Design

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

The design of a character has a huge impact on how the viewer will perceive them. Check out this illustrated tutorial by character artist midorynn for tips on creating interesting designs!

Prototyping is a crucial tool in the development of websites and other digital services. In this lesson I explore its potential and share tips and techniques for getting the most from it.

Learn how to develop UIs with components and design systems. Our in-depth frontend guides are created by Storybook maintainers and peer-reviewed by the open source community.

As devices continue to diversify in dizzying ways, how can we make sure our work on the web stays as relevant as ever for the long haul? Cathy Dutton shares how practitioners must design for the un…

Explore some of the most significant periods from the past that have influenced modern creatives and discover beautiful examples of vintage style web design

An Open Source collection of Design Principles and methods

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AVIF is the first browser image format we've had in 10 years. Let's see how it performs…

Inspired by the recent work that Github and Medium have done to improve their fonts and thus the reading experience on their sites, we at…

Please do not use this post as an excuse to beat up the devs at Apple or Google. If you are doing that, you have missed the point of this post and you are being unnecessarily mean to individuals who may have no control over broader organizational decisions. Do not…