From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

Discovering and enjoying classical music made easy with Apple’s dedicated app, Apple Music Classical Generated by the author using Adobe Firefly There’s a problem when it comes to searching and exploring classical music on music streaming services. Apple Music is not different, and Apple tried to solve this problem by launching a separate app! In this… Continue reading From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

Spotify targets active user engagement with a new TikTok-like interface

The new Spotify user interface is here. But is it a transformative or incremental change to the Spotify experience? Image Credits: Spotify At Spotify’s recent annual Stream On event, they announced a redesign to the app interface, which introduces a TikTok-like video feed to aid users in discovering new music (and podcast, audiobooks). In the… Continue reading Spotify targets active user engagement with a new TikTok-like interface

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Gift Card Websites With Good Web Designs

Gift cards are convenient and practical replacements for cash when you need to make purchases or want to give gifts to friends, family members, colleagues, and clients as a simple gesture of appreciation. There are two types of gift cards—physical and digital (e-gift cards). Physical gift cards can be used in stores or online, while… Continue reading Gift Card Websites With Good Web Designs

Popular Design News of the Week: February 22, 2021 – February 28, 2021

Everyday design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to subscribe to… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: February 22, 2021 – February 28, 2021

Observed tensions in the user experience design field progression

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Observed tensions in the user experience career progression I’ve met user experience designers that are happy doing what they love with a strong sense of mission to change the world. I've also seen many of us going through an existential identity crisis with comparable intensity due to the vagueness of… Continue reading Observed tensions in the user experience design field progression

Lessons from Spotify: using multiple touchpoints to build an identity

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Digital-first design is well and truly here and COVID-19 has accelerated the trend. Increasingly, people are aware that a digital brand is a brand built on quality experience and design. Today brands literally live and die in the consumer's hands, and often digital experience is baked into the DNA of… Continue reading Lessons from Spotify: using multiple touchpoints to build an identity

Popular Design News of the Week: December 7, 2020 – December 13, 2020

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: December 7, 2020 – December 13, 2020

25+ Best Lawyer WordPress Themes: For (2020) Law Firm & Attorney Websites

No matter which area of the law you practice, it’s imperative that you have proper online representation. You need to provide your clients with a sense of trust and credibility, and as such, creating a law firm website that conveys that impression should be at the top of your list.  Not only can you show… Continue reading 25+ Best Lawyer WordPress Themes: For (2020) Law Firm & Attorney Websites

3 Essential Design Trends, September 2020

A seasonal change is on the horizon and that always has me looking to refresh projects. This month’s design trends provide a few different ways to do that without ripping up your entire website. Here’s what’s trending in design this month. Animated Heroes (That Aren’t Video) Hero headers and screens that feature video animation have… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, September 2020

Innovative Video Marketing Trends for 2020

If you are running a business and looking to broaden your exposure, increase your conversion rates, and heighten engagement with your customers, we have two words for you. Video content. Video content has been pegged as one of the top ways of reaching out to your customers and getting the results that you actually want.… Continue reading Innovative Video Marketing Trends for 2020

Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign

Have you ever wondered what font Obama uses? In this article, we uncover the story of the Gotham font, the most used typeface of the 21st Century. If typefaces could represent one specific person, that would be Gotham as the Obama font. In the 2008 American election, you’ll notice that Barack Obama used typography as… Continue reading Gotham Font History: From GQ to the Barack Obama Campaign

Web Design: 37 Creative UI/UX Websites for Inspiration

29 Shares Great website design inspiration for web designer or website developer. Fresh web designs with amazing UI/UX, you might want to look into the 2020 web design trends and get inspired. In this web design showcase gallery we are gathered thirty seven creative websites design. Read through our article to find a list of… Continue reading Web Design: 37 Creative UI/UX Websites for Inspiration

Popular Design News of the Week: May 18, 2020 – May 24, 2020

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular Design News of the Week: May 18, 2020 – May 24, 2020

The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion)

Designers have used powerful fonts to give designs a certain mood and feel for decades, but the power of font psychology to shape individuals’ emotional responses to a brand or logo has only been fully realised in recent years. Fonts that provoke a psychological reaction can be used to make a brand feel more trustworthy,… Continue reading The Psychology of Fonts (Fonts That Evoke Emotion)

Transform Your Design with Unified UX

Unless you’ve been hiding under a tinfoil hat for the last few years, you probably know that UX and UI are not the same thing because “UX is more ergonomic”, or some such nonsense. But what about the unified part? Normally speaking, I’ve got very little patience for hipster acronyms and nit-picking, but actually it… Continue reading Transform Your Design with Unified UX

20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019

This month, there’s tons of color, and some elegant transitions. Video is huge this month, with a number of sites opting for video front and center. You’ll also find some delightful animated illustration. Enjoy! Bon Iver Visualizer This impressive site, built with Spotify data, visualizes all of the people currently streaming Bon Iver music, including… Continue reading 20 Freshest Web Designs, September 2019

How to Work Securely by Choosing the Best VPN For Your Needs

If you’re concerned with working securely or anonymously online, the chances are you’ll have used a VPN (Virtual Private Network) at some stage. But when choosing a VPN service do you know what factors you should be taking into account? This tutorial will help you understand why you should use a VPN and how to… Continue reading How to Work Securely by Choosing the Best VPN For Your Needs

Dropbox revamp, Figma plugins, scary Deepfakes — and more UX this week

[unable to retrieve full-text content] A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective. 10 memorable non-design films that have inspired me → Movies I have watched or re-watched recently, and key learnings from each. Sometimes the best design inspiration comes from unexpected places. Food for thought The new… Continue reading Dropbox revamp, Figma plugins, scary Deepfakes — and more UX this week

17 Best WordPress Music Themes (2019) for All Musicians

As a musician or a band, your primary goals are to fill the gig venue with raving fans and get noticed by agents. The best way to make sure that happens is to create an attractive website.  Using your website, you can share information about your albums, upcoming single releases, events, and general band or… Continue reading 17 Best WordPress Music Themes (2019) for All Musicians

Apps And Websites That Work Together Well

As humans become less sedentary with their use of technology, the importance of an intuitive and effective app has grown significantly for companies. In the past, it may have been acceptable to rely on a clear interface on a website to transmit information and services to consumers. The rise of smartphones and tablets has fostered… Continue reading Apps And Websites That Work Together Well

A Reflection on Product Design

Though all good products must function and provide a benefit to the end-user, I believe the magic of a truly inspiring or great product happens in the realm of user experience. As designer and writer Joshua Porter writes, “The experience is the product.” Spotify is one example of a great digital product, as it provides… Continue reading A Reflection on Product Design

Interaction Awards, Chatbot Interactions, Empathy as Faux Ethics, and more UX this week

What’s hot in UX this week: Notifications: an Interview with John Saito, from Dropbox → We dream of a future with connected and ubiquitous experiences, but we still feel overwhelmed with the notifications across all our devices. In this last piece of our series we interviewed John Saito, ‘designer of words’ at Dropbox, about how we… Continue reading Interaction Awards, Chatbot Interactions, Empathy as Faux Ethics, and more UX this week

Build Scalable Newsfeeds & Activity Steams with Stream

Posted · Category: License Free, Tools Stream is the API for scalable feeds for you to build scalable newsfeeds & activity streams. Whether you want to build a feed like Twitter, Instagram, Spotify or Facebook’s we have you covered. Stream handles the storage technology for the feed and you keep full control over the user… Continue reading Build Scalable Newsfeeds & Activity Steams with Stream

12 JavaScript Libraries For Cool Scrolling Effects

In this post, we are presenting some of the excellent JavaScript libraries that would help you create cool scrolling effects. Animations and special effects make any website design to appear lively and appealing. This s the reason why many designers add animation to their web designs. So, let us add some life to your web… Continue reading 12 JavaScript Libraries For Cool Scrolling Effects