There has been much more dialog about mentorship among the web designer communities. Being a mentor comes down to being a trusted instructor who is promptly available to offer help and support that is most appropriate to the mentored individual. Much the same as a writer mentor who provide tips and advices about essay writing… Continue reading Essay on Characteristics of Web Design Mentor And Where to Find One for Yourself
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Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 15
Welcome back to our Diversity in Design series on Envato Tuts+. Discover four talented artists with inspiring styles you’ll love. 4 Artists You Should Know: Diversity in Design Celebrate the work of these extraordinary artists. Each with their own unique background, they draw inspiration from their culture and surroundings to create phenomenal designs. Magtira… Continue reading Celebrate Diversity in Design—Volume 15
How to Successfully Present Logo Designs to Clients: A Step-by-Step Guide
‘There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and wow. Wow is the one to aim for’ – Milton Glaser Designing creative, effective and appealing logos is an art, but presenting it to clients is another. The response of your client on the logo highly depends on how you present and… Continue reading How to Successfully Present Logo Designs to Clients: A Step-by-Step Guide
20 Different Fonts to Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects in 2018
Explore different letter fonts to complement your work. Get inspired with this awesome list of new resources for 2018. Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects With These Fonts Every designer should have a collection of different font styles in their arsenal. Because no matter the occasion, creative fonts are the best way to upgrade any project.… Continue reading 20 Different Fonts to Make Stylish Graphic Design Projects in 2018
5 Practical Productivity Hacks to Improve Web Design Efficiency
When it comes to web design, creativity and productivity are central to your work. If you lack in either of these areas, it will be a struggle to come up with quality results. The challenge, especially with the productivity half, is that everyone is unique. What works for one designer might not work for you,… Continue reading 5 Practical Productivity Hacks to Improve Web Design Efficiency
Amazing Graffiti Portrait Painting by Francoise Nielly
Today we are featuring French knife-painter “Françoise Nielly“. She is famous for painting vibrant and colorful Graffiti portraits. She paint popular people portraits such as Barack Obama, Gaby, Betty, Nicole Kidman and more famous portaits. She was born in Marseille, France and move in Paris. Her painting is expressive, exhibiting a brute force, a fascinating vital energy. Oil and… Continue reading Amazing Graffiti Portrait Painting by Francoise Nielly
5 Mobile UX Trends To Implement In 2018 And Beyond
July 5, 2018 by Spyrestudios Blogger The use of mobile has far surpassed desktop usage. People spend more time on their phones than their desktops. In fact, most mobile users are spending more than 60 hours per month browsing on their phones. As designers, it’s critical that we optimize the mobile experience to the best… Continue reading 5 Mobile UX Trends To Implement In 2018 And Beyond
The 6 types of user segmentation and what they mean for your product
MYOB People by Nick, https://dribbble.com/shots/3322055-MYOB-People Marketing helps you understand your user, focus your product on your user needs and take the product to market. This post is set up to mimic what would you go through when segmenting your customers. Marketing segmentation Only few companies are big enough to supply the needs of an entire… Continue reading The 6 types of user segmentation and what they mean for your product
Shhh… a UX designer’s mistakes
A few days ago was my 2 year anniversary at StatMuse (visit us) and subsequently also my 2 year anniversary as a UX/UI Designer! Although I am happy that we’ve shipped multiple responsive websites, a brand new iOS app, and a some platform bots, I do recognize that I’ve made a whole bunch of mistakes… Continue reading Shhh… a UX designer’s mistakes
A few things I have learned after 10 years writing about UX
Photo: Drew Coffman I have been blogging for more than 10 years now. (Funny how “blogging” used as a verb sounds a bit off these days) It all started back in the day when I was working as an Information Architect (yep, “UX” is a relatively new term) at the biggest digital agency in Brazil. At… Continue reading A few things I have learned after 10 years writing about UX
Taking Your Business Green
The hottest trend for companies right now is not to have a funny social media stream or to create viral Vine videos. It’s to be more environmentally conscious — not only in terms of how products are produced or services are offered, but also in how the business is operated. More consumers are voting with… Continue reading Taking Your Business Green
AI-Driven UX Design
What impact might AI have on UX? My take on how we can design for AI. How will Artificial Intelligence impact UX design? How can we design meaningful experiences in an era with AI-driven products & services? How will this creative process look like? These questions keep clouding my mind, and I like to give… Continue reading AI-Driven UX Design
A series of interviews with senior UX leaders to celebrate International Women’s Day
Meet Elizabeth Elizabeth Churchill is currently a Director of User Experience at Google. She is an applied social scientist working in the area of human computer interaction, computer mediated communication, mobile/ubiquitous computing and social media. Elizabeth is the current Secretary/Treasurer of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s premier professional society for computer science… Continue reading A series of interviews with senior UX leaders to celebrate International Women’s Day
Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
You’ll often find that your web design clients simply do not know web design the way you do. They don’t follow the trends, they don’t really understand the terminology, and they don’t understand the reasoning behind certain web design decisions. You certainly know all those things. After all, it’s your job. You’re a web designer.… Continue reading Tips On Educating Your Web Design Clients
Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface
The concept of something as intangible as a design calling consumers’ attention to a tangible product is a concept that goes back more than one hundred years with brands such as Pepsi, Valvoline and Jack Daniel’s. These logos of yesteryear might be largely unfamiliar, but the way designers chose how to construct a likable image… Continue reading Different Strokes: How Brands Build Logos Using Typeface
How Voice User Interface Design Is Changing the Online Experience
The rapid evolution of smart devices is pushing a new trend in user interface design – voice user interfaces. As people grow more comfortable talking to their phones, tablets, and wearables, brands who want to remain visible must invest in voice-friendly designs. See how voice user interface design has evolved, look at the most popular… Continue reading How Voice User Interface Design Is Changing the Online Experience
Airbnb First Date Concept
Iterations After synthesizing the insights, I re-iterated on the concepts to alleviate the weaknesses and further highlight the strengths. Idea 1: Bingo x Digital Gift Combining Bingo and Digital Gift Exchange Concepts Medium Fidelity Wireframes of Situations Where Their Interests Matched and Don’t After testing, I decided to remove the gamified portion of the concept and replaced it… Continue reading Airbnb First Date Concept
How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today
The internet has undergone a lot of changes over the last few decades. In the early days, the complexity of web design was more about the technologies available and had nothing to do with fonts, typography variations, robust visual content representation, rich media and all other elements of modern web design. Today, however, such complex… Continue reading How AI Is Interfacing with Web Design Today
Resist — or reach out? Thoughts on entrepreneurship and diversity
re·sist·ance: the refusal to accept or comply with something; the attempt to prevent something by action or argument; the ability not to be affected by something adversely. #Grabyourwallet, weekly marches, Facebook and Twitter posts galore — our anger won’t subside any time soon, and for good reason. Its expression is powerful and meaningful. But how does Melissa,… Continue reading Resist — or reach out? Thoughts on entrepreneurship and diversity
Driving innovation [1/2]: a portfolio perspective
In every sector, it’s possible to notice growing efforts towards innovation. More and more organizations do not take their market and own relevance for granted, and realize that some [widely applied] strategies to maintain and grow their businesses [like plain price competition, and aggressive portfolio expansion, among others] may incubate serious near and long term… Continue reading Driving innovation [1/2]: a portfolio perspective
Should designers code… or should developers design?
We all know that one of the most discussed topics in the tech community is whether or not designers should code. There are tons of articles out there about the subject, nonetheless I still see new ones popping up every now and then. If you just start typing on Google “Should Designers…” guess what it’s… Continue reading Should designers code… or should developers design?
9 Best jQuery Autocomplete Plugins
For today’s round up, we have collected 9 best jQuery auto complete plugins for you. Auto complete feature lets your users to quickly find and select from a pre-populated list of values that they have previously saved in the form. This will result in saving lots of time and energy. This is exceptionally helpful for… Continue reading 9 Best jQuery Autocomplete Plugins
How to Streamline Your Logo Design Process
Creating a identity that is unique any brand can be quite a challenge, because there are so many things to factor in. The process is not as simple as throwing your creative juices into the project – that’s just a fraction that is small of. Company logo demands a great deal more from any musician,… Continue reading How to Streamline Your Logo Design Process
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