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Design & UX
We have access to a wider set of web fonts than ever before, but choice can be a tyranny. Luckily Antonietta has 20 tools to help you better pair type.
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SVG is powerful, but finding a place to put your image is harder than it should be. Here's a scalable, reliable, free SVG image hosting method.
Design isn't something you only do at your desk. Gabrielle has 9 apps to help designers get things done on their iPhone.
Some users come to us via the web – others via an app. How does the onboarding UX differ? Aja looks at how Mint and Expensify answer that question.
Design is a series of decisions on what is most important – and what isn't. Wes looks at how to focus your users by using with prioritized navigation.
Codepen has become a vast repository of some of the best in front-end UI thinking. Sarah has put together a short list of handy snippets from Codepen.io
It doesn't matter how crisp your SVG text is if it's too small to be read. Responsive SVG lets you prioritize the important parts of you graphic.
Designers are part of an ever-growing team in 2016 and collaboration is key. Theo looks at the best Slack apps for designers.
Sketch has become the key tool for so many Front-end designers that it's hard to ignore. Daniel gets you up-to-speed with the UI basic in under 5 minutes.
While today we LOL, smile :) and wink ;), a hundred years ago people were encoding their thoughts and feelings into the position of their postage stamps.
You gotta know the current trends before you can swim the other way. Gabrielle has five logo trends that are making waves in 2016.
Sketch app is primarily an Interface Design tool so it makes sense for it to be responsive. Daniel show
SVG patterns are a great low-bandwidth tool for designers but setting them up can be hard. Alex shows how Boxy SVG makes things much easier.
'Don't Repeat Yourself' (DRY) is a coding concept but it makes perfect sense for graphic design too. Daniel shows us how Sketch Symbols help us stay DRY.
Split-screen layouts are a bold stylistic choice but not suited to all designs. Today, Daniel balances some design inspiration with a few words of caution.
Facebook, Angry Birds, 2048. What is it that makes a product addictive? Charles talks about the thinking behind habit forming products.
April's Sourcehunt brings two Open Source goliaths. How would you like to add Fedora and/or Mozilla to your design portfolio?
Sometimes it helps to think of SVG, not as an 'image format', but as a 'recipe'. And once you *really* know a recipe, you can start to change it.
Card-based layouts are a great option for many design problems. Ivaylo shows us how to use Semantic UI to create great, mobile-friendly UIs.
Often there are more lessons to be learned from a failure than a success. Simon Cocking walks us through some UX fails and the lessons we can take.
SVG is hot but easily corrupted. Boxy SVG is a free editor that helps you make the most of what the SVG format is good at.
Being able to easily share your Sketch designs is hugely beneficial to your team, clients, and collaborators. Daniel has some answers.
While Photoshop may have been born as a photo editor, Jerry shows us 10 Photoshop plugins that can transform it into a powerful Web Design tool.
How many gigantic-background-photo sites do we really need? Illustration is a sure-fire way to give your designs a 100% authentic, bespoke finish.
Humans love to look at eyes. We can't help it. But sometimes that can be a problem for our layouts. Alex looks at how you can direct the eye of your users.
Tired of using the same old Photoshop filter effects to your images. Liz has a magic big of creative photo hacks to spice up your look.
We all know what an experience is – but how do you measure one? Google's 'HEART Framework' breaks down ux design into easier to understand components.
Accessible design is more that just adding some ALT tags. Anita has some wonderful insights on how you can improve your approach to accessible design.