Marketing is a waste of time. At least that’s how it feels for many designers. They’re not getting enough traffic, clients or sales. In fact, everything about getting customers feels like a slog. It feels like they’re spinning their wheels. Maybe you can relate. Marketing is tough when you don’t feel you know what you’re doing. […]
You're reading Envato Elements is the New Must-Have Resource for Design Assets, originally posted on Designmodo. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow on Twitter, Facebook, Google+!
Do you ever find yourself needing to design something in a hurry? Would you like to have immediate access to a library of thousands of design elements at your fingertips? Then, Envato Elements is the perfect solution for you. The new service is a curated selection of more than 5,000 high quality fonts, templates, mock […]
If you make a copy of a copy of a copy, the quality will deteriorate with each subsequent version in a phenomenon called “generation loss.” It’s easy to understand why this happens with actual copier machines. Scanning and printing are based on noisy sensors and physical paper and ink, and the resulting noise will tend […]
Color and layers. This pair of design elements has been the driving force behind many of the year’s trends. While we haven’t seen anything take over, like flat design a few years ago or more recently Material Design, elements of both styles are pushing designers to explore new things. Both color choices and layering seem […]
Designing a custom interface from scratch is not a simple task. Even professional designers browse other interfaces for inspiration and idea generation. But it can be tough knowing where to look for this kind of inspiration, especially since the web is saturated with hundreds of design resources. In this post I’d like to share a […]
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Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, […]
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]
Finding design clients isn’t always easy. Sometimes, it requires the same amount of creativity we put into building our best designs. But that’s what makes freelancing so amazing. It’s filled with untapped resources that can help you find fresh collaboration offers and new design clients. All you need to do is put your creativity to […]
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Twitter wants to be your everything. In the grand tradition of social networks since time immemorial (read: the mid-‘90s?), Twitter is putting a greater emphasis on its messaging feature, and trying to become your primary “portal” in the process. It wants to be the way you talk to people, and not just your colleagues. Amongst […]
“80% of Internet users own a smartphone,” according to study done by David Chaffey, CEO and co-founder of Smart Insights. With the large percentage of users using their smartphones to search for data every day, it’s not surprising that Google takes a step further to enrich user experience for mobile users. Last February of this year, […]
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Brutalism in web design is raw, rough, unpolished and everything that today’s standard of the aesthetically beautiful website isn’t. It goes way beyond minimalism (which will still be beautiful when designed properly) into a bare-knuckle and extremely stripped-down design that’s been called downright ugly by some. In short, it’s a design trend that just isn’t […]
Do you hate it when ads straight up block access to the content you want to see? Well Google does too! No, really. Starting now, Google will be penalizing sites that use interstitial ads on mobile devices. Why aren’t they doing this on desktop devices? I assume this is our punishment for not all switching […]
There are many reasons to love being a web designer. Personally, my favorite part is the creative process. I love taking ideas and creating something with them. Whether it’s the initial design of a site, or taking that design and implementing it with code, there’s a creative rush that really makes me excited to share […]
We take web fonts for granted these days. We didn’t always have the option of setting our text in almost any typeface. I mean, we could, but then we’d have to sigh and say, “Well, that’ll look good on about five people’s computers. Hope everyone else likes Verdana!” Web fonts brought some much needed variety […]
Websites have become table stakes for companies. Even the newest start-ups—who don’t yet have products—have a website. The reason being, a website is the front door to a brand. It is the first opportunity, in an available and relatively inexpensive way, for customers, employees, and the world to understand who they are, why they do what they do and […]
You're reading Set up, manage, and protect your Apple devices at work, originally posted on Designmodo. If you've enjoyed this post, be sure to follow on Twitter, Facebook, Google+!
If you have ever had to set up new devices, you know that it can require a decent amount of time to configure them all. This is especially true if employees have multiple devices. Even after setting up the devices, keeping an inventory of them, along with their settings and apps, can be quite tedious. […]
Smartphones have become an integral part of our lives, their omnipresence unlikely to fade much in the near future. It’s no secret the one product all consumers seem to have these days in their pocket or, more frequently, their hands is a sophisticated mobile phone. From games and social media to shopping online, mobile phone […]
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Adobe Typekit has just released a long-overdue update to its font browsing interface. Currently still in beta, the new UI makes finding, and using fonts substantially easier. This is the biggest update to Typekit’s UI in 5 years and comparing the old with the new offers a fascinating insight into the way design priorities have […]
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however, […]
Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]
Canva never misses a chance to delight us! After becoming the world’s most successful design tool, Canva decided to conquer another area where most design apps failed to provide an ultimate solution. The iOS app store is flooded with design apps but only a handful can boost to provide the usability that the modern user demands. Most […]
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Flat design has lost its lustre, and designers are now looking to pack their designs with texture, color, and pattern. So if you want to add a bit of punch to your design, look no further than this massive backgrounds bundle. Our sister-site MightyDeals.com has arranged a huge 94% discount on this incredible bundle of […]
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If you’re in search of some good backgrounds to spice up your latest project, your search is over! This Supermassive Backgrounds Bundle features more than 1600 hi-res background files to spice up your flyers, posters, presentations, websites and more. With the included Extended License, you can use any or all of these backgrounds as often […]
A/B testing (also known as split testing) is generally used to test different elements of a website where improvement of a measurable goal can be seen. Unfortunately, A/B testing is too often overlooked by designers as a way to improve the overall design and development of a website. A/B testing is a powerful way to really increase your […]
WordPress 4.6 is out. Go get it. Okay, if I don’t write more than that, I’ll be asked to elaborate, I suspect. And it’s just as well, because this might be one of WordPress’ most important updates in a while. I’m not at all exaggerating about that. You can find out more at the end […]
