As a graphic design student, I looked up to many renowned designers. Through reading my textbooks and seeing my professors mention examples of designs, I realized there was one common denominator. It was a man’s world. There would be mentions of a few female designers like Paula Scher and Debbie Millman, but that’s about it.… Continue reading Women You Should Know in Graphic Design History
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Ugly Cities Transformed into Works of Art
Cities are the main attraction for visitors worldwide. And while we adore the cities that we’ve grown up in, not all of them are pretty to look at. The architecture of historic buildings is beautiful, however, not all cities are blessed with a lengthy architectural history and our modern landscapes are starting to look somewhat… Continue reading Ugly Cities Transformed into Works of Art
Is Your Design Team Consulting These People on Every Project?
Every design team wants to complete their projects quickly and efficiently without any fuss. Sometimes that involves excluding people whose input doesn’t seem necessary. However, sometimes there are reasons to consult people outside of your team. To deliver a superior final product, think about consulting the following people throughout the life of each project. 1.… Continue reading Is Your Design Team Consulting These People on Every Project?
How Many Types of X Acronym Are There? And Does It Matter?
One of the problems with coining a term like “user experience” or its acronym counterpart “UX” is that it opens up the floodgates for other trendy experience-related acronyms to enter the web design lexicon. CX, DX, EX, HX, JX, PX, UX, (U)XD… Is all of this really necessary though? While I don’t think you need… Continue reading How Many Types of X Acronym Are There? And Does It Matter?
22 New Professional Brochure and Catalog Templates for Inspiration
Creative business brochure templates and professional catalogs with modern and clean design. Brochure templates are designed with a strong theme, multi-functionality and fully editable. These brochures are perfect for corporate annual report, fashion booklet, photography portfolio, product catalog, interior design and company profile. There brochure templates has all the features you’d expect in a brochures, from placeholders, to text styles, one… Continue reading 22 New Professional Brochure and Catalog Templates for Inspiration
Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2020
We typically start the month with a roundup of new tools and resources for designers, but with the start of a new year (and new decade), we thought a roundup of things to help you get more organized would be appropriate. Some of these tools have been around for a while with features you might… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2020
50 Best Websites of 2019
From some very tough competition, these are the 50 sites we liked the best this year. Each one has been chosen either because it took a unique approach, or because it was central to a design trend that was a big hit in 2019. There’s a lot of fullscreen video, a lot of illustration, and… Continue reading 50 Best Websites of 2019
How to Build an Animated Bootstrap Landing Page With Material Kit
In a previous tutorial, we discussed how to build a responsive landing page with Bootstrap 4. Today, we’ll learn how to create an animated landing page with Material Kit, a free Bootstrap 4 UI Kit based on Google’s Material Design. To implement it, we’ll use a combination of Bootstrap 4’s helper classes, Material Kit’s additional… Continue reading How to Build an Animated Bootstrap Landing Page With Material Kit
Dark Mode Looks Good, But Is It Actually Hurting You?
Over the last few years, everyone’s been talking about Dark Mode. It’s said to boost productivity and focus while reducing eye strain. It’s also supposed to be better for your battery life. But is that the whole story? Research into the matter suggests that Dark Mode might not be so healthy for us after all.… Continue reading Dark Mode Looks Good, But Is It Actually Hurting You?
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
5 Secrets for Creating Successful Mid-Level Pages
Designing mid-level feature pages is one of the hardest parts of building or revamping your website. How do you divide your business into neat, tidy sections? How many categories should you use? Does it make sense to combine this feature with that one? How do you find the optimal balance of text, images and graphics?… Continue reading 5 Secrets for Creating Successful Mid-Level Pages
How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)
What You’ll Be Creating So you’ve decided to start your own YouTube channel, but don’t actually have the required tools or skills to design the actual banner? Well, if that’s the case, don’t worry since I’m going to show you how you can easily make a galaxy YouTube banner using Placeit’s YouTube Banner Maker. From… Continue reading How to Make a Galaxy YouTube Banner (With a YouTube Banner Creator)
Learning to use SEO for a Brand-New Website
While SEO is designed to boost a website’s ranking, the best time to start SEO is before the site is created. Everything from selecting the domain name to producing each page on the website is going to impact SEO, so it’s best to consider all of this from the very beginning. Before Creating the Website… Continue reading Learning to use SEO for a Brand-New Website
8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Recently, I was part of a 3-person team of consultants who in 12 weeks built the foundations of a new design system. That design system is now used in multiple products and is contributed to by other developers and designers. In this post you’ll find some of the techniques we used to make the project… Continue reading 8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Fail or Success? How You Build Your Website will Show Result
There are great prospects to create a niche for website by implementing best techniques. Website design and development should be relevant to the industry and it should be done as per the needs of the customers. The prospective customers should be able to access various features in a very efficient manner. The usability and appearance… Continue reading Fail or Success? How You Build Your Website will Show Result
50+ InDesign Templates Every Designer Should Own
If you’re planning to put together a magazine, book, or brochure, Adobe InDesign is without a doubt going to be your tool of choice. This software is perfectly tuned for creating complex layouts for print and digital, but sometimes you need a bit of a helping hand. These 50+ InDesign templates, from catalogs to letterheads… Continue reading 50+ InDesign Templates Every Designer Should Own
Use the WooCommerce API to Customize Your Online Store
WooCommerce is the world’s most popular eCommerce platform. That’s partly because it’s built on the world’s most popular content management system (WordPress), and also partly because it’s free. But it’s also because WooCommerce, like WordPress itself, is incredibly flexible. If you install WooCommerce on your site, not only can you use it to quickly set… Continue reading Use the WooCommerce API to Customize Your Online Store
6 Amazing Typography Video Templates: Easy & Fast
With new video features coming up more often than ever, video marketing has become a key to every business. In today’s business world, video is all about creating winning visual messages and spreading them across the audience to boost engagement. Even the data by Small Business Trends also show that videos generate 12 times more… Continue reading 6 Amazing Typography Video Templates: Easy & Fast
New Course: Figma to HTML
What You’ll Be Creating If you haven’t yet got to grips with the Figma interface design application, now’s your chance. In our new course, Figma to HTML: Code Up a Single-Page Design, you’ll master Figma by going through the process of converting a Figma website design to HTML. What You’ll Learn In this course, Kezz… Continue reading New Course: Figma to HTML
How Choosing the Right Fonts Will Keep Visitors on Your Website
We’ve come a long way since Times New Roman was the norm. Now the Internet is populated by a diverse collection of fonts. Fonts which catch the eye and, most importantly, make it effortless to read a website’s content. Yet not all fonts cover those bases – something which plenty of aspiring web designers fail… Continue reading How Choosing the Right Fonts Will Keep Visitors on Your Website
4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them
The easiest way to observe bad user interfaces is by keeping your eyes open. Every time you order something online, every time you visit a new website, every time you fill in a form, purchase a product or publish a post, think about how you’re being asked to perform that task. Where are the buttons… Continue reading 4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them
Why Synthetic Transaction Monitoring For Web Application Matters
January 14, 2019 by Spyrestudios In today’s digital world, reputation is both an asset and a liability. Given that 84% of people trust online reviews as much as an in-person recommendation, according to Forbes, a single negative review concerning your web application can lead to a serious loss of customers. Aspects such as the security,… Continue reading Why Synthetic Transaction Monitoring For Web Application Matters
Types of Software Your Online Business Should Use
Running a business online is becoming an increasingly popular way to become an entrepreneur. Not only does it require less startup costs than traditional businesses, but can often be done from a single computer (at least when starting out). Also, due to the advancement and innovation of technology, there are a variety of online tools… Continue reading Types of Software Your Online Business Should Use
From Websites to Business Cards: How to Unite Your Brand Identity with a Brand Guide
No matter if you are focusing your branding efforts on your website, marketing, or business cards… it’s all a reflection on the business and brand you create. Did you know that 64% of consumers make a purchase after they view a branded social video? Think about that for a moment. If you create a video… Continue reading From Websites to Business Cards: How to Unite Your Brand Identity with a Brand Guide