Serious products don’t have to be serious

In industries like financial services, we have learned to expect that all communication will be formal, stern and, quite frankly, boring. It’s all insider jargon and confusing acronyms — any sort of personality is a rare sight. But it doesn’t have to be that way… At TransferWise, we have recently launched instant transfers, allowing you to send… Continue reading Serious products don’t have to be serious

Creative SVG Strokes Animation | Codrops

A creative strokes animation of a bike illustration powered by SVG and GSAP. SVG stroke animations are nothing new, but when using a more complex drawing that is basically made of strokes, then we can create a very original looking effect. Using many different colors and adding some other element animations, we can bring a… Continue reading Creative SVG Strokes Animation | Codrops

An engineering manager’s guide to rebranding —

Anytime a company launches a rebrand there’s the obligatory “how we did it” blog post. Uber did it, AirBnB did it and we did it. Usually these posts jump right from “good looking people putting post-it notes on a glass wall” to “unveil on an unsuspecting public” stage, and completely skip the really tricky part — going… Continue reading An engineering manager’s guide to rebranding

8 Must Have Tools and Webapps to Custom Animate Your Website

Web animation is an essential part of a web design in today’s visual-centric websites. The absence of visual detail in your website can mean the difference of being sold, or left on the rack alone. Visual aesthetics enhances the website design and improves user engagement on your site. Animation solutions vary from platform to platform,… Continue reading 8 Must Have Tools and Webapps to Custom Animate Your Website

The best new portfolio sites, October 2016

Hello readers! World events have been very interesting lately, but now it’s time for what we all know is really important: other peoples’ portfolios! Okay, it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things, but design is one thing we can all agree o… ahahaha. I can’t even properly finish that sentence. Not even… Continue reading The best new portfolio sites, October 2016

Meet the Latest Monstroid WordPress Theme Update and Save 40%

Posted · Category: Best Collections We are excited to bring your attention to the most recent update of Monstroid – a multipurpose WordPress theme packed with premade designs, tools for developers, plugins, and many other awesome features.We have already featured Monstroid in one of our posts, and even hosted a giveaway. Today you have a… Continue reading Meet the Latest Monstroid WordPress Theme Update and Save 40%

Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients

Advertisement Gradients play an essential role in web design, especially cool gradient backgrounds. There are many different possibilities of gradients that you can use, such as linear or radial. You can use a wide variety of shades and colors to add interest and depth. Gradients are very important to making your website unique and attractive.… Continue reading Showcase Of Websites With Creative Background Gradients

SpriteKit From Scratch: Constraints and Actions

Introduction In this tutorial, the second installment of the SpriteKit From Scratch series, you learn about constraints and actions. These features are used to easily add movement and animations to your SpriteKit game while limiting the position and orientation of nodes in the game. To follow along with me, you can either use the project… Continue reading SpriteKit From Scratch: Constraints and Actions

A Closer Look at the Best UX and UI Tools and Apps

There are various ways to build a prototype, and a prototype can be used as a measure of design progress or to test final result. In most instances, a web designer goal is to create a high-fidelity prototype has the look and feel of the end product, and is also capable of supporting team collaboration… Continue reading A Closer Look at the Best UX and UI Tools and Apps

15 Useful Modern Front-End Web Components

Here is list of useful modern front-end web components that can be integrated into your web applications. These components provide a quick and easy way for web developers to create custom user interface without having to start from scratch. Collection of tasty CSS-animated hamburger icons. Also included is the source as a Sass library. It’s… Continue reading 15 Useful Modern Front-End Web Components

Horizontal Timeline Powered by CSS and jQuery

Vertical timeline is so far one of the most popular resources on CodyHouse. Many people have asked them to include a Horizontal Timeline as well. Here it is! Building a horizontal timeline was a bit tricky, because you can’t rely on the vertical (more intuitive) scrolling behaviour. They decided to separate timeline and events, with… Continue reading Horizontal Timeline Powered by CSS and jQuery

20 Gorgeous Examples Of Timeline In Web Design For Inspiration

I’m pretty sure most of you are aware of the use of timeline in design especially since all Facebook profiles now are displayed in this Wayne. Moreover, some smartphone apps like Path or Tweetbot also use timeline based design to showcase their stories. A timeline is one of the best ways to display chronological events… Continue reading 20 Gorgeous Examples Of Timeline In Web Design For Inspiration

Google Web Designer ? Cool HTML5 and CSS3 Animation Made Easy

The web giant has released a tool called Google Web Designer. I downloaded it but haven’t got a time to play with it yet. After I run the app, first thing came into my mind- it looks like Adobe Flash. Second thing came into my mind – I think Google is trying to kill Flash… Continue reading Google Web Designer ? Cool HTML5 and CSS3 Animation Made Easy

An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology

Can design change the world? Can it define an era? The answer to both those questions is… maybe. Over the years, colours, shapes and forms have become deeply associated with certain times and places; with a certain atmosphere that seemed to encapsulate the culture at any given moment. That’s not exactly a controversial idea, but… Continue reading An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology