website, in many cases involving weak passwords. It’s a known fact that users are notoriously lax when it comes to choosing their passwords, so there needs to be a better way of providing secure logins to your site. That’s where two-factor… Continue reading Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

I think full-screen websites provide a vivid experience for the user. Seeing the entire picture, rather that a boxed layout, is very pleasing and makes me feel like I’m virtually visiting a new real estate. I know that might sounds a bit out there, but it’s the way I feel. If you technically think about… Continue reading 30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

45 Awesome Design Fonts for Minimalist Design

Taking a minimalist approach for your website or a graphic project requires that you use fonts that match the simple and uncluttered setup of your design. Clean and light fonts can profoundly complement your minimalist design as they appear laid back and subdued. Their somewhat subtle appearance would give you a breathing space to admire… Continue reading 45 Awesome Design Fonts for Minimalist Design

A Useful Tool For Finding Free and High Quality Resources

Time means money and deadlines are shorter than ever.  Therefore, any tool that has the function of reducing your workload should be regarded as a blessing. However, most of the gizmos that you will find online aren’t free and in most cases cost so much that aren’t even worth considering them as an option. So,… Continue reading A Useful Tool For Finding Free and High Quality Resources