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What Type of Design Education is Best For You?

Alec McGuffey looks at four types of design education, and helps you figure out which one is the best fit for you.
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7 Famous Design Hacks You Can Steal From Star Wars

For all its sci-fi modernism, Star Wars used a lot of classic methods. Nadya has extracted 7 sure-fire design hacks that you can apply to...
Nadya Khoja, 5 days ago
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Punctuation & Grammar: Bridging the Gap Between UX and Copywriting

Daniel Schwarz discusses UX writing, why it's important for designers to be excellent writers, and how punctuation can make copy look and...
Daniel Schwarz, Jul 13
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SVG Tip: Create a Bold Vector Halftone Graphic in Under 2 Minutes

This is a section from a 500 year old woodcut from perhaps the 'Andy Warhol of woodcut artists' - Albrecht Dürer. Woodcut is an...
Alex Walker, Jul 12
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What Type of Design Education is Best For You?

Alec McGuffey looks at four types of design education, and helps you figure out which one is the best fit for you.
Design & UX
Design & UX

7 Famous Design Hacks You Can Steal From Star Wars

For all its sci-fi modernism, Star Wars used a lot of classic methods. Nadya has extracted 7 sure-fire design hacks that you can apply to your projects.
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Punctuation & Grammar: Bridging the Gap Between UX and Copywriting

Daniel Schwarz discusses UX writing, why it's important for designers to be excellent writers, and how punctuation can make copy look and sound appealing.
Design & UX
Design & UX

SVG Tip: Create a Bold Vector Halftone Graphic in Under 2 Minutes

This is a section from a 500 year old woodcut from perhaps the 'Andy Warhol of woodcut artists' - Albrecht Dürer. Woodcut is an old printing technique where the image is hand...

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Alec McGuffey, 2 days ago

What Type of Design Education is Best For You?

Alec McGuffey looks at four types of design education, and helps you figure out which one is the best fit for you.
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Nadya Khoja, 5 days ago

7 Famous Design Hacks You Can Steal From Star Wars

For all its sci-fi modernism, Star Wars used a lot of classic methods. Nadya has extracted 7 sure-fire design hacks that you can apply to your projects.
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Daniel Schwarz, Jul 13

Punctuation & Grammar: Bridging the Gap Between UX and Copywriting

Daniel Schwarz discusses UX writing, why it's important for designers to be excellent writers, and how punctuation can make copy look and sound appealing.
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Alex Walker, Jul 12

SVG Tip: Create a Bold Vector Halftone Graphic in Under 2 Minutes

This is a section from a 500 year old woodcut from perhaps the 'Andy Warhol of woodcut artists' - Albrecht Dürer. Woodcut is an old printing technique where the image is hand...
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Giannis Konstantinidis, Jul 11

6 Free Material Design CSS Frameworks for 2017 Compared

Giannis Konstantinidis lists some great Material Design CSS frameworks and compares them to make it easier for you to choose what best fits your needs.
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Tobi Abdulgafar, Jul 10

Here are the 5 Things Great Designers Do Differently

Web and interface designers are becoming a dime a dozen, Tobi explains what great designers do to stand out from the crowd.
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Alex Walker, Jul 06

6 Clever SVG Pattern Generators for Your Next Design

Though SVG Patterns aren't super widely understood, they offer a lot of really interesting design options – once you get your head around them.
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Ivaylo Gerchev, Jul 04

How to Optimize and Export SVGs in Adobe Illustrator

SVG is a powerful format but you need to make good decisions to get great results. Ivalyo walks you through exporting SVG in Adobe Illustrator.

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Ivaylo Gerchev, Jul 04

SVG 101: What is SVG? (and what is it actually good for?)

Most of us have heard of it, but what is SVG and precisely makes it different from pixel graphics? And is there any reason you should care?
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Craig Buckler, Jul 03

Should Users be Permitted to Disable JavaScript?

Craig Buckler takes a renewed look at why, in 2017, some users might disable JavaScript and asks if progressive enhancement is still worth the effort.
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Alex Walker, Jun 29

Podcast: Google Ventures on When Design Sprints Go Bad

Lots of companies talk about 'design sprints', but are we all talking about the same thing? Jake Knapp – the man who documented it – has some ideas on that.
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Daniel Schwarz, Jun 28

Fonts and Colors Used by Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and More

A cheatsheet of the fonts and colors used by Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Messenger, Snapchat, Instagram and Pinterest, with links to brand asset info.
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Daniel Schwarz, Jun 22

How to Build a Virtual Design Team with 99designs

99designs is a marketplace for finding the best design talent, but did you know that you can curate your own on-call team of super-designers? Here's how.
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Gabrielle Gosha, Jun 21

12 of the Best Dribbble Designers to Follow

Despite being invite-only, Dribbble is crawling with talented designers. Gabrielle narrows it down to the 12 best Dribbble designers to follow.
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Petras Baukys, Jun 19

The UX of the Zombie Scroller (and How to Cure It)

Have you ever been scrolling when you realized you didn't read anything in the past 10 seconds? That's 'Zombie Scrolling'! Petras can save you.
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Daniel Schwarz, Jun 14

25 Sublime Sites to Download Free Stock Images in 2017

All designers need a healthy supply of captivating stock photography to use in their day-to-day work, Daniel lists 25 websites to find free stock images.
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Daniel Schwarz, Jun 12

4 Examples of Invisible UI to Boost UX Behind the Scenes

Invisible UI is shaping the future of UX, but it might not be what you think it is. Daniel Schwarz shows us 4 examples and explains why they work so well.
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Alex Walker, Jun 08

Podcast: Behind the Facebook Logo - A $100 Million Story

Getting paid for your design talents in equity is romantic – but rarely actually pays off. But what if you happened to design the Facebook logo?
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Gabrielle Gosha, Jun 07

8 Fresh Design Tools and Resources for Your 2017 Toolbox

Web design is a constantly shifting landscape. Gabrielle has assembled a list of 8 design tools and resources to spice up your repertoire.
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Stephen Moyers, Jun 05

How to Boost Happiness and Engagement with Personalized UIs

Stephen explains how personalized UIs can deliver special, memorable user experiences and tailored content that results in higher conversion rates.
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Daniel Schwarz, May 31

Why Prototyping with Adobe XD is the Most-Complete Design Solution

In this tutorial, Daniel teaches us about designing and prototyping with Adobe XD, and explains why it might be the most complete design tool yet.
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Tomas Laurinavicius, May 30

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.
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Larry Alton, May 25

3 Mobile UX Trends That Are Changing How We Design

Larry Alton discusses the top 3 UX trends that are changing the way we design for mobile devices, and why users adore them.
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Simon Codrington, May 23

Inspirational UI Design Ideas for Your Next Website Project

Simon Codrington illustrates some stunning UI design ideas using CSS animation and gradients to inspire your creativity for your next website project.
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