Technology

A color palette is one of the most important aspects of a design system. Designers can use them to create a visual hierarchy, a unified look and feel, and evoke emotions.

Dave Kearney compares the top 15 prototyping tools disrupting the design tool market today, with video overviews of each one.

Giannis introduces us to Microsoft's new design language — Fluent Design System — and explains how to implement its design concepts into Windows UWP apps.

John Stevens talks about how Amazon is breaking records when it comes to conversions, and what you can do about your own UX to mirror their success.

It's easy to think of AI as the stuff of abstract computer science, but, increasingly, we're beginning to seeing Artificial Intelligence in UX design.

James George lets us in on his 7 most-favorite Chrome extensions for designers, including a new design app called Gravit that works solely in the browser!

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

Daniel Schwarz reviews three options for bringing multiplayer design collaboration into your team workflow. Let's find out which is best for your team.

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?

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.

Today I have three more innovative ideas from psychology involving human reactions to color, change and attention spans that take things to another level.

The Trolley Problem is one of the great 'thought experiments' in ethics. But it's a thought experiment that's about to play out in the real world.

They are the product of comic books and newspaper 'funny pages' but Aja is here to tell why the speech bubble is set to rule our future UIs.

Designers are part of an ever-growing team in 2016 and collaboration is key. Theo looks at the best Slack apps for designers.

 Voice-powered UI systems are everywhere we go today, but they're older than we think. Talking UIs were first big news in the 1930's.

It's easy to forgetMobile design is still young and we're still seeing new and innovative ideas every year. Jerry looks at his big 5 mobile design trends.

PNG-32 has glorious alpha-transparency support but the files are huge. Can help come from an unlikely hero – SVG?

Could the characteristics that make us good designers – good eyesight & web savviness – actually make it harder for us to empathize with our users?

Failure is a wonderful teacher – as long as it doesn't kill you. CyberCity lets hackers and security experts practice without anyone getting hurt.

Like great music, good web design shouldn’t be all about flashy tricks and visual theatrics. It must actually perform.

Virtual reality isn't just a new user experience – it requires a new understanding of UX by the people who make it. Aja takes six UX lessons from VR.

Talking and reading machines are almost old hat in the age of Siri, but people have been trying to convert text to sound since the first world war.

Background videos: when they're good, they're very, very good, but when they are bad, they are horrid. Angus has some tips to keep you out of trouble.

Sketch App has become a viable graphics option for many designers, but it has its... quirks. Daniel looks at some big improvements in the latest update.

Charles Costa looks at the user experience and ethical issues behind programming the coming wave of self-driving cars.

It's easy to forget how difficult, hacky and expensive custom typography used to be. Today Monty delivers four tips to help you use Google Fonts like a pro.

Mobile devices present a whole new range of accessibility challenges. Gian looks the successes and failures of WCAG2.

Screen resolutions keep increasing and so do the challenges of front-end development. James George looks at the current state of play.

A blank page can be a cruel taskmaster. Sometimes randomness is a good way to route around your normal design habits into new ideas.

Consistency and system can be just as important as inspiration in good design. Daniel shows you how to generate a useful style with Sketch App.