Designing for emotion in and of itself is not a problem. Websites are bound to elicit an emotional reaction from visitors, even if it’s as simple as them feeling at ease because of the soft, pastel color palette you’ve designed the site with. I don’t want to outright villainize emotional design. Unless there is some… Continue reading When Does Emotional Design Cross a Line?
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How to Design the Perfect Developer Portfolio
As a freelance web developer, how many clients do you get from your website? If you’re like most, you’re probably lucky to get one client every 2-3 months. Unfortunately, that’s very common. These days it’s not enough just to be a web developer if you want to make really good money. You have to be… Continue reading How to Design the Perfect Developer Portfolio
Fall Leaves and Pumpkins: Design Inspiration for the Season
September 9, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine The autumn season is almost here and there is no better way to warm up to it than fall leaves and pumpkin-inspired designs. We are seeing a lot of red and orange hues every fall and it makes internet users feel warmer as the air becomes colder. Different website… Continue reading Fall Leaves and Pumpkins: Design Inspiration for the Season
30 Horror-Inspired Fonts
As the weather cools and the Halloween spirit is thick in the air, thoughts of bone-chilling autumn projects start to play on every creative’s mind. That’s why it’s important to have the best horror fonts in your digital toolbox. Sorrow is just one of the many horror film poster fonts available on Envato Elements and… Continue reading 30 Horror-Inspired Fonts
Pointless Websites to Waste Time That School You in Design
Pointless websites are made from brilliant development hacks which are all wit and less work. These are websites that do not have any specific niche or content. The useless web is actually not what many people think it is. They may seem pointless but some really cool simplistic pages gain more user engagement than some… Continue reading Pointless Websites to Waste Time That School You in Design
10 Tools I Can’t Design Without
No matter how skilled you are as a designer, you need tools. A surgeon can’t operate without a scalpel; the same goes for designers. To get the job done effectively, you need to right tools in your arsenal. Tools certainly don’t make the craftsman, but they do make your job easier (and mostly fun). There… Continue reading 10 Tools I Can’t Design Without
Adobe CC Updates to Boost Workflow and Collaboration
Whether Adobe’s focus on collaboration and remote-working was prescient long-term thinking, or if this direction of development is a reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic is unclear; what is clear is that the timing of this release is ideal for the new work environment we find ourselves in. Adobe CC June Update Highlights Adobe’s move from… Continue reading Adobe CC Updates to Boost Workflow and Collaboration
How to Design an Excellent Sci-fi Book Cover
They say, “don’t judge a book by its cover”. While this may be good advice as a metaphor, the truth is, when it comes to actual books, we do judge them by their covers. The cover is the first thing we see on the shelf and one of the main things that draw in and… Continue reading How to Design an Excellent Sci-fi Book Cover
How to Use Elementor Templates: A 101 Intro
There’s a reason why so many people have turned to WordPress page builder plugins: they can make building even the most complex page layouts and features a relative breeze. It’s no wonder then, that Elementor has become the go-to page builder on the market. It not only simplifies content creation; the plugin also boasts some… Continue reading How to Use Elementor Templates: A 101 Intro
10 Inspiring Side Projects From Designers
Side projects can help to demonstrate your passion and enthusiasm for design to future clients or employers and can create a great new addition to your design portfolio. Side projects are a way you can work on things you want to work on — rather than just ones which are bringing in the money. Whether… Continue reading 10 Inspiring Side Projects From Designers
9 Tips For An Effective Mobile App Design
Mobile applications with a compelling design strike a chord with users almost instantaneously. Achieving such a design, however, is anything but easy. Knowing this fact very well, we’ve collated this blog outlining several important mobile app design tips to help you break through the noise with your next app. Design is one of the most… Continue reading 9 Tips For An Effective Mobile App Design
Tips On How To Design Your Own Invoice Template For Business
February 12, 2020 by Spyre Studios Invoices are the bread and butter of your business’s revenue, even if you’re a freelancer. It’s the preferred way to get, on paper, what exactly you need from those that owe you for your service or products. Nowadays we have the choice to make our own to our liking.… Continue reading Tips On How To Design Your Own Invoice Template For Business
50 Best Websites of 2019
From some very tough competition, these are the 50 sites we liked the best this year. Each one has been chosen either because it took a unique approach, or because it was central to a design trend that was a big hit in 2019. There’s a lot of fullscreen video, a lot of illustration, and… Continue reading 50 Best Websites of 2019
How to Design a Money Management App UI in Sketch
What You’ll Be Creating In this Sketch app tutorial you will learn how to create a money management mobile UI design. Take a look at the final design to see what we’ll be working towards. Feel free to download the source files too. What We’ll Learn For starters, you will learn how to set up… Continue reading How to Design a Money Management App UI in Sketch
How Pop Up Banners Benefit Your eLearning Business?
Are you aware of the new marketing channel for elearning businesses? It’s the pop up banners which appear suddenly in the foreground of a visual interface interrupting the user with a promotional message. How keen are you to incorporate these into your business? We bet, not until you’re aware of the benefits extended by it.… Continue reading How Pop Up Banners Benefit Your eLearning Business?
25 Best Christmas T-Shirt Designs (Using a T-Shirt Design Maker)
Christmas may only come once a year, but boy does it make a big splash when it does. If you want to get in on the action with your own Christmas T-shirt designs, check out the Placeit T-shirt design maker and these 25 best T-shirt designs. Just one of the 25 best T-shirt designs from Placeit Design Your… Continue reading 25 Best Christmas T-Shirt Designs (Using a T-Shirt Design Maker)
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?
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
How to Design a Letterpress Business Card in Adobe Illustrator
Oh, you fancy! Follow these simple tips, tricks, dos, and don’ts to achieve the letterpress business card design of your dreams! But first… If you found yourself here and you’re all “Wait, what the f*ck is letterpress?” Let us explain. Let’s start with what NOT to do, shall we? 1. No photos. We have lots… Continue reading How to Design a Letterpress Business Card in Adobe Illustrator
Design validation mathematics
Dzmitry Basenka Follow Sep 2 · 7 min read A while ago I still had parentish questions like “am I a good designer if I don’t test for all my interfaces?”, “is it OK that I postpone problems that faced only one of four respondents?”, “how many users to involve for unmoderated sessions?”, etc. Thanks… Continue reading Design validation mathematics
Future of Design
Things keep on evolving so does the designing systems. It started back in 1439 when Johannes Gutenberg started with typography and from then designing had come far away. Designers are in the center now, Back in days if you ask what type of an employee a company is looking for, the answer was Software Engineers,… Continue reading Future of Design
Design from the Comfort of your TV
TVs have come a long way since their early days almost a hundred years ago. What was once unattainable for all but the most wealthy, now sits in every living room, with many homes containing more than one TV. The original sets were big, bulky and very heavy due to the cathode ray tube, steering… Continue reading Design from the Comfort of your TV
Stop blaming people: it’s a Design problem
Poor design sets people up for failure. But it’s not their failure. Quinn Keast Follow Jul 22 · 5 min read The New York Times just published a fascinating feature revealing the story playing out in the background during the Notre-Dame Cathedral fire. It’s a compelling look behind the scenes, from the moment smoke was… Continue reading Stop blaming people: it’s a Design problem
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