[unable to retrieve full-text content] Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a… Continue reading Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna
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Interning 101: What I learned at Akendi
As I wrap up my UX internship at Akendi, I’ve taken time to reflect on how much I’ve grown over the past few months, not just in terms of design skills, but in how I approach problems, collaborate with others, and think like a UX designer. From participating in UX workshops and contributing to client… Continue reading Interning 101: What I learned at Akendi
Free Simple Folded T-Shirt Mockup PSD
Download this free simple folded t-shirt mockup PSD, designed to showcase your apparel branding and creative artwork in a professional and realistic presentation. The neatly folded t-shirt layout makes it ideal for portfolio displays, online stores, or client presentations. This mockup allows full customization with smart object layers, making it quick and easy to insert… Continue reading Free Simple Folded T-Shirt Mockup PSD
Adobe Font
Adobe Font has always stood out to me because of how creative yet professional it feels. Whenever I see the company’s branding, I notice how much the Adobe logo font shapes its identity as a leader in design and digital innovation. In my opinion, the typeface reflects the perfect balance between creativity and reliability. Adobe… Continue reading Adobe Font
UX Fatigue: When Your Website Asks for Too Much (and how to fix it)!
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Modern websites are exhausting us. Cookie walls, pop-ups, onboarding tours, and constant nags are burning through our patience before we even see the content. UX fatigue isn’t just bad design — it’s killing trust, driving churn, and quietly training users to never come back.
Best WordPress Themes To Try Out in 2025
Posted · Category: Best Collections, Design, Tools <!– –> When you select a WordPress theme, you will naturally familiarize yourself with the design tools, aids, and other features the theme has to offer. The greater the number of features, it the more a theme should be able to do for you. “More” sometimes means “better”… Continue reading Best WordPress Themes To Try Out in 2025
21 Creative Typographic Posters with Visual Structure
Typographic posters focus on the use of text as the main visual element. Instead of relying on images or illustrations, the message is shaped through font choice, layout, and visual rhythm. Typography becomes both content and form. These posters often explore contrast, balance, and alignment. Designers experiment with scale, weight, and positioning to lead the… Continue reading 21 Creative Typographic Posters with Visual Structure
The Importance of Project Management within the Experience Thinking Ecosystem
I have been communicating with people professionally for over 20 years. From account management and into project management, I have seen many changes within technology. Project management has shifted from logistics and processes into more of a soft skill role where human connection is key. I remember when I first interviewed with Akendi. I instantly… Continue reading The Importance of Project Management within the Experience Thinking Ecosystem
25+ Creative Tech Logo Design Ideas for Digital Brands
Tech logos shape first impressions and reflect the identity of your digital brand across platforms and products. Start with clean typography. Use modern sans-serif fonts for clarity. Brands like Google and Spotify rely on simple letterforms for quick recognition. Test different weights to match your tone. Add symbols with purpose. Abstract icons can represent your… Continue reading 25+ Creative Tech Logo Design Ideas for Digital Brands
50+ Free ID Card Mockups (Free PSD & PNG Downloads)
ID Card Mockups have revolutionized the way designers and businesses showcase their identification card designs. Whether you’re a graphic designer pitching to a client or a company planning a new employee badge system, these digital tools offer an invaluable solution for presenting your concepts in a realistic, professional manner. Choosing the Right Mockup Style Different… Continue reading 50+ Free ID Card Mockups (Free PSD & PNG Downloads)
Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2025
Another month, another roundup packed with design tools that use artificial intelligence features to supercharge your workflows. Expect this trend in new design, development, and productivity tools to continue for a while. (And hopefully, some of these tools actually help you work smarter and faster!) Here’s what’s new for designers. Magic UI is a set… Continue reading Exciting New Tools for Designers, June 2025
10 Best WordPress Plugins for Your 2025 Website Projects
Posted · Category: Best Collections, Inspiration, Tools <!– –> Even those feature-rich WordPress themes that offer virtually unlimited flexibility can’t necessarily handle every possible demand a designer or developer may throw at them, leaving the website builder with the choice of relying on coding to resolve the issue or seek another solution. That other solution… Continue reading 10 Best WordPress Plugins for Your 2025 Website Projects
Building a Real-Time Dithering Shader
In this post, we’ll take a closer look at the dithering-shader project: a minimal, real-time ordered dithering effect built using GLSL and the Post Processing library. Rather than just creating a one-off visual effect, the goal was to build something clean, composable, and extendable: a drop-in shader pass that brings pixel-based texture into modern WebGL… Continue reading Building a Real-Time Dithering Shader
Introducing MusicGen: Create Music with Simple Text Prompts
Creating music used to require years of practice, expensive gear, or a team of collaborators. Today, you can generate full tracks with just a few clicks. Enter MusicGen , a powerful new tool that uses artificial intelligence to compose original music. You don’t need to be a musician to use it. You don’t even need… Continue reading Introducing MusicGen: Create Music with Simple Text Prompts
Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy
Custom fields are among WordPress’s most powerful features. They allow us to customize the front and back end of a website, and there are all manner of creative uses for them. Everything from displaying niche content to changing page layouts based on field values is possible. Traditionally, using custom fields meant navigating obstacles. They require… Continue reading Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy
Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards
Belfast’s Whitenoise agency marks 25 years with custom playing cards. Each card features unique graphic design. A celebration of design and play. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Belfast-based agency Whitenoise created a unique and playful project: a custom deck of playing cards. This initiative showcases the agency’s graphic design talent and its passion for storytelling.… Continue reading Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards
New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send
Zoom in to discover where your emails are being read. A great new feature offering more insight into your subscribers is now available with every email send and monthly insight report: Geographic data on engagement stats. And not just the numbers, the team went a step further and added a mapping feature for visual representation.… Continue reading New Mapping Feature Available with Every Email Send
Digital Typography: Fonts and Techniques for Modern UI/UX
In today’s modern era of artificial intelligence, digital typography plays a pivotal role in shaping user experiences across websites, mobile apps, and other digital platforms. Digital typography refers to the art and science of arranging typefaces in a way that enhances readability, usability, and aesthetic appeal within digital interfaces. As screen resolutions improve and devices… Continue reading Digital Typography: Fonts and Techniques for Modern UI/UX
The Best Online Python Courses: From Beginner to Pro
Python has become one of the most popular programming languages due to its simplicity, versatility, and widespread use in fields like web development, data science, artificial intelligence, and automation. As a result, the demand for Python courses has skyrocketed, leading to a surge in online learning platforms offering structured and flexible learning experiences. Online Python… Continue reading The Best Online Python Courses: From Beginner to Pro
WebGPU Scanning Effect with Depth Maps
Today we’re sharing a creative demo that showcases a scanning light effect using a depth map. The scene is rendered with WebGPU via Three.js and react-three-fiber, and enhanced using TSL shaders for dynamic visual depth. This demo includes three variations of the effect, each showing a different visual direction. The goal is to demonstrate how… Continue reading WebGPU Scanning Effect with Depth Maps
The Death of Coding Jobs: How AI, No-Code, and Corporate Greed Are Killing the Industry
For the last two decades, the promise of a lucrative career in coding has been drilled into our heads. “Learn to code,” they said. “It’s the skill of the future,” they insisted. Well, the future is here—and coding jobs are disappearing faster than an intern after a critical server crash. AI is writing code better… Continue reading The Death of Coding Jobs: How AI, No-Code, and Corporate Greed Are Killing the Industry
10+ Great Tools & Resources you need to try in 2025
Posted · Category: Best Collections, Design, Inspiration, Tools <!– –> If you are building a website from scratch you have to rely heavily on your own creativity to achieve any measure of success. In truth, building a great website lies in the underpinning the tools you use are able to create. Drag and drop alone… Continue reading 10+ Great Tools & Resources you need to try in 2025
The BEST Spoon Graphics Tutorials from 2024
2024 is coming to an end, so let’s take a look back at my tutorial videos from the past year and see which topics proved to be the most popular. Once again my Neon Light Effect Photoshop Tutorial from back in 2021 continues to dominate my YouTube Analytics as my best performing video, now with… Continue reading The BEST Spoon Graphics Tutorials from 2024
30 Best Word Resume Templates – Easy to Edit & Customize
A well-structured resume is essential in today’s competitive job market. With Word resume templates, job seekers can create polished, professional resumes without advanced design skills. These templates offer preformatted layouts that ensure readability, clarity, and a modern aesthetic. Whether applying for a corporate position or a creative role, choosing the right template can make a… Continue reading 30 Best Word Resume Templates – Easy to Edit & Customize