Why Persuasive Design Should Be Your Next Skill Set
Effective Use of Typography in Applications for Children
In this installment of my column, I’ll take a look at one of the most important visual design elements for graphic user interfaces: typography. I’ll concentrate on general guidelines for the effective use of typography in the design of applications for children between 3 and 10 years of age. What considerations do we need to take into account when working with digital typography when children are its primary interpreters?
UX Tips for Non UX Designers
Some tricks for non-pros to help make up for UX design weaknesses.
Responsive design using CSS3 Media Queries
When we initially sat down to discuss features for FaultPress you may imagine the words "bugs, tickets, milestones, priorities" being thrown around a lot.
How To Get Sign-Off For Your Designs
“How did you do that?” My colleague Leigh sounded impressed. He had been working with a problem client for weeks trying to get design approval. Then I came along and was able to get signed-off in a single conference call. “Can you teach me how you did that?” he asked. I mumbled something about years of experience, but the truth was I didn’t have a clue. It just seems I can find design approval easier than most.
The Ultimate 20 Usability Tips for Your Website
Usability is ridiculously important to your website. It doesn't matter how cool your website looks or how amazing your content is if visitors can't quickly, easily, and enjoyably access and use it. Many of them will eventually just give up and look elsewhere. So how do you make your website as usable as possible? Well, you're in luck, because this article features 20 usability tips for your website. Technology will always change, thus changing the usability tips. So make sure you share your own tips and tricks with the rest of us.
Freehand Anonymous
Wichtige Bausteine erfolgreicher Facebook-Fanseiten
50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers
There are tools that make our lives much easier. However, finding those obscure time-savers which would save time in every single project isn't easy and requires a lot of time. At Smashing Magazine, we are regularly looking for such useful tools, gather them, review them and eventually prepare for a truly smashing round-up. Such posts are quite lengthy and extensive, but they are always worth checking out.
The Blackwing 603
What is so special about this pencil that its devotees will accept no substitute and make them willing to spend $250.00 for a box of them?
Responsive Web Design
Designers have coveted print for its precision layouts, lamenting the varying user contexts on the web that compromise their designs. Ethan Marcotte advocates we shift our design thinking to approp…
Dear Designer, You Suck
Are we pulling our punches too much when it comes to critiquing design? Are we being honest with one another?
Art Manifestos and Their Applications in Contemporary Design
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Shalom! Showcase Of Web Design In Israel
Israel is a young country with an old heart. It has been quickly built up over the last 60 years as an independent democratic Jewish state and is shockingly cutting edge for a country so new. What’s unique about Israeli web design?
Web Design Criticism: A How-To
I had the opportunity to work with some very talented and highly experienced designers who all had made the jump from other design fields to the Web. It was there, as part of that training, that I learned about **critiquing**, both giving and receiving, through regular design reviews.
Common Questions About Design Professionalism
The design profession is full of happy folks, and understanding why so many designers enjoy their work is not hard. But not all are so happy. If you’re not careful, the joy of getting paid to pursue your passion can be tainted by the less joyous realities of the professional world. You see, no matter how skilled you are as a designer, unless you are equally prepared in **professional matters**, your prospects will be limited and your circumstances compromised. This is true whether you work freelance, for an agency or in-house with a company.
A Guide to Creating Professional Quality Logo Designs
Logo design is often seen as a quick and easy job; you create a small graphic, stick it next to some text and the job is done! In reality there’s a lot more to it, which makes the whole process of creating a logo or identity a challenging task. Let’s take a look at some […]
… useful coding techniques
… css layouts, visual effects and forms
… Beautifully Designed iPhone Utilities
What should news apps on the iPad look like?
Email Newsletter Design: Guidelines And Examples
The email newsletter is a powerful marketing and communication tool that has various useful functions. It reminds your users about you; it informs users about your products; it tells them what you have been up to; and it helps you build a unique relationship with them. Users like email newsletters if the newsletters bring them value.
Applying Mathematics To Web Design
“Mathematics is beautiful.” This may sound absurd to people who wince at numbers and equations. But some of the most beautiful things in nature and our universe exhibit mathematical properties, from the smallest seashell to the biggest whirlpool galaxies. In fact, one of the greatest ancient philosophers, Aristotle, said: “The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”
… Free UI and Web Design Wireframing Kits, …
Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers: a quick and simple method to plan the layout and a cost-effective, time-saving tool to easily communicate your ideas to others.
How To Say No To Spec Work Requests
Redesigning Personal Projects – A Critical Analysis
Kristy Anne Ligones
Illustrator and graphic designer
The Secret History of Kubrick …
… the Blog Theme That Changed the Internet
Service that Scales: Pricing Guidelines, Tips, and Strategies for Freelancers | Spyre Studios
Take a look around any online marketplace and you’ll see the labor of designers, writers, and digital artists severely undervalued.
UI with fewer images
(about CSS performance)
Ignorance Is Bliss
Andrew Clarke shares a case study highlighting the benefits of progressively enhanced web design. Ever wondered how to convince your clients to let you use cutting edge web techniques? It may be simpler than you think.