Summary: The sparkles icon has become increasingly prevalent in user interfaces, particularly in association with AI-driven features, but it suffers from ambiguity and lacks a standardized meaning. This article features content from the book Digital Icons That Work: A Comprehensive Guide to Enhancing User Experience with Effective Iconography by Kate Kaplan (with a contributing chapter on icon… Continue reading The Proliferation and Problem of the ✨ Sparkles ✨ Icon
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Continuous Product Design: Step-by-step Guide
Most IT-supplied products and functions are not used in practice. Resources, applications, and software remain idle. Not all companies consider whether their products are effective for the users. Consequently, 91% of unsatisfied customers don’t complain about their bad experience. They simply leave without giving feedback. A vivid proof is the mobile development market, which has… Continue reading Continuous Product Design: Step-by-step Guide
50 Best Book Cover Mockups
For any author, the book cover is the first impression your story makes. It’s the billboard on a crowded shelf, the digital thumbnail that catches a reader’s eye. A well-designed cover can entice readers to delve into your world, sparking their imagination and promising a captivating journey. But crafting the perfect cover can feel daunting,… Continue reading 50 Best Book Cover Mockups
15 Best Free Rounded Corner Business Card Mockups
For graphic designers, corporate branding is a delicate dance. It’s about capturing the essence of a company, translating it into a visual language, and ensuring that message resonates with the target audience. Business cards, those pocket-sized ambassadors, play a crucial role in this symphony. But before sending the final design off to print, there’s a… Continue reading 15 Best Free Rounded Corner Business Card Mockups
What is User-Centered Design (UCD)? w/Process
With users becoming more and more educated, user-centered design is the secret sauce to the success of your digital product or service. If you are looking to learn how to unlock your product’s potential by adopting a user-centered design approach look no further. In this article, we have collated everything you need to… Continue reading What is User-Centered Design (UCD)? w/Process
The GenAI Compass: a UX framework to design generative AI experiences
[unable to retrieve full-text content] Patterns for implementing human-centric design thinking and UX to GenAI Generative AI is reshaping the landscape of design, ushering us into an era where deeply individualized user experiences become the norm. Personalization reaches beyond the tailored, transcending into the realm of the deeply individualized, fostering one-on-one connections at scale — true hyper-personalization. I’m… Continue reading The GenAI Compass: a UX framework to design generative AI experiences
Embracing change with system-driven design
To embrace change, you have to make it easy and cheap. System-driven design is one way to do just that. Waterfall, the double diamond, and other traditional ways of approaching the development of digital products rooted in the building perspective take for granted that it’s easier to make changes to designs than code. They operate under… Continue reading Embracing change with system-driven design
Exciting New Tools for Designers, March 2023
We have invoicing apps and scheduling tools. Some resources will save you the trouble of hiring a designer or developer. And there are some really helpful testing and prototyping tools. Glaze Glaze is a collection of modern illustrations that are free to download and use. There’s everything from isolated characters to immersive scenes. Rise Rise is an… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, March 2023
How IBM revolutionized corporate America with design
For more than 100 years, IBM has been one of the prominent names among computing giants, dominating the early global market with technical and service superiority. They forged a path of innovation leading to Nobel Prizes, lucrative defense contracts, and they even helped to put a man on the moon. IBM CEO, Thomas J. Watson Jr.… Continue reading How IBM revolutionized corporate America with design
It takes a village to raise 5-year-old designers
Some of us are both designers and parents. Some of us may have designers as parents. Some of us may even be designers creating products for children. Nevertheless, all of us were once children. Being a child may be a distant memory, to an extent we forget what it is like to be a kid.… Continue reading It takes a village to raise 5-year-old designers
17 Fonts Similar to Oswald
* { box-sizing: border-box; } body {margin: 0;}*{box-sizing:border-box;}body{margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;} Are you in love with Oswald’s clean, modern style? Are you wondering what font is similar to Oswald that you can use in your next project? Try Bamba Grotesk if you’re looking for the font most similar to Oswald. Today, we’re going to look at the history… Continue reading 17 Fonts Similar to Oswald
30 Best Calligraphy Script Fonts and Handwritten Fonts Of 2021
33 Shares Best modern calligraphy script fonts and creative handwritten script type fonts that are very suitable for the publication needs of fashion, magazine, t-shirt design, flyers, and can also be used as a signature fonts. These fonts has a beautiful calligraphy script character with a natural rough strokes and styles. Creative stylish script fonts… Continue reading 30 Best Calligraphy Script Fonts and Handwritten Fonts Of 2021
45 Best Bakery Templates (Brochures, Flyers, Logos, and More)
If you’re opening a bakery, you’re going to need loads of resources like brochures, flyers, and menus to promote your business successfully. You can find a wonderful collection of bakery brochure ideas at Envato Elements. Today we will showcase 45 of the best templates you can find there. Unlimited Bakery Template Downloads at Envato Elements… Continue reading 45 Best Bakery Templates (Brochures, Flyers, Logos, and More)
How to Draw a Rose
What You’ll Be Creating Roses are very popular flowers, commonly seen as a symbol of love. They’re very difficult to draw, though—they’re made of many layers of petals. You need to add them carefully one by one, and then shade the whole construction. In this quick tutorial I’ll show you how to do it if… Continue reading How to Draw a Rose
42 Cool Fonts to Draw (For Calligraphy and Handwriting!)
Looking for cool easy fonts to draw by hand? In this article, we’ll look at some simple fonts to draw and where you can find them. We’ll also look at what you need to know about using cool fonts to draw by hand. There are some easy, cool fonts to draw out there, but you’ll… Continue reading 42 Cool Fonts to Draw (For Calligraphy and Handwriting!)
Prince Philip: Celebrating a surprising tech legacy
[unable to retrieve full-text content] As we bid farewell to the Duke of Edinburgh, I pay homage to his love of technology & innovation, exploring some tech-based schemes linked with the legendary DofE Award. With an incredibly heavy heart, the world recently said goodbye to HRH Prince Philip, the Queen’s beloved husband and “strength and stay”… Continue reading Prince Philip: Celebrating a surprising tech legacy
Why Cute Graphic Designs Always Trend on the Internet (With Examples)
December 16, 2020 by Sangalang Kristine Cute graphic designs have been popular in Asia for the past few decades. Incredibly, the influence and style of this Asian cuteness are already reaching the West much faster than we all think. Why do cute graphic designs always trend on the internet anyway? We all need some ‘awwww’… Continue reading Why Cute Graphic Designs Always Trend on the Internet (With Examples)
20+ Best Custom Twitch Emotes (Using a Twitch Emote Maker)
Want to give your viewers an incentive to subscribe to your Twitch channel? Offer them your own custom Twitch emotes. Don’t know how to make Twitch emotes? One of the many awesome Twitch emotes you can find at Placeit Well, that’s what this article is all about. Here, you’ll not only learn how to make… Continue reading 20+ Best Custom Twitch Emotes (Using a Twitch Emote Maker)
Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery
A great way to improve the user experience of your website is to validate and submit forms without a page refresh. In this tutorial I’ll show you how easy it is to do just that—validate and submit a contact form that without page refresh using jQuery! Let’s get started. What We’re Building In this example,… Continue reading Submit A Form Without Page Refresh Using jQuery
3 Essential Design Trends, October 2020
Design can make a statement. It evokes feeling and can encourage thought and conversation. That’s the common theme among the three trends in website design this month. Each trend is rooted on the time and place where we live and includes elements that provoke thought. Kudos to these designers and design teams for jumpstarting conversations.… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, October 2020
25 Must-Read Books For Designers, Typography Lovers, And Freelancers
UPDATED AUGUST 2020 You may already know that I read a lot and of course, being a designer and a blogger there are many design blogs that I follow and read on a regular basis, but there’s also a lot of books about design, usability, typography, CSS, freelancing and a boatload of other related topics… Continue reading 25 Must-Read Books For Designers, Typography Lovers, And Freelancers
Perfecting Your Web Designer Resume for a Freelance Job in 4 Easy Steps
You may have overlooked many online security practices in the past, but you cannot afford to overlook the importance of your resume in furthering your job application for a freelancing opportunity. To get a freelance job in web design, you need a well-composed web designer resume. And we are here to help. Read on to… Continue reading Perfecting Your Web Designer Resume for a Freelance Job in 4 Easy Steps
50+ Best Heart Graphics (Vector, Clip Art, Pixel)
Hearts are among the most popular of graphics, so today we’re focusing on heart graphics. This heart shape vector is just one of many heart graphics you can find at Envato Elements Here comes a whopping list of over 50 of the coolest heart graphics to be found at Envato Elements. Enjoy! Heart Graphics at Envato Elements (Unlimited Downloads) If you love… Continue reading 50+ Best Heart Graphics (Vector, Clip Art, Pixel)
20 Best Gay Pride Wallpaper Designs to Show Your Support
As a commemoration of the Stonewall Riots that ended in 1969, the LGBTQ+ community has always celebrated pride month in June. Changing web page design with gay pride wallpapers is a great way to support pride month. There are many reasons why pride month is celebrated all over the world. But the most important would… Continue reading 20 Best Gay Pride Wallpaper Designs to Show Your Support