Design & UX
Abbas Rajani, Apr 13
6 Ways to Improve Long-Scroll Mobile Websites
Abbas Rajani shows us how to offer users a better mobile UX by optimizing the layout and content of long-scrolling mobile websites.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Valeriia Timokhina, Apr 11
25 Design Conferences That Will Blow Your Mind in 2017
Valeriia Timokhina spills the beans on the best design and UX conferences to attend in 2017. Stay up to date with the latest advancements in your industry.
Design & UX
Daniel Schwarz, Apr 06
Responsive Design in Sketch: It's Finally Here!
We've waited and improvised, but now the wait is over. Sketch now offers responsive design features, but how does it compare to the Auto Layout Plugin?
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Web
Maria Antonietta Perna, Apr 05
What Is the Right Image Format for Your Website?
Maria Antonietta Perna introduces five image formats for the web: JPG, GIF, PNG, SVG and WebP and explains how to choose the right image format for the web.
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Apr 05
Design Tricks with SVG Filters: A Masked Blur Effect
SVG might be a vector format, but it has some amazingly powerful pixel-based tricks up its sleeve. Follow Alex's journey – if you dare.
Design & UX
Gabrielle Gosha, Apr 04
5 Emerging Trends to Amp-up Your Web Designs in 2017
Gabrielle Gosha reveals which web design trends you need to try in 2017, including meganavs, overlapping content and neutral tones.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Ada Ivanoff, Mar 30
6 Free Web-Based SVG Editors Compared
SVG is more important to web design than ever before. Today we no longer need to leave our web browsers to create it. Ada looks at the options.
JavaScript
Pavels Jelisejevs, Mar 29
Automated Accessibility Checking with aXe
Pavels Jelisjevs looks at aXe, a JS library that scans your website for a11y issues. Learn how to do automated accessibility checking via your test runner.
Design & UX
Andrew Tiburca, Mar 28
5 Tips for Improving Your Consumer UX
43% of consumers have very minimal computer skills, Andrew Tiburca shows you how to optimise your consumer UX so that your users aren't left in the dark.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Mar 22
Killer GIFs: How Can an Animated GIF Become a Weapon?
GIFs are the jokers of the web image formats – usually funny and playful. But can they be turned into a dangerous weapon in the right situation?
Design & UX
Daniel Schwarz, Mar 21
How to Handoff Designs with Sketch and InVision
Development teams are getting larger and collaboration never more challenging. Can Sketch and Invision help?
Design & UX
Mateo Prifti, Mar 14
How to Turn Your Sketch Files into Working Prototypes with Origami
Sketch is a great for UI Design, but it stops at flat designs. Mateo shows you how to do sophisticated prototyping with Sketch files in Facebook Origami.
Design & UX
Dan Goodwin, Mar 08
How Writing Our Book Taught Us About Killer Prototyping
What’s changed is that we’re aiming to use prototyping to explore design problems in all projects that we work on by default.
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Mar 08
Introducing Portfolio WordPress Theme – and the Design Decisions Behind it
Good design comes down to 3 or 4 fairly simple decisions at the beginning of a project – and then just carrying them through.
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Design & UX
Daniel Schwarz, Mar 08
4 Nerdy Companies That Have Used 99designs
Many nerdy tech companies have used 99designs to obtain a great logo. Here are a few of the best — with a look at how their briefs ensured quality results.
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Design & UX
Daniel Schwarz, Mar 06
How to Design and Sell Themes (with Success)
Designing and selling themes can be a lucrative business, but there are plenty of pitfalls. Dan's guide will help you avoid the big traps.
Design & UX
Kelsey Bryant, Mar 02
Martis Lupus Wows with Her Whimsical Style
We chat with Martis about her education, where she draws her inspiration from and what she has planned next.
5 COMMENTs
Design & UX
Roemie Hillenaar, Mar 01
How to Choose the Best Fonts for Your Next Project with Fontcloud
Fontcloud is a tool designed to help you browse, choose and manage you fonts – and their licensing – through your browser. Roemie takes you on the tour.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Alex Bigman, Feb 28
Digital Fonts: A Condensed History
The world of fonts has come a long way. 99designs writer Alex Bigman showcases the evolution of fonts in this condensed mini history lesson.
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Design & UX
Marianne Kipp, Feb 23
How Much Should Your Logo Design Cost?
When it comes to branding your business, a logo is always essential. But how much should you pay for it? Here's a lowdown on what to consider.
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Feb 22
Web Layout 101: Vertical Rhythm is a Drummer
Vertical rhythm is often worshipped or ignored. But perhaps its at its most useful when we treat it as a trusted advisor to our layouts.
Design & UX
Claudia Elliott, Feb 21
10 Web Design & UX Trends for 2017 That Can Boost Conversions
Trends are interesting, but more important is how these 2017 web design and UX trends boost conversions.
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Design & UX
Anada Lakra, Feb 21
How to Name Your Business with a Little Help from Design Thinking
Having trouble naming your brand? Here's a excellent step-by-step process on how to name a brand from the team at 99designs.
Design & UX
Saad Al-Sabbagh, Feb 16
5 Ideas to Improve Your Website UX in Under 2 Hours
Sometimes small changes can make a big difference to your UX. Saad has 5 relatively simple ways you can improve your UX in a morning's work.