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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

The Most Creative WordPress Art Themes for Galleries and Art Schools 2017

What makes a great art? What is the importance of showcasing it? These are all imperative questions that every artist must ask. Every culture has a taste of art in various representations. But for the art to be noticed, it requires a medium. This medium will not only establish its success, but it will also… Continue reading The Most Creative WordPress Art Themes for Galleries and Art Schools 2017

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
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Designing Charts — Principles Every Designer Should Know

Use real data in your chart mock ups Designers have a tendency to create the most beautiful version of a chart possible without any regard to the real data that it needs to handle when it’s actually implemented. This can cause endless headaches for the developers trying to build this thing you designed, and even more… Continue reading Designing Charts — Principles Every Designer Should Know

Web Design Tools for Beginners 2017

I remember the first job I had back in the day. I used to be a Social Media Manager at a digital agency. Of course I had some ideas about what I was supposed to do and how things should have worked, but I had no idea where to start from. What tools should I… Continue reading Web Design Tools for Beginners 2017

3 Ways to Help your Website Drive Sales

We all know the importance of a good website, one that reflects our brand identity and can help to boost traffic and drive sales. However, working out the best ways to go about this isn’t always as easy as it might seem. Web design can get incredibly complicated incredibly fast, but having a great website… Continue reading 3 Ways to Help your Website Drive Sales

Streetlayer – Free Address Validation & Autocomplete API

Posted · Category: License Free, Tools Obtaining international addresses from clients and customers just got a whole lot easier. Streetlayer offers a seamless address data processing add-on. The JSON API helps to analyze, validate, and format international addresses immediately upon entering the system. The primary benefit is that you get higher quality data sets. The… Continue reading Streetlayer – Free Address Validation & Autocomplete API

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

23 Modern Responsive HTML5 WordPress Themes

New modern HTML5 WordPress themes with responsive design specially designed corporate business, portfolio and online eCommerce websites. Multipurpose best WordPress themes will help you create amazing website with tons of highly SEO optimized and easy-to-edit elements that allow you to change the look and feel of your theme to match your brand or represent your… Continue reading 23 Modern Responsive HTML5 WordPress Themes

8 Best Job Board Plugins For WordPress

March 10, 2017 by Veronika In the past, employers often strayed away from hiring remote workers due to low network connectivity speed and risks of security breaches that open internet networks pose. Today, the numerous online tools for secured connection have rapidly raised people’s interest in remote working which allowed IT professionals to easily telecommute… Continue reading 8 Best Job Board Plugins For WordPress

7 Design Myths That Will Wreck Your Site

When I was a junior designer I made plenty of mistakes. I believed false assumptions mostly because I did not have the experience yet to know better. I still don’t know it all. But, I am always eager to learn new things about design and to see which preconceived notions are accurate or a complete… Continue reading 7 Design Myths That Will Wreck Your Site

8 Awesome Design Ideas for Your Next Business Card | Resources

Designers often wonder why they have difficulty creating original business card designs. Yet if you think about it, there’s an obvious answer to this question. Almost 30 million business cards get printed every single week—that’s 1.5 billion cards a year—so it’s easy to understand why any particular design has a hard time standing out in that kind… Continue reading 8 Awesome Design Ideas for Your Next Business Card | Resources

Treat Yourself to the Best Tools and Platforms for Your 2017 Projects

Posted · Category: Best Collections There are so many website builders on the market, that separating the good ones from the not quite so good ones can be a challenge. Finding the best of the bunch is an even bigger challenge. Affordability and ease of use are important. Even more important is finding a tool… Continue reading Treat Yourself to the Best Tools and Platforms for Your 2017 Projects

6 SEO Must-Haves for Web Designers & Developers

February 24, 2017 by Veronika The design and development work on a website doesn’t end with setting it live. Having a clean, W3C-validated code and an eye-catching design will surely help you get on the railroad to success. Yet, if you’re looking into building a website that truly stands out from the rest and provides… Continue reading 6 SEO Must-Haves for Web Designers & Developers

Digital suffocation.

It’s dawned on me how incessant and intrusive phone notifications are. I may be realising this late. About two months ago I installed an app called 360 Security on my Android phone. One of the many functions it had was a ‘Notification Manager’. I switched it on and let it do it’s thing. A week… Continue reading Digital suffocation.

Should designers code… or should developers design?

We all know that one of the most discussed topics in the tech community is whether or not designers should code. There are tons of articles out there about the subject, nonetheless I still see new ones popping up every now and then. If you just start typing on Google “Should Designers…” guess what it’s… Continue reading Should designers code… or should developers design?

Free Psd Bifold Brochure Template

Free PSD Bifold Brochure design. The brochure template is available in both A4 and US letter sizes. This template is for use as a catalog for restaurant menu, coffee shop and tea store. The colors are completely editable so it’s very simple to adjust the colors to your own brand. You can delete or change the images… Continue reading Free Psd Bifold Brochure Template

22 Mini Square Business Card PSD Templates Design

Mini square business cards are creative and cost effective innovation. Small square business cards are custom shape and professionally design  business cards. Each card is fully editable, very easy to use and customize in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. You can easily change the color of the element itself in just one click. All elements, including the logo, image and text… Continue reading 22 Mini Square Business Card PSD Templates Design

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

Looking for the Best WordPress Themes for 2017?

Posted · Category: Best Collections Looking for the right WordPress theme can be a chore if this is your first attempt, or if you’re not exactly sure what you should be looking for. The economics are such, that premium themes are usually no more expensive than those having somewhat less to offer. It’s worth noting… Continue reading Looking for the Best WordPress Themes for 2017?

Best Looking Free WordPress Themes for 2017

January 12, 2017 by Veronika There are plenty of premium WordPress themes to choose from but the ones that are free usually lack key features and present a badly designed layout.This collection of the best looking free WordPress themes will help you pick the right theme for your WP blog or website without spending a… Continue reading Best Looking Free WordPress Themes for 2017

How to Hide WordPress Admin Toolbar From Your WordPress Site

A large number of websites are powered by WordPress and there are tons of different plugins and themes being developed for this powerful content management system. But just like everything it also has some defects that we’d like to change. The WordPress toolbar is one such design element that some users prefer to have in… Continue reading How to Hide WordPress Admin Toolbar From Your WordPress Site