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Currently, in the world of finance, there is a growing number of banks and Fintech services trying to compete by offering various…

You have to see the whole story to make it come true

SVG patterns offer a more flexible approach to repeating a background image on a web page than CSS tiling. Let’s look at why that is, and how you can use them.What You’ll LearnThis tutorial is...

Gallery of free SVG background patterns and designs.

Thousands of trendy color gradients in a curated collection that is updated daily. Get a fresh color gradient for your next design project and save all the gradients you like.

What is the role of a designer?

I work at Opendoor as a product designer on our consumer team. At Opendoor one of our core principles is to build openness. We believe…

Redefining and recontextualizing mythology and design

The original “anatomy of a spam page” was written in 2000, but recently, I landed on a web site that was so bad I decided to share a…

A comprehensive guide to web design that covers the visual appearance and interface (UI) of a website to how the website functions (UX).

When you work for a user experience design company for as long as I have, you start to notice the cyclical nature of industry trends. Just like fashion or art, what goes out of style inevitably resurfaces a few years down the road, only to become adopted by the mainstream, and fade into obsoletion once again. In the digital design world, there's maybe no better example of this than the rise and fall (and rise) of the gradient. Considered a lynchpin of interface design in the nineties (how many geocities sites had a gradient WordArt header?), the trend likely dates back even farther. Conside...

Smashing Book 6 is here with everything you need to know to tackle the new adventures web design and development are bringing along. No theory, just things that worked in practice.

A website is a place where a business can educate its audience about its brand. What it does. Why it does it. What they'll get out of being there. That, in and of itself, is a lot of information. When designing a website for your clients, the last thing you want is to overdo it. The web is not a place for excess and its users typically don't have the patience to sift through pages and pages stuffed full of information just to get to the relevant bits. That's why minimalism will endure as a design trend. It allows web designers to convey a lot about a brand and its message, without having to...

Beautiful gradients as placeholder images just for you

Automatic UI Color Palette Generator

Learn about 3 useful color tools to assist your user interface design needs.

Going to straight to high-fidelity is an epic waste of time, money, and resources. Wireframing and rapid prototyping ensures that we iterate and validate our ideas first.

So often we cram a load of crap onto a single web page and then play silly buggers trying to get them to load efficiently. Instead design for actual performance.

How to create a logo that responds to its own aspect ratio

Adobe XD: The Definitive Guide (FREE) What is Adobe XD? In case you are new to the UI/UX design world or you have spent the last year of your life on a desert island, Adobe XD (aka Experience Design)

In 2012 I tried out a brand new luxury vehicle at a automotive conference. It was a minimalist European model, and nothing seemed out of…

Explore a beautifully curated selection of cool backgrounds that you can add to blogs, websites, or as desktop and phone wallpapers.

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Coca-Cola Red, Tiffany’s Blue, British Racing Green, Macdonald’s Yellow.

What are user flows and why you need to use them. An illustrated guide on going from “WTF, am I looking at”, to a clear design of how your…

Create and share color palettes. Color inspiration for creatives around the world.

Create beautiful duotone effects instantly in your browser. Dozens of perfect duotone pairings included.

Allowing mobile video ads to play in-line is a simple change that can help improve ad performance for publishers and provide a better viewing experience for their audiences. This is especially important in the context of the ever-growing mobile market.