Google Home and Amazon Echo Yay, we killed Skeuomorphism! Not too long ago humanity left behind its skeuomorphic interfaces. Skeuomorphism meant using references to real world surface textures on visual interfaces to enhance their comprehensibility. We stripped our visual interfaces off their ornamentations to allow a more authentic approach to visual aesthetics. Killing skeuomorphism made us… Continue reading The New Skeuomorphism is in Your Voice Assistant
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Stylish and Clean WordPress Blog Theme
This is a fully-responsive, light and crisp WordPress blog theme that comes with tons of original functionalities, designed in a golden era of postcard-style look that presents your content and ads in an eye-catching fashion. Features: – Mix of modern CSS effects and retro design – Pop-up pages and pop-up advertising – Pre-defined ad placement… Continue reading Stylish and Clean WordPress Blog Theme
Combatting unconscious bias in design
bi·as: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair; cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something. A few years ago, a male-led design team was working on a brief for a major athletic apparel… Continue reading Combatting unconscious bias in design
Best Photoshop Plugins
April 6, 2017 by Veronika Photoshop is a powerful graphic design software that enables designers to work with both raster and vector images. The incredible algorithms and unmatchable user-friendly interface have helped this design software become a top choice on the market. Yet, what makes Photoshop truly unique is the impressive collection of free and… Continue reading Best Photoshop Plugins
8 Best Tools For Making Animated Videos
March 2, 2017 by Veronika This collection of free and premium video creation tools can help you create your very own 2D and 3D character animations and bring your ideas to life. Targeted at both professional animators and amateurs in the marketing and freelance industry, this list of tools is suitable for anyone who’s interested in… Continue reading 8 Best Tools For Making Animated Videos
Free Responsive and Clean WordPress Theme
This theme is March’s Free File of the Month from Themeforest. Ecobox is a unique, clean and responsive template. It is designed with fresh and natural color scheme to represent ecofriendly feel of your business. Ecobox comes with Revolution slider, 6 homepage layouts, 2,3,4 columns portfolio layouts, 5 blog pages, contacts pages and more. The… Continue reading Free Responsive and Clean WordPress Theme
Introducing InVision for iOS 2.0, the all-new InVision mobile app
Doing work on the go is a natural part of the modern workday. Feedback sessions can’t always wait, and with more teams working in distributed settings, it’s increasingly important to reliably access your projects, no matter where you are. That’s why we’ve been working on a fresh mobile experience to support your workflow. We’re excited… Continue reading Introducing InVision for iOS 2.0, the all-new InVision mobile app
Google Home: first impressions
This is my Google Home making friends at my place Last Black Friday I couldn’t resist the temptation to buy a Google Home, and I’m in love with it. I can justify my shopping spree by saying I am a designer and really needed to feel how it is to interact with a device only by… Continue reading Google Home: first impressions
Web Design Inspired by The Pantone 2017 Color of The Year
Pantone’s color of the year choice is a symbolic color pick by the famous American color corporation. It is a representation of the current global state of mind. Since the beginning of the 21st Century, Pantone has picked 17 unique colors which have served as trend guides for industry professionals. The company’s yearly color views… Continue reading Web Design Inspired by The Pantone 2017 Color of The Year
Opera Neon Concept Browser for Windows
Posted · Category: License Free, Tools Opera Neon Concept Browser for Windows. What if this were the future of web browsing? Get a glimpse into what Opera for computers could become. Each Opera Neon feature is an alternate reality for the Opera browser. The Opera browser features you love have been rebooted, with a fun,… Continue reading Opera Neon Concept Browser for Windows
10 Yearly Planner Design Ideas for 2017
Setting a list of goals and tasks for the year to come is a common activity that boosts motivation and gets us through the first tedious months after the holidays. Yearly planners are not only a great way to set your goals straight but it’s also an interesting design concept that can help you develop… Continue reading 10 Yearly Planner Design Ideas for 2017
Introducing Divi 3.0
Posted · Category: Information Divi 3.0 introduces a complete new front-end editor that has been re-built from the ground up using React, a modern JavaScript library for user interfaces. This new builder allows users to edit their WordPress pages on the front-end of their website using simple and beautiful visual controls. When you activate the… Continue reading Introducing Divi 3.0
Learn Xcode And Swift To Develop iOS Apps
Advertisement I know you want to learn Xcode and you are not the only one. Yet, you might think that creating an app for use on an iPhone or iPad is too complicated and simply out of your reach. However, app design and creation has never been simpler than it is today. Using tools such… Continue reading Learn Xcode And Swift To Develop iOS Apps
Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles
Dieter Rams’ design motto, “Weniger, aber besser” (“Less, but better”), has inspired many industrial designers in the past 50 years. Among them is Jonathan “Jony” Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, who gave the world the simplistic yet refined designs of Macs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones. Rams believed that understanding people is the key… Continue reading Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn
What You’ll Be Creating Today we are going to learn how to animate a character turning his head. You’ll find that you will be animating head turns a lot when you do character animation. A head turn is challenging to animate because the mass and shape need to be consistent, as do the elements of… Continue reading Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn
Find JavaScript Code Snippets by Functionality with Cocycles
Cocycles is a new code search service that enables code to be found by functionality. In this article, Cocycles team member Jonathan explains the idea behind this approach to code searching. We’re all familiar with it: that moment when you’re forced to abandon your code editor, interrupt your workflow and open your browser to search… Continue reading Find JavaScript Code Snippets by Functionality with Cocycles
International Artist Feature: Mexico
For this article in the international artist series we turn to Mexico, featuring six illustrators and designers who create fantastic work, from illustration to lettering to graphic design and more! I asked each artist how their country and culture inspired their work, and they delivered fantastic answers. Enjoy! Gaby Zermeño Gaby is an illustrator and… Continue reading International Artist Feature: Mexico
12 Beautiful Cursive & Handwritten Fonts To Download
Designers’ love for font is not going to end because it is font that gives a design a special feel that designer wants to communicate. There are bundle of free fonts available on the internet and it is quite tough to find out a suitable one for your project. Therefore, it is important to organize… Continue reading 12 Beautiful Cursive & Handwritten Fonts To Download
How to Work With WordPress Metadata
If you’re someone who is just getting started working with WordPress, then it’s natural to be curious about some of the advanced features offered by its API. So where might you stand regarding your experience? Maybe you’ve tweaked the code in a few themes. Perhaps you’ve altered the functionality of a couple of plugins. Maybe… Continue reading How to Work With WordPress Metadata
The Best New Portfolio Sites, February 2016
Welcome everyone to February’s portfolio roundup. It’s time to fall in love with all-new work, by all-new designers. Yes, I went there. So, when looking at this list, I recommend that you take inspiration from the good ideas, and simply ignore the bad. All right, let’s do this… Taiki Kato Taiki Kato’s portfolio proclaims him… Continue reading The Best New Portfolio Sites, February 2016
Top Free Photoshop Watercolor Brushes for Designers
Design styles can be created with free resources like icons, vectors, custom illustrations, and notably brushes. Free brush packs are available all over the web dating back to Photoshop 7. There are now thousands of brush packs online made specifically for digital designers. This collection of free Photoshop watercolor brushes can be perfect for anyone… Continue reading Top Free Photoshop Watercolor Brushes for Designers
How to Install a WordPress Plugin
One of the challenges of writing articles focused on web development and software development is making sure anyone and everyone who wants to learn a skill is able to do so. When you provide as much content as Envato, it can often be a challenge to make sure you’re educating everyone. This includes people who are… Continue reading How to Install a WordPress Plugin