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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?

Automatically Create a Multilingual WordPress Site With a Translator Plugin

A multilingual WordPress site is one that offers content in more than one language. For example, a site can provide content in English, French, German, and Spanish. Since most countries have more than one official language, it makes sense to have content in multiple languages. Having a multilingual site is one of the best ways… Continue reading Automatically Create a Multilingual WordPress Site With a Translator Plugin

How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

<picture> is an HTML5 element designed to give us more versatile and performant responsive image functionality. Instead of loading a single image and trying to resize it to suit all possible viewport sizes and layouts, the picture tag loads multiple images of different sizes and resolutions, choosing the best fit for different scenarios. How Does <picture>… Continue reading How to Use HTML5 “picture”, “srcset”, and “sizes” for Responsive Images

An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

CSS-in-JS libraries provide us with a new approach for writing CSS. They aim to tackle the limitations of CSS, such as the lack of dynamic functionality, scoping, and portability. In spite of its advantages, CSS-in-JS is a controversial technology, as many developers ask if it’s worth further complicating front-end development.  This article intends to give… Continue reading An Introduction to CSS-in-JS: Examples, Pros, and Cons

Solving Problems With CSS Grid: The Gantt Chart

We recently published a tutorial explaining how to build a JavaScript-driven Gantt Chart. I think it’s the perfect case study for CSS Grid, so in this tutorial we’ll see how well suited CSS Grid Layout is for building a flexible Gantt Chart. Our CSS Grid Gantt Chart Here’s what we’re building. It uses CSS Grid… Continue reading Solving Problems With CSS Grid: The Gantt Chart

How Prevalent is Dark UX?

Iconic comedy duo Mitchell and Webb once asked a very important question: “Are we the baddies?” Given that, at the time, they were dressed in Nazi uniforms with skulls on their hats, and looked like rejected villains from a Wolfenstein game, the answer was something of a foregone conclusion. But what about us? No, no… Continue reading How Prevalent is Dark UX?

Answers From a Panel Discussion

A few months ago I ran a panel discussion for the Swedish organisation DataTjej that included four panelists, plus an audience of forty women and non-binary people to dig deeper into the potential of role models. The discussion gave us a huge amount of insights and showed that everyone can work together to overcome the… Continue reading Answers From a Panel Discussion

Brand Science 101

Every day in my work helping grow digital agencies and Fortune 500 brands, I hear countless companies struggle with how to discuss, interact with, and grow their client’s brand, leaving dollars on the table and creating problems along the way. The agency owner offers their perspective, shares why branding is important, but usually lacks the… Continue reading Brand Science 101

Exploring Photo Manipulation: Analysis and Interviews

What You’ll Be Creating Photo manipulation and photo effects—they could cover anything from touching up a face to adding an entire universe right into your favorite photo. The manipulation of imagery is often associated with Adobe Photoshop, but photo manipulation itself predates Photoshop by many, many years. Perhaps we, as artists, designers, and people, have… Continue reading Exploring Photo Manipulation: Analysis and Interviews

Is Google Toast?

For those too young to remember, the Browser Wars entailed a tech rush by, among others, Netscape and Microsoft, resulting in useless features being implemented because they were fast to bolt-on, and useful features being rushed because they were hard. After the Browser Wars, the internet entered an era of stability as the last vestiges… Continue reading Is Google Toast?

How to Code a “Click to Tweet” Button

With Instagram, Snapchat and other “young” social media platforms taking over the internet, Twitter still remains one of the most popular marketing channels. It has around 326 million active users per month which means that your target audience is likely using it. This is why you should at least consider using it as a marketing… Continue reading How to Code a “Click to Tweet” Button

Using Gotham Font for Graphic Design Projects

Graphic designing projects always need your attentions and you have to be very careful while going to design your next project. As by taking care of different elements, you also need to take care of fonts on your design. Because if you don’t take care of fonts then your design will not look that professional… Continue reading Using Gotham Font for Graphic Design Projects

4 Ways to Use Visual Composer Hub to Harness Faster, Simpler Web Design

Drag and drop editors are wonderful tools, but they’re only as good as the elements you can give them access to. The Visual Composer Hub’s library of the types of templates and content elements is massive. What you have then is a fast and efficient drag and drop editor and access to a massive array… Continue reading 4 Ways to Use Visual Composer Hub to Harness Faster, Simpler Web Design

New Perfect Business Cards PSD Templates – 30 Print Design

Only professionals choose perfect business card for their business. First impression is the last and business cards is the key element of any brand to represent your business in the world. In this article we are gathered perfect design Business Card Templates. Each business card is ready to use and print ready. All business cards are… Continue reading New Perfect Business Cards PSD Templates – 30 Print Design

Major Cities and Music They Inspire: Illustrated as Sound Waves

June 20, 2019 by Spyrestudios Regardless of the genre, music has a way to soothe us, to build us up, to encourage sadness and invite happiness. Music speaks to everyone on a completely different level and takes us off to a different place, yet brings us all together at the same time.  Music is a… Continue reading Major Cities and Music They Inspire: Illustrated as Sound Waves

How to Make an Infographic Template

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you will have the opportunity to learn how to draw a set of elements for a medical infographic template in Illustrator! If you’d like to skip this tutorial and just use this infographic design template (with even more elements!) in your work, you can go ahead and simply… Continue reading How to Make an Infographic Template

7 Ways How Technology Helps In Education

Technology in education has really been a good thing and everyone in schools-universities and colleges, even kindergartens-enjoy its impact. Even though a lot of people argue that technology has been negatively impacting education and learning, this is, however, not true in the modern classroom, as with it, learning has improved quite dramatically. Some of the… Continue reading 7 Ways How Technology Helps In Education

Rank High and Win $25K: The Battle between Wix Enthusiasts and Sceptics

Wix is quite a popular platform among the masses. The platform openly claims to rank well on search engines. Considering the importance of a high SERP, it isn’t a surprise that various website owners build their sites on Wix. At the same time, many are sceptical about this claim. Recently, Wix announced that it is… Continue reading Rank High and Win $25K: The Battle between Wix Enthusiasts and Sceptics

Web Design Tips to Help Increase Customer Conversion

Having a well-designed website is no longer an option for anyone with ambitions of having a successful business—it’s a requirement. This article discusses how a great web design helps businesses, and provides tips that can help increase customer conversion. How great web design helps businesses In this increasingly digital world, your website often serves as… Continue reading Web Design Tips to Help Increase Customer Conversion

New Creative Business Card Templates – 28 Print Design

New business card templates for your successful business and personal brand identity. Each business card is ready to use and print ready. All business cards are well organized and easy to edit with Adobe Photoshop without knowing professional skills. The creative clean business card designs have been crafted for the true professionals. Fully editable templates available… Continue reading New Creative Business Card Templates – 28 Print Design

5 Ways 3D Render Graphics Can Enhance Your Website

Looking for a way to stand out on the web? We designers have all sorts of tricks up our sleeves. From attention-getting animations to slick JavaScript interfaces, there are plenty of bells and whistles to keep users interested in our content. Yet, even with all of these advanced techniques, one simple mainstay … Continue reading 5 Ways 3D Render Graphics Can Enhance Your Website

How Graphic Design Helps in Business Promotion?

Branding relies heavily on visuals. Graphic design services can be the make or break element in effective business promotion. Be it the design of your products or the look of your advertisements, logos or website; brand recognition begins with great design. Once you have the design looking fresh, brand promotion strategies are your next step… Continue reading How Graphic Design Helps in Business Promotion?

Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone

What, did you think JPEG would live forever? It was introduced in 1992, more than twenty-five years ago! The modern generation of web developers uses WebP for images, not the archeological specimen that is JPEG. Here’s a quick introduction to WebP, SVG, and why they’re better. TL;DR: they’re way smaller, producing faster, and more responsive… Continue reading Choosing the Best Image Format in 2019: WebP, SVG Vs. Everyone