Should logos be SVG or PNG? A screenshot, JPEG or PNG? Understanding how each format works and what are the trade-offs can help answering these questions.
Are You Mentally Overwhelming Users? (And How to Stop Doing It)
The internet is a tangled mess that’s visually overloaded. There’s so much to look at… and read… and comprehend, that it can be difficult to find focus and figure out what is important. If your design…
7 Proven Cognitive Biases (And How They Impact Your Design)
Our brains are amazing instruments – but they're not perfect. Tomas shows you how to use cognitive biases to help your design, rather than undermining it.
Many companies still struggle to justify the expense of a professional website service. But the truth is that bad web design will damage your bottom line.
Information density is the amount of information in the form of content that a site visitor is greeted with as soon as he lands on a website or webpage. The greater the information density, the greate…
Why Art Direction is Critical to Responsive Design
Art direction plays a role in all facets of life. It’s especially important in advertising and magazines. The visuals in ads and magazines often are presented in a way that evokes an emotional reactio…
An intuitive interface doesn't happen by accident. It happens when one of two specific conditions are met. In this article, Jared describes the critical relationship between current knowledge (what th…
Five Techniques to Lazy Load Images for Website Performance
Maria Antonietta Perna highlights the benefits of lazy loading images on websites and shows five approaches to implement lazy loading for your website.
Intro To Web Components: What They Are & How They Work
Reusable code is the bedrock of modern web design. With every frontend framework and Sass library out there you can find solutions to any problem. But reusable dynamic elements are still a work in pro…
An Introduction to Atomic Design for Web Designers
Modularity, reusability, and scalability are not only coding concepts but you can also make use of them to create better-optimized design systems. Atomic design
How to Build a Custom Email with Foundation for Emails
Building email templates is down right hard. Building responsive emails is even harder. Luckily, the kind folks over at Zurb have developed a fantastic framework that makes the process of building res…
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