A few things I learned from the second day at #Interaction17 #IxDA17

Interaction 17 is one of the biggest UX conferences in the world. Organized by IxDA, it brings together design leaders, professionals, and students from different continents to discuss the future of Interaction Design and our role and responsibility as designers in creating experiences for our users — as well as the larger impact the products we create… Continue reading A few things I learned from the second day at #Interaction17 #IxDA17

Honing Crazy Eights with randomness

We use Crazy Eights often during ideation at Philosophie including during our Design Sprints (as does Google Ventures). They are great for diverging to lots of ideas before we start to build prototypes. You run the Crazy Eights exercise by quickly sketching a bunch of ideas as a team. Often it is done on a… Continue reading Honing Crazy Eights with randomness

A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid

In this tutorial, I’ll be going over all the steps the auto-placement algorithm of the CSS Grid Layout module follows when positioning elements. These steps are controlled by the grid-auto-flow property. In Introducing the CSS Grid Layout and Seven Ways You Can Place Elements Using CSS Grid Layout, I gave an overview of the CSS… Continue reading A Step by Step Guide to the Auto-Placement Algorithm in CSS Grid

Weekly Inspiration for Designers #86

via Muzli design inspiration UID_05 by bill_uid Metrics by Justin Greene Landing page by Goutham Trip Guide App by Nur Praditya Wibisono Exchanger — Dashboard (.sketch) by Alan Podemski Jack by Vitalik 2 Dribbble Invites Giveaway by Vladimir Gashenko for Zajno Crew Pew Pew Pew! by Chris Fernandez Abu Shanab by Omar Labbad by Fran Solo Defrost by Zhivko Terziivanov space grannies ios game by Artyom Burykin… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration for Designers #86

4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu

Some say web design has become boring. Current trends and high-end techniques establish the rules for the creatives, playing a low-down trick on the community. Everyone wants to be in the mainstream, and release products that go viral; it means that a million interfaces are likely to have the same features. Of course, content can… Continue reading 4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu

4 compelling reasons you should embrace VR

While none of us can predict the future, every designer should be thinking about it. All indications point to the next wave of devices that aren’t sitting on the tops of desks. They are wearable, and have canvas sizes that are vastly different than what you’ve been designing for. But should you really care if… Continue reading 4 compelling reasons you should embrace VR

How to start a blog with Hostgator

Blogging is an incredibly rewarding experience; it’s one of the few times in life that you truly reap what you sow. Write a great post, and readers will find it, churn out the same old opinions as everyone else, and you’ll get lost in the crowd. There are some excellent platforms to blog on: WordPress.com,… Continue reading How to start a blog with Hostgator

Designing for Tech Clients – How Pre-built Websites Will Help

Posted · Category: Best Collections If you are reading this article, you most likely have worked with a tech company or startup. You’ve noticed that this niche has its own rules. And you probably had to answer some hard questions. What’s the audience’s main treat? What’s the suited design style for tech clients? Do web… Continue reading Designing for Tech Clients – How Pre-built Websites Will Help

College Websites That Look Good

Advertisement It’s not just commercial businesses that need effective websites, but also educational institutions such as universities, colleges and schools. When college websites are appealing to users, they can help attract more student applications. A well-designed university website could also facilitate communication to donors, parents and students, bringing important information right to them wherever they… Continue reading College Websites That Look Good

Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month

Posted · Category: Best Collections Have you ever stopped to look back at what your job was like 10 years ago? It’s common knowledge that web designers’ responsibilities have changed over the years. In the past, you either needed some serious coding skills to be a website designer, or you had to rely on coding help… Continue reading Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month

How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

Posted · Category: Best Collections Your assignment is to create a website for a creative agency, perhaps the one you work for. Hence, your goal is to design a website that will attract and engage potential clients and customers. And have them beating on the door. You need to address what these potential customers expect from a creative agency.… Continue reading How to Design a Modern, Creative Agency Website

How to Build a News Website Layout with Flexbox

What You’ll Be Creating It’s not necessary to understand every aspect of Flexbox before you can jump in and get started. In this tutorial, we’re going to introduce a few features of Flexbox whilst designing a “news layout” like the one you can find on The Guardian. The reason we’re using Flexbox is that it… Continue reading How to Build a News Website Layout with Flexbox

Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2

In the second and last part of this mini series, we’ll finish this introduction with sections about outputting Ruby code, interpolation, plain text and how to customize Slim to your needs. After that article you should be ready for some Slim action.  Outputting Code You have already seen a bit about how to use Ruby in… Continue reading Ruby Templating With Slim: Part 2

An Interactive 3D Mall Map Concept

Advertise here via BSA Today Codrops has shared an Interactive 3D Mall Map experiment with us. The idea is to show a mall map with all its floors in perspective. Additionally, we have a search in a sidebar that allows to filter mall spaces. Once a floor is selected, we show some pins as indicators… Continue reading An Interactive 3D Mall Map Concept

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

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

Less Is More – Minimalist And Simple Web Design

Image source: Vadim Grin[2] Exposed to lots of senseless content on the internet, we grow more sensitive to mess and distractions. We come across useless texts, we receive a pile of magazine spam, ads or business commercials, and we have serious difficulties in determining what is really worth our attention. Responsiveness Image source: Erikas Mališauskas[3]… Continue reading Less Is More – Minimalist And Simple Web Design

10 Top Tips for Fashion Illustration

Fashion Patterns From clothes to accessories, fashion illustrations have a long history as a visual reference for a designer’s concepts or current fashion trends.  What makes a good fashion illustration, though? With help from content from Envato Market, let’s count down 10 top tips for creating great fashion illustrations to better your own sense of… Continue reading 10 Top Tips for Fashion Illustration

Create a 3D Abstract Photo Manipulation Style in Photoshop

Create a beautiful and stylish photo manipulation in abstract style. This picture is a poster with a large number of interesting effects and creative solutions. In this tutorial I’ll show you a new and interesting effects, talk about alternative ways of selection, retouching, working with a variety of filters, tools and much more. We all… Continue reading Create a 3D Abstract Photo Manipulation Style in Photoshop

9 Best JavaScript Minifying Tools

Minifying is a technique of removing unnecessary characters from the source code to make it look simple and neat. This technique is also known as code compression and minimization. Here, we have gathered for you 10 best JavaScript minifying tools that will help you remove unwanted white space characters, new line characters, comments, etc. in… Continue reading 9 Best JavaScript Minifying Tools

CSS Flexbox Toolbox – Learning Guides, Tools & Frameworks

Flexbox is an advanced method of more efficiently using space amongst items of a CSS container. While its theory can seen a bit complicated and difficult to master, thankfully the web is chock-full of great opportunities to learn. We’ve compiled a collection of some of the best resources out there to help you learn more… Continue reading CSS Flexbox Toolbox – Learning Guides, Tools & Frameworks

How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop

How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop 3.33/5 (66.67%) 3 votes This is a simple tutorial about how to make an awesome space image with a couple of simple pictures. Made in Photoshop Cs5 on a Macbook pro. What you’ll be creating Jupiter Fall is a piece I did out of a dream I… Continue reading How to Create a Surreal Space Scene in Photoshop

Weekly Inspiration for Designers #3

Book Store Website   Space onboarding   User Onboarding Screen Happy Holidays!   Weather App   Healthcare Mobile App   Dribbble Invite Giveaway – Christmas Gift   Judopay Cards   Task, Memo, Schedule, Weather & etc.   Pots App Daily UI Day 43 Food/Drink Menu   Banked App Map   Calendar   Camera Settings Flow… Continue reading Weekly Inspiration for Designers #3

Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2

Inspiring Sites of the Week is the weekly series where we feature the latest and hottest websites targeting the design world from around the globe. If it’s creative, unusual, has great functionality and is built using cutting-edge technology we feature them here. Get inspired by the best designs in the industry in the ninety-eighth edition of… Continue reading Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2