Tag: AlexW

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

Animation is a part of a UI designer's job. Here are 9 free animation libraries we think deliver the most power for the smallest file size, while being relatively easy to use for reasonably code-savvy designers that aren't full-blown developers.

Though browsers are arguably more reliable than they've ever been, we still can't forget about cross-browser testing tools. Here are 7 top options for you.

There were 5 Jacksons and 5 gold rings but Clark Wimberly has 5 golden principles that guide his product design. Read them. Recite them. Remember them well.

Delivering a speedy UX isn't all about code and servers – it's about how things feel.  Chris shows you how to use 'skeleton screens' to speed up your UX. 

Rhiana Heath looks at Bootstrap accessibility issues with Bootstrap 4, showing how developers can test for problems and what can be done to fix them.

Product mockups are used to showcase web/app designs in a device frame, but can we accomplish this without Photoshop? Yes, and today, Alex shows us how!

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.

Try a quick search on the difference between UI vs UX yields ketchup bottles and grass lanes.

Duotones, Muted Black & White, Targeted Blur Effect, and more. Gabrielle has four fresh Photoshop styles to spice up to your repetoire.

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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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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.

True North Design Podcast: Ben Newton talks to the Atlassian Design Team about how design – and the teams behind it – can successfully scale.

Finch.io is a new visual approach to finding and fixing bugs in your web projects. We take a test-drive of the beta to see what the fuss is about.

Having the best developers and designers on the planet is no good if they aren't on the same page. David has the tools to help you fit them together.

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.

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?

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.

Gabrielle Gosha reveals which web design trends you need to try in 2017, including meganavs, overlapping content and neutral tones.

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.

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?

Development teams are getting larger and collaboration never more challenging. Can Sketch and Invision help?

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.

Good design comes down to 3 or 4 fairly simple decisions at the beginning of a project – and then just carrying them through.