Design

Icons have long held an important place in the design of mobile apps. But beyond using them to create larger and more attractive touch targets, there are other ways mobile app designers can use these tiny elements to make an app more engaging. This post will explore four ways to do this.

Unlike most design software, Figma is free and browser-based so developers can easily access the full design files making the developer handoff process significantly smoother. This article explains everything they need to know to work with Figma.

Catherine shares her session from Skills Matter's FullStack NYC on "Keeping Subscribers Engaged in Your Design System."

Farsighted since MMXI

A design blog by Erik Kennedy on typography, color, layout, UX, design process, and more.

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Web design studio in North Wales, UK. Digital product and website design, art and creative direction with over 25 years experience.

You will read a lot of advice about how to get web design clients. But, much of it is too time-consuming if you don't have a dedicated sales team. So let's explore a better way.

There is no shortage of evidence proving the value of design. But explaining that to a boss or client can be tricky. This post will help.

Browser London is digital development and UX design agency based in Shoreditch that makes digital products for forwards looking organisations

A searchable archive of typographic design, indexed by typeface, format, and topic.

A division of UnderConsideration, cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.

A behind-the-scenes look at our design culture, process, learnings, and storytelling. Inspired by work, travel, and the creatives we serendipitously meet along the way.

Trends are fine, but sometimes you need to revisit the classics.

As Counter-Print returns with Modern Heraldry: Volume Two, we dissect the relationship between the ancient technique and modern day branding

As our phones are getting bigger, we need to adjust how we build and design our websites. Is there something to learn from app design and tap bars? Can we fix the mobile navigation of our websites to have a lower interaction cost? In this article, we’ll find out.

Retrofitting search engine optimization only gets you so far. As metadata gets smarter, it’s more important than ever to build it into the design process from the start.

How the invention of writing gave humanity a history.

At the age of 9, when I was too shy, young, inexperienced, and insecure to know how to make friends in the real world, I discovered the…

Whether you're an illustrator or graphic designer, chances are you've been asked at some point if you can make your visuals move. And if not, expect such a request any time soon.

Guidance for designing ethically humane digital products through patterns focused on user well-being.

When designing interfaces, we tend to find a way to encourage action, or get data, or keep people on the site or app. Yet people are very good at avoiding mousetraps and finding loopholes. Gathering data is easy, but getting accurate and useful data has never been more difficult — unless your users trust you already.

Design systems vary, but at their heart, they are a collection of reusable parts with a clear set of guidelines for their use.

The dream of the 2000s is alive on the web.

In 1692 an artist known only as “A. Boogert” sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water. The premise sounds simple enough, but the final product is almost unfathomable in its detail and scope. More