When budgets are tight in the software world and companies want to save money, form is usually the first to go. In these situations, the design tends to be considered ‘gold plating’ and not a necessity. It’s thought to only make the product ‘look nice’. This assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. Form has… Continue reading Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
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25 Fresh Free Fonts For Graphic Designers
Fresh free fonts, script fonts, handwritten fonts and typefaces for graphic designers. These fonts are available for personal and commercial use. You can use these fonts as a logo, badge, insignia, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting card, and wedding invitation. The following typefaces and fonts are ideal to make an attractive design and fit for any web or graphic project. Take a… Continue reading 25 Fresh Free Fonts For Graphic Designers
A letter from Sol LeWitt about creative block, read by Benedict Cumberbatch
In 1960, pioneering American artists Sol LeWitt and Eva Hesse met for the first time and instantly clicked, quickly forming a strong, deep bond that would last for ten years and result in countless inspirational discussions and rich exchanges of ideas. In the video below, Benedict Cumberbatch reads a letter sent from Sol to Eva… Continue reading A letter from Sol LeWitt about creative block, read by Benedict Cumberbatch
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
11 Online Tools For Magazine and Presentation Design
There are all sorts of web design tools out there that offer users the opportunity to build their own content, from social media post designs, to web-based portfolios, microsites and many others. Yet, if you’re looking for an online design platform tailored especially for designing digital magazines and presentations, you should take a look at… Continue reading 11 Online Tools For Magazine and Presentation Design
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
Bakken & Bæck – Handbook
Flex it up We use a flexible working hours’ scheme at B&B, meaning that you are your own boss when it comes to define your daily 8-hour timetable. We know, however, that we do our best work and have the most fun when we are together in the office as much as possible. Working remotely… Continue reading Bakken & Bæck – Handbook
Fresh Free Fonts 2017 For Graphic Designers
Free fresh font are suitable to create modern UI and vintage graphic design, branding, logos, product packaging, invitation, quotes, t-shirt, label poster etc. Free fonts script typefaces are available for commercial licence. Take a look at beautiful commercial fonts for professional design, based upon suggestions from designers and web developers all over the world. You may be interested in… Continue reading Fresh Free Fonts 2017 For Graphic Designers
20 Professional (HTML + PSD) Email Signature Templates
How does your email signature look right now? Is it basic—or is it beautiful? Try using PSD and HTML email signature templates for a more eye-catching signature. Professional Email Signature Templates: one of the best email signatures that are trending in 2024. Your email signature is part of your personal business branding, so it needs… Continue reading 20 Professional (HTML + PSD) Email Signature Templates
22 New Free Fonts for Graphic Designers
New free fonts and script typefaces are perfect to create elegant headlines and best for logo graphic designers. The stylish, handwritten fonts are available for commercial use. You can use these fonts as a logo, badge, insignia, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting card, and wedding invitation. The following typefaces and fonts are ideal to make an attractive design and fit… Continue reading 22 New Free Fonts for Graphic Designers
The Best Free and Premium WordPress Themes Comparison
If you were surfing the global net in search of something interesting, here it is! Be aware that this post is remarkably fascinating and may come of use to everybody. Today is the moment when we will try to figure out the answer on one of the toughest question. It affects many of internet users… Continue reading The Best Free and Premium WordPress Themes Comparison
4 Ways To Share Free Design Resources With The World
January 20, 2017 by Veronika Last year, we’ve reviewed some of the best places to sell your digital design online, including marketplaces, font shops, stock graphic sites, and shopping card solutions. Yet, if you’re planning to do some charity and wish to give away your designs for free, these websites won’t be of much help.… Continue reading 4 Ways To Share Free Design Resources With The World
How to Create a Website to Compliment Your Logo
When it comes to creating your website and logo design, nothing but the best will do. You need to consider your branding always when creating any STD or web property. You also should consider your logo design and how your website works with your logo to help your branding. Remember that branding is a concerted… Continue reading How to Create a Website to Compliment Your Logo
18 Fresh Free Fonts for Graphic Designers
New fresh free fonts collection for professional graphic designers. All script fonts and typefaces are available for commercial use. You can use these fonts as a logo, badge, insignia, packaging, headline, poster, t-shirt/apparel, greeting card, and wedding invitation. The following typefaces and fonts are ideal to make an attractive design and fit for any web or graphic project. Take a look at beautiful… Continue reading 18 Fresh Free Fonts for Graphic Designers
Luminar: Complex Photo Editing Made Easy and Enjoyable
Finding a source of high-quality photos isn’t all that difficult. Gaining access to absolutely stunning, special effects photos for online use can be a different story; and generally requires the use of a photo editor. Edited images in presentation and e-commerce websites are used to attract and engage visitors, increase sales, and encourage visitors to… Continue reading Luminar: Complex Photo Editing Made Easy and Enjoyable
12 JavaScript libraries to watch in 2017
With hundreds of free JS libraries out there it’s tough to know where to put your energy. Some end up discarded or forked into new projects, while others grow rapidly and achieve widespread adoption. Most developers already know the big names like jQuery and React. But in this post I’d like to introduce twelve alternative… Continue reading 12 JavaScript libraries to watch in 2017
Comics of the week #365
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world… Continue reading Comics of the week #365
What’s new for developers, November 2016
In this edition of what’s new for developers, we’ve included app platforms, source code tools, AI and bot resources, frameworks, JavaScript resources, and much more. Much of what’s on the list this month is free, with a few high-value paid apps and tools also included. They’re sure to be useful to developers, from beginners to… Continue reading What’s new for developers, November 2016
The evolution of political campaign logos
The most successful brands understand that knowing their audience and how to communicate with them is vital to their success. For better or worse, it often comes down to a simple logo. We’ve all seen our fair share of re-brandings and logo transformations. The history behind an established brand is essential and changing something familiar… Continue reading The evolution of political campaign logos
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
5 years of Foundation: a look back
This month, ZURB celebrates the 5th birthday of its Foundation front-end framework. This popular framework is known for its responsive grid, CSS and HTML user-interface components, code snippets, and templates. What makes it stand out as well is that it’s an open-source project. In a blog post earlier this month, Danny Codella, ZURB’s marketer, wrote… Continue reading 5 years of Foundation: a look back
4 modern background tricks to try out
It seems that, as a constituent of a design, backgrounds live in the shadows; however, that’s not entirely true. In times when CSS only began to make its first steps towards the world conquest, the background had already taken on the role of the main decorative element of the website. Nowadays the situation has not… Continue reading 4 modern background tricks to try out
Comics of the week #361
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world… Continue reading Comics of the week #361
Build Human-Friendly Databases for Free with Airtable
Posted · Category: License Free, Tools Airtable is not just a spreadsheet replacement, nor just a user-friendly database. Their mission is to democratize software creation by enabling anyone to build the tools that meet their needs. Creators and creatives around the world use Airtable to do everything from cattle tracking to filmmaking, and they have.… Continue reading Build Human-Friendly Databases for Free with Airtable