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.
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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.
Being creative is rewarding but when it's not happening, it's hard to force it. Hilda has some useful steps to work through creative block.
Every successful product has them… does yours? Below we boil down the practice of product design into its 3 essential components.
Typographic punctuation is a jumble of glittering successes and hard-luck stories. For every @ symbol, there's a lonely irony mark or neglected interrobang.
Being able to share your designs in Sketch with very little effort is hugely beneficial to your team. Daniel show us more than one way to do it!
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.
Humans are very good at processing images but that doesn't mean we always choose the right image for our websites. Gabrielle has some useful pointers.
Fireworks is fizzling out, but Adobe has returned with a mystery new UI tool. What is Adobe XD? Will this fiery comet become a star? Dan investigates.
Games are fun, exciting, and rewarding. So to make your UX more engaging–even addictive–why not try incorporating these gamification elements?
There's a nice video effect I'm going to call 'Parallax Ken Burns' you see on a lot of documentaries. Can we mimic it in a single SVG file? Maybe.
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.
Zoomy indexes multiple sources across the web to offer over 11,000 free stock photos for download.
PNG-32 has glorious alpha-transparency support but the files are huge. Can help come from an unlikely hero – SVG?