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Affinity Designer: Can a $49 Vector Editor Really Cut It?

Vectors are becoming more important on the web with the rise of SVG. Mateo looks at a cost-effective option – Affinity Designer.

5 Ways to Offer a Better UX to Disabled Users

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

Making Crafty UIs with Sketch and Photoshop

7 Trends That Will Define Web Design in 2016

As 2016 starts to ramp up, we're starting to see strong trends emerging. Zack is on point with a list of the defining styles of the year.

Sourcehunt Design #2: February – Make Your Mark

Elio is back with another selection of great open source projects that are crying out for a touch of design love. Can you be their saviour?

Cyber-security and the Case For Really Good Train Sets

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

Using Psychology to Boost Your Conversions in 2016

The advertising industry has been keen students of psychology for over a century. Gabrielle looks at techniques that can help our CTAs.

Using Customer Surveys to Make Your Product UX Better

Customer surveys are often considered to be a marketing tool but Theo believes they are essential to creating a great product UX. Find out why.

How Digital Nomadism Turned Me Into a Highly Motivated Designer

The idea of freelancing around the world with a laptop sounds romantic but it has its challenges too. Daniel explains some of the tricks.

Becoming Slack: The Story of a Son of a Glitch

Slack is a business tool built on the lessons learned by a failed gaming company. Ali Rayl recently recounted the Slack origin story.

Secrets to Powerful Web Design Case Studies

Client case studies: They're not a new idea, but they may just be the secret client-winning weapon that has been hiding in plain sight. Wes explains why.

How to Make Your Users Enjoy Waiting

Perhaps one day we'll be able to deliver pages instantly - until then, we need to manage the times users do wait. Aja has some great strategies.

5 Fancy (But Useless) Web Components You Should Avoid

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

Display Data Sets in InDesign with Porky

One data source, unlimited endpoints – that's the dream. Porky proposes to convert your online content to 'InDesign'. It might be possible but is it good?

The End of Passwords or Privacy? It’s Your Call

Having a device that knows you better than your mom could be great for security. But it also marks a change in the power dynamic. Are you ready for that?

Lazy-Loading Images: How NOT to Really Annoy Your Users

One underestimated aspect of a great UX is providing precisely the right content at precisely the right time. That's the focus of 'lazy loading images'.

11 Free UX e-Books Worth Reading for 2016

It's a new year and the perfect time to seed your mind with new, fresh ideas. Jerry has 11 ebooks to inform and inspire. Oh, and they're all free!

Are You a Talented Designer? Sourcehunt #1 Needs You!

Sometimes the most wonderful creations die for want of a tiny bit of design love. Maybe you can make the difference?

5 Unexpected Places to Inject Personality into Your Site

When everyone is pushing 1's and 0's to screens it's critical to show some real humanity. Aja shows you places to inject personality into your site.

The 21-Step Checklist for Bulletproof Mobile User Onboarding

Scary statistic time: Only 25% of apps are ever opened more than once. Kishan is here to help bring new users into your app – and keep them coming back.

Has Sketch App Forced Adobe to Improve Photoshop?

With the rise of Sketch App, Adobe Photoshop is no longer the undisputed tool for web designers. But competition can be a positive force.

What VR Can Teach Us About UX

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.

Designing Droids: From Metropolis to Huey, Dewey and Louie

Sometimes it's fun to trace how great design decision are made. The original Star Wars droids are great case study on how to channel your inspirations.

4 Tips for Using Animation in Design

Good web animation is often a paradox - the better it gets, the harder it is to notice. Gabrielle has 4 tips for using animation in your projects.

How to Gain Traction with Data Points

Good design isn't just what happens in brains. It's how we understand and explain our views with colleagues and stakeholders. Theo explains.

How to Handle Complex Animations with Ease in Atomic.io

Animation is as important to our modern UIs as buttons and menus. Daniel shows us how to prototype complex animations with Atomic.io

3 UX Mistakes That Are Killing Your Design

As UX evolves our solutions become more refined, but the challenges get tougher. Jerry speaks to designers to pinpoint the 3 persistent UX mistakes of 2015.

The 10 Big Web Design Trends of 2015

Cards, one-pagers, minimalism.. Jerry Cao has talked to designers and put together the definitive list of important web design trends of 2015.

Top 5 Material Design Frameworks to Use in 2015 – the Sequel!

Material Design hasn't been around long but its influence continues to grow at a fast pace. Tanay gives us a snapshot of the best frameworks in the area.

Stevie Wonder and the Rise of the Machine Readers

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.