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Andy Budd - Improving The Double Diamond Design Process

As a designer, you’re no doubt familiar with the concept of the Double Diamond, that super simple graphical representation of the ideal design process. Typically you’ll see two squares rotated 45 d

Process , Evergreen , Design

Julia May - 50 Beautiful and Creative Blog Designs

The most recent collection of creative blog designs was featured here on Smashing Magazine back in July. Only three months have passed and we’ve got a new dose of inspiration for you. Beautiful and

Showcases , Inspiration , Blogging

Dan Redding - The Future Of The Internet

“In only a few short years, electronic computing systems have been invented and improved at a tremendous rate. But computers did not ‘just grow.’ They have evolved… They were born and they are being

future , Inspiration , Web Design

Lee Munroe - 10 Steps To The Perfect Web Design Portfolio

You may have a personal web design portfolio site for a number of reasons. If you’re a freelancer, then you’d need one to showcase your work and allow people to contact you. If you’re a student (or

Portfolios , Web Design , Design

Steven Snell - Showcase of Case Studies in Design Portfolios

In this post we will be featuring more than 30 portfolio sites to show how they are using case studies from their own design projects to communicate with potential clients. Not all of them are refer

Portfolios , Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

Preethi Sam - SerpApi: A Complete API For Fetching Search Engine Data

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at SerpApi, who make search result extraction easy with their real-time API. Thank you! SerpApi leverages the power of search engi

API , Tools , Research

Matt Cronin - Modal Windows In Modern Web Design

Web design is essentially the organization of information into a readable, usable, functional and accessible format. Good organization of content is crucial, and you need a strong layout that you ca

Showcases , Inspiration , User Interaction

Daniel Yuschick - Keys To An Accessibility Mindset

How many times have you heard this when asking about web accessibility? “It’s something we’d like to do more of, but we don’t have the time or know-how.” From a broad perspective, web accessibility

Accessibility , User Experience , Design

Mikołaj Dobrucki - Meet Penpot, An Open-Source Design Platform Made For Designers And Developers Alike

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Penpot whose mission is to provide an open-source and open-standards platform to bring collaboration between designers and developers

workflow , Graphics , Tools , Apps , ui

Sergey Chikuyonok - How To Optimize PNG

As a web designer you might be already familiar with the PNG image format which offers a full-featured transparency. It’s a lossless, robust, very good replacement of the elder GIF image format. As

optimization , png , Graphics , Design

Victor Yocco - Presenting UX Research And Design To Stakeholders: The Power Of Persuasion

For UX researchers and designers, our journey doesn’t end with meticulously gathered data or well-crafted design concepts saved on our laptops or in the cloud. Our true impact lies in effectively co

ux , UX Research , Communication

Sean Hodge - 5 Principles And Ideas Of Setting Type On The Web

There are many ways to approach Web typography in order to create effective and expressive results. Let’s take a closer look at some principles, rules and ideas for approaching Web typography decisi

Principles , Typography , Web Design , Design

Jad Limcaco - What Every Designer Should Do Right Now

While trying to balance the different areas of our life, there are things that we often forget and neglect to do. With today’s fast-paced society and the busyness of our every day, we tend to overlo

workflow , Inspiration , Skills

Frederick O’Brien - Web Design Done Well: Excellent Editorial

A lot of web design talk concerns itself with what goes on around content. Page speed, design systems, search engine optimization, frameworks, accessibility — the list goes on and on. This gives us

Inspiration , User Experience , Content Strategy , Design

Kat Neville - Invoice Like A Pro: Design Examples and Best Practices

Your invoice should be prim and proper, so that you can get paid by your clients efficiently. While invoicing is not a fun task, it’s a necessary one: by keeping clients informed of your expectation

Contracts , Invoicing , Clients , Inspiration , Design , Business

Louis Lazaris - A Design Is Only As Deep As It Is Usable

There are well-known proverbs that imply (or state outright) that beauty is superficial and limited in what it can accomplish. “It’s what’s inside that counts” and “Beauty is only skin deep” are a f

ux , Usability , Design

Luis Ouriach - Building Components For Consumption, Not Complexity (Part 1)

Design systems are on the tip of every designer’s tongue, but the narrative in the industry mainly focuses on why you need a design system and its importance rather than the reality of endless maint

Design System , Figma , Design

Sven Lennartz - Block Quotes and Pull Quotes: Examples and Good Practices

This post presents creative examples and best practices for design of pull quotes. We’ve tried to identify some common solutions and interesting approaches you may want to use or develop further in

Showcases , Web Design , Design