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Vitaly Friedman - Six Key Components of UX Strategy

For years, “UX strategy” felt like a confusing, ambiguous, and overloaded term to me. To me, it was some sort of a roadmap or a “grand vision”, with a few business decisions attached to it. And look

workflow , ux , Business

Vitaly Friedman - Finding Inspiration In The Little Things Around Us

Can you believe it is May already? Time flies! Here in Belgium, spring has arrived and has brought along its bright colors, the delicate odours of blooming flowers, as well as the cheerful chirping

Inspiration , templates , Illustrations

Vitaly Friedman - From Small CSS Tricks To Great Design Mysteries: SmashingConf Barcelona 2017

In the brave new responsive web, previously established techniques are getting revised and abandoned. Design workflow changes. Front-end solutions adapt. Performance optimizations get refined and cr

SmashingConf , Smashing Events , Career

Vitaly Friedman - Vibrant Illustrations To Let Your Mind Wander

On days when things don’t seem to go as you’d like them to and inspiration is at its lowest, it’s good to take a short break and go outside to try and empty your mind. That always seems to be the be

Inspiration , templates , Illustrations

Vitaly Friedman - A Little Surprise Is Waiting For You Here.

No, this is not a broken page or a sneaky landing page. Today marks an important milestone in Smashing Magazine’s life, and this very page is an early preview of what’s coming up next: many experime

Redesign , Membership , Events

Vitaly Friedman - Inspiring Illustrations With Plenty Of Bright Colors And Cool Patterns

It’s almost time to leave winter behind us here in the Northern Hemisphere. Most of the time, the weather can’t quite make up its mind, and so the days pass by with half of the sky sunny while the o

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - Colorful Inspiration For Gray Days: Illustration And Photography At Their Best

If it’s still snowy where you live, then you’re probably tired of the cold weather by now. Winter may be in full swing but that shouldn’t stop us from hunting for inspiration. While the gray days al

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - SmashingConf New York 2017: Don’t Let Bad Front-End/UX Be Your Kryptonite!

While designing for the web today, there are so many unknowns that getting things right appears to be a task that requires quite… special abilities. Don’t you feel like Wonderwoman or Superman when

SmashingConf , Smashing Events , Events

Vitaly Friedman - Freebie: Clothing Icons (40 Icons, 9 Styles, AI, EPS, SVG, PNG)

Winter means getting out your scarf and a cozy hat to brave the cold — if you’re located in the Northern hemisphere that is. For all those occasions when your projects may need to get dressed

Icons , Freebies , templates

Vitaly Friedman - 50 Examples Of Stellar Use Of Light, Shadow And Texture To Kick Start Your Inspiration

Many people find it difficult to get their minds back into work after a holiday season filled with love, food, and friends. May 2017 bring you a healthy and inspiring adventure. As for that kick-sta

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: January 2017

New year, new beginnings! To cater for a fresh start into 2017 and all the challenges, endeavors and adventures it might bring along, artists and designers from across the globe put their creative s

Wallpapers , Graphics , templates

Vitaly Friedman - Front End Performance Checklist 2017 [PDF, Apple Pages]

This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket, a service that combines frontend performance monitoring, session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer

performance , Guides , Core Web Vitals , pdf , Checklists , debugging , Css , Javascript

Vitaly Friedman - ✅ The Ultimate Digital Clean-Up Checklist: Are You Prepared For The New Year?

With a couple of days left until New Year’s Eve, it’s just about time to set aside 60 minutes to clean up, sort out and back up your digital footprint, to ensure a good smooth start to 2023. So many

workflow , Guides , Techniques , Tools

Vitaly Friedman - Breaking Out Of The Box: Design Inspiration (December 2016)

Time moves pretty fast. A new year will be upon us soon, and most of us probably haven’t even realized it. So while we’re almost ready to leave the autumn season (and 2016!) behind, let’s refuel our

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: December 2016 - Festive Christmas Edition

New month, new wallpapers! To get you in the right mood for December, designers and artists from across the globe got their ideas bubbling and created unique and inspiring Christmas wallpaper calend

Wallpapers , Christmas , Graphics

Vitaly Friedman - Freebie: Thanksgiving Icon Set (15 Icons, PNG, PSD, AI, SVG)

With Thanksgiving coming up next week, have you already thought about ways how to spend your days before the holiday? Well, you could send simple “Thank You” emails to your past clients, perhaps des

Icons , Freebies , templates

Vitaly Friedman - SmashingConf San Francisco 2017: Somethin’ Is Cookin’ In The Kitchen!

Imagine a cloudy, rainy November evening. After a long day, you walk home along the streets, following the dimmed street lamps. Everybody seems to be busy, rushing somewhere, crossing paths with str

Smashing Events , Career , Events

Vitaly Friedman - Breaking Out Of The Box: Design Inspiration (November 2016)

With autumn starting to show its full glory, there is really no reason to stay inside and drink your hot cacao. No, it’s time to go outside and soak up all those warm colors nature has to offer, esp

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: November 2016

Sometimes the best inspiration lies right in front of us. With that in mind, we embarked on a special creativity mission eight years ago: to provide you with inspiring and unique desktop wallpapers

Wallpapers , Graphics , templates

Vitaly Friedman - Meet “Inclusive Front-End Design Patterns”, A New Smashing Book

We might not realize it, but as developers, we build inaccessible websites all the time. It’s not for the lack of care or talent though — it’s a matter of doing things the wrong way. In our new book

workflow , Design Patterns , Accessibility , Smashing Books

Vitaly Friedman - Taking The Pattern Library To The Next Level

No thorough conversation about the front end today can end without mention of pattern libraries. Sometimes a pattern library appears in the form of a living style guide, or as a design system, or as

Pattern Libraries , Style Guides , Design Systems

Vitaly Friedman - Breaking Out Of The Box: Design Inspiration (October 2016)

Whenever I work on an illustration, the objects don’t always have to look like they do in real life. They can look like how I perceive them in my mind. Breaking away from reality is the privilege yo

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design

Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: October 2016

A new month means new wallpapers! This journey has been going on for eight years now, and each time anew artists and designers from across the globe challenge their artistic skills to cater for some

Wallpapers , Graphics , templates

Vitaly Friedman - Breaking Out Of The Box: Design Inspiration (September 2016)

Inspiration isn’t tied to a specific timeframe or shows up when you need it. There isn’t a magic formula to rely on. Luckily, this year’s summer vacation was fruitful in providing us with many visua

Inspiration , Illustrations , Design