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We all love Dribbble, but lots of designers overlook the power of the Behance network. Dan looks at some of the neat tricks this quiet achiever can deliver.

Often we talk about 'fluid' layouts. Cards give us the small units that allow us to 'pour' our page components into differently sized and shaped layouts.

Everyone loves a hero. Gabrielle brings a fresh literary point of view to the classic hero section.

While vector icons have grabbed the spotlight, pixel-based icons make up most of the icons we see each day. Ada looks at the options for pixel icon editors.

Adobe Comp CC is an app focused on creating quick prototyping on your iPad. James tests the concept of fleshing out ideas without leaving your armchair.

Designing for mobile is as much about meeting user expectation as it is about screen sizes. Joyce looks at the most common Android design anti-patterns.

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Following her flat design icons article, Ada is back with a carefully selected cadre of attractive social networking icons for your designing enjoyment.

While Facebook ignored mobile for a long time, there's no doubting their commitment to it now. Mateo looks at one of the design tools they use - Origami.

The prototyping tool market continues to heat up and Atomic is the latest to vying for the crown. Daniel Schwarz takes you along for the ride.

Steve Jobs liked simple design, but he wasn't simple-minded. Alex looks at U.S. Presidents and the important differences between dumb and simple.

When you tick the 'show password' box on a site you expect to be able to see your password. But what happens for users with screenreaders? James knows.

When it comes to UI design, often it's not worth reinventing the wheel. Ada has scoured the web for 10 of the best flat icon sets for your next project.

Google's Material Design has gifted us a polished frontend 'design language' out of the box. Tanay looks the 5 Material Design frameworks to use in 2015.

“That doesn’t look right”. How do you avoid awkward client conversations when creating a brand identity? Richa has 20 critical questions you need to ask.

If Flexbox is your hot superpower, CSS table properties are the secret weapon you keep hidden for emergencies. Massimo adds a new string to your bow.

My Balsamiq brings all the goodness of Balsamiq's famous wireframing tool to a web application you can share with your clients. Elio Qoshi shares his UX.

Today Simone looks at a handful of websites that have had created successful web layouts by breaking the mold.

Was 'that' dress blue and black or white gold? Gabrielle delivers the final results using an infographic created in Canva.

The ancient Sumerians were the first data nerds, and understood the beauty of tabular data. But how do we keep the power of HTML tables on small screens?

For designers, coding shouldn't be about computers – it should be about creative control. Are you willing to let others paint your masterpiece?

The 'call to action' -- or CTA -- is the heartbeat of any successful website and a poor CTA button will ruin otherwise great content. Gabrielle explains.

Google launched the WebP image format back in 2010 to speed up the web. How does it work? Can you use it? Should you use it? Tanay answers your questions.

Sketch is designed for web layout but can it handle more? Daniel Schwarz looks at basic image editing in Sketch App 3

It's easy to think of interaction as buttons and menus, but as Jerry explains, it's even more important to think about the interaction design of our words.

Email is an old technology that seems to be outgrowing it's plain text roots. But is it time for web forms in email?

Infographics aren't just decorated data. As Kerry Butters shows, when well-executed they can change hearts, minds and even entire governments.

We all have our workflows.Today Daniel Schwarz walks you through a few of his favorite things in Sketch App.

No-one wants a bad UX, but some areas have more serious repercussions than others. Abder-Rahman looks at how things can go wrong with Healthcare UX.

The photo editor market is a hard arena to break into, but that hasn't stopped Serif from trying. James gives us his review of Affinity Photo.