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.
Design & UX
John Barton, Feb 16
An Engineering Manager's Guide to Rebranding
Ever wondered how rebranding works? 99designs Engineering Manager John Barton conveys how to rebrand efficiently and correctly.
Web
Kushagra Gour, Feb 15
Web Maker, an Offline, Browser-based CodePen Alternative
Kushagra Gour introduces Web Maker, a browser extension for front-end developers needing a blazing-fast, offline web playground.
Design & UX
Jason Lengstorf, Feb 15
How to Overcome All Your Fears Without Being Brave
Why are we afraid of safe things, and cheerfully cavalier about things that are actually dangerous? Science (and Jason) has some useful suggestions.
Design & UX
Sasha Manusama, Feb 14
bo_rad Shows off His Designer Superpowers
Graphic designer Boris Radulovic (bo_rad) shares his industry insights and how 99Designs has helped him with his freelance career.
Mobile
Jose Rosario, Feb 13
Achieve 60 FPS Mobile Animations with CSS3
Animating elements in your mobile application is easy. And doing it the right way is easy, too... if you follow our tips here.
Design & UX
Ophelie Lechat, Feb 10
Giveaway: Get a New Logo from 99designs for Free
The best 99designs offer available: a free contest giveaway, and a free $99 upgrade on any logo or design contest.
Design & UX
Kaitlyn Ellison, Feb 09
Learning from Long-Time Community Leader DSKY
Meet Konstantin Yastrebov, a freelance graphic designer making waves in the industry for his unique creativity. We discover how he got his foot in the door.
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Feb 08
Catching Frontend UI Design Tricks with SnappySnippet
Often the key to understanding complex things is to understand their simpler parts first. SnappySnippet is a tool that can help you with that.
Design & UX
Kelsey Bryant, Feb 07
Artsigma Opens up about His Full-Time Career on 99designs
Curious about pursuing a career in design? artsigma from 99designs opens up about his career to date and how he got to where he is now.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Kelsey Bryant, Feb 02
How Meella Accidentally Became a Full-Time Book Cover Designer
How do you break into the book cover design industry? Book designer Miladinka Milic shares her insights and how she stumbled into the industry by accident.
Design & UX
John Stevens, Feb 01
6 Email Hacks Guaranteed to Boost Results from Your Email Efforts
According to the Direct Marketing Association, you can expect an ROI of $38 for every $1 you spend on email marketing. Small tweaks can be big money.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Kelsey Bryant, Jan 31
Kerry Ellis Shares Her Passion for Book Cover Design
What makes a good book cover designer, and how can you work with one? Kerry Ellis, one of 99designs' top designers, shares her advice.
2 COMMENTs
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Jan 26
The First Rule Of Good Software Design? First, Do No Harm!
We design features with the idea that they are helping our users – but sometimes these same features can be damaging to users with different needs.
3 COMMENTs
Design & UX
Aja Frost, Jan 24
Dark UX: Dirty Tricks and Tactics to Avoid in 2017
Often our goals and those of our user are in alignment – but not always. Sometimes you have a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other.
Design & UX
Angela Molina, Jan 18
Are You Improving Your UX with Analytics?
Learn to make informed UX decisions based on qualitative data through UX analytics.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Aja Frost, Jan 16
4 Ways to Turn Your Site Into Your Best Salesperson
Talented salespeople are a wonderful asset to business but they don't come cheap. Aja has 4 ways to permanently increase your website conversion rates.
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Luke Hay, Jan 12
How To Really Get To Know Your Users with Analytics
Designers can look at Analytics as tools for marketers and SEO people. Luke shows us how design is about understanding, and understanding is about data.
Design & UX
Tim Brown, Jan 10
5 Ways to Delight with UX Details Combining GIFs and CSS
The GIF format has been around for so long that sometimes it's easy to overlook its usefulness. Tim wants you to reconsider the power of GIFs and CSS.
HTML & CSS
Louis Lazaris, Jan 10
An HTML5 FAQ
2 COMMENTs
HTML & CSS
Louis Lazaris, Jan 06
Introducing the HTML5 Herald Sample Site
The following is an extract from our book, HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World, 2nd Edition, written by Alexis Goldstein, Louis Lazaris, and Estelle Weyl.
3 COMMENTs
Design & UX
Andrew Tiburca, Jan 05
4 Killer Typography Tips from the World's Biggest Brands
Successful global brands can become so ubiquitous that we don't almost don't notice them. Andrei shows they have some valuable typography tips to teach us.
1 COMMENT
HTML & CSS
Louis Lazaris, Jan 04
Improve Your Website's Accessibility With WAI-ARIA
1 COMMENT
Design & UX
Alex Walker, Jan 02
Web Design 2016: Attack of the Chromes!
Every year your workflow changes. For me, 2016 was the year when the Chrome App arrived as a serious web/UI design option.