But when it comes to your boss or clients, you might run into quite a bit of resistance trying to convince them why exactly it is so important to build websites that are mobile-friendly.
A style guide shouldn't read like the work of a control freak, but nor should it be vague and ambiguous. Paul Wyatt explains how to strike the right balance.
CSS Hat turns Photoshop layer styles to CSS3. Instantly.
Today, interfaces are commonly communicated through single states of an application, but executed by means of multiple Photoshop documents representing those entire states. This in turn encourages fragmentation, convolution, and repetition, ultimately resulting in projects which are often difficult to collaborate and iterate on.
Improve your web design and development skills and save time and effort with our selection of lesser-known but brilliant apps.
If you’re building a product, you have to be great at saying No. Not ‘maybe’ or ‘later’. The only word is No.
Infographics are everywhere, and cover everything from superheroes to typography. We've trawled the web to find the best of the bunch - just look what we've uncovered!
My name is Jeremy Olson. I’m a senior in college, living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and this is the story of how my little app beat Angry Birds.
Type design and technology inspire this new font from Argentinian designer Ale Paul.
The number of devices with high resolution screens is rising, and with it the need for a simple way to deliver crisp, resolution-independent graphics that don’t waste bandwidth. Vector-based graphics, which are compact and scalable, are a great solution.
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How do you grab attention in an instant? From club nights to sporting events, these awesome examples of flyer design point the way.
Get your project accepted to fests by following these must-know tips for film festival success!
Flat design is a graphic design style that puts the product and content first. This minimal approach removes unnecessary details in an interface and boils the design down to the core functionality. There are no shiny buttons, bevels or bezels, and especially no photorealism (also known as skeuomorphism, like the torn pages on the iPhone Notes app). By including only the elements that are necessary, a designer can create an elegant and responsive easy-to-use interface quickly. It’s an incredibly popular style nowadays. So here are 12 Free Flat CSS & PSD UI Kits that can be utilized on any web project.
Many requested that I write a tutorial on how to get started with Sketch so here it is. Sketch is the best alternative to Photoshop and is completely focused on user interface design. I must admit that the resources for Sketch are underwhelming right now and I am on a mission to fix that. Note: while it’s good to learn through analyzing (or even re-using) works of others, do it only so that you can start your own. Re-imagine based on the problems you’re trying to solve. Learn the techniques so that you can apply your very own design thinking.
This article was inspired by two questions from Jerry Thompson. He first asked whether the extra media shipped by Apple for Motion and Final Cut Pro X was royalty free, and, second, why was YouTube flagging legitimately licensed music as a copyright violation?
With IE Developer Toolbar, we could for the first time, see what was going on inside the browser. We could “inspect the DOM”, and because of this functionality many of us moved to IE as our “development browser”.
Apple's tablet is becoming a serious tool for content creation. We reveal the best iPad apps for design, creativity, inspiration, and organisation.
Work more, earn more! In this post we’ve rounded up some of the best resources for making industry connections and landing more freelance video editing work.
Google is closing Google Reader's doors on July 1st, meaning you'll need to find a new way to get your news fix. Here's how to export all your feeds and put them into a new reader (and which ones you should check out).