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…
Layout is a design and WordPress blog covering thought-provoking topics that show you the next step for your business, improve your process, and inspire your designs.
Layout is a design and WordPress blog covering thought-provoking topics that show you the next step for your business, improve your process, and inspire your designs.
43% of Sites Have Severe ‘Flickering’ Issues for Their Main Drop-Down Menu
Drop-down menus can perform great, however 42% of all sites have severe "flickering" issues, observed to actively disrupt users in navigating the site. See Baymard's full test findings along with two …
Design mistakes can happen to anyone. Maybe you’re trying to finish a project too quickly, or you’re working on a complex site design where something simply gets overlooked. But, when they happen, you…
Log in forms are often just two fields: username and password. Sign up forms are often scarcely much more, perhaps asking for an email address as well and...
While SVG images may not be as common as our favorite bitmap formats like PNG or JPG, the advantages of vectors has more and more designers looking to bring them into their projects. In the past, we’v…
9 Things to Do Before Passing Your Website Mockup off to a Developer
Are you designing a website layout in Photoshop that needs to be coded (by you or someone else)? This is for you! (Particularly if you’re not the one who’s doing the coding) 1) Organize your layers…