We’re going to try something a little different this month; with this roundup of tools and resources for designers, we’re going to pick a few of our favorites and group everything else in a manner that makes it even easier to find elements that will work for you, and your projects, right now. Here’s what’s new for designers this month… February’s Top Picks Pika Pika[1] is a new Mac app that is an open-source color picker. It helps you find...
Every week users submit incredible stories to our sister-site Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, sorting the wheat from the chaff, and then post it for us to relish. If you want to keep up with the latest news for web designers, the best way is to check out the Webdesigner News[1] site. However, if you missed a day, here’s a useful compilation of the top curated stories from the past week. Enjoy! 3 Essential Design Trends,...
How you present yourself as a designer, the core skills you nurture, the type of work you take on all contribute to a creative career you enjoy. With various roles to choose from — and an exponentially greater number of job titles — how do you know what kind of design path suits your personality? We’ve put together this fun quiz to help you identify your key personality traits, the skills you should work on in 2021, and...
The ‘need for speed’ is an essential item on every website’s bucket list these days. And why not? Enhanced speed is directly responsible for converting traffic into paying clients. Anyone in any industry wishes to boost their website’s loading speed, providing an improved user experience. Plus, don’t forget that escalated site speeds also escalates the website’s ranking to more competitive spots on the search engine result pages and improves core web vitals[1]. So, how can this need...
Welcome to our roundup of the best plugins for popular CMS, this month. We’re going to cover plugins built to enhance WordPress, Shopify, Craft CMS, and Joomla. Enjoy! WordPress Tutor LMS Elementor Addons Tutor LMS Elementor Addons[1] is a useful plugin that adds 25+ add-ons to the Elementor page builder. The plugin allows users to create custom styling and layouts for Tutor LMS courses. For this plugin to work effectively, you will have to install Tutor LMS and the...
The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced[1] a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the site. The move was announced on the platform first and later confirmed on its blog[2]. Twitter hopes the visual identity will “fully reflect the complexity, fluidity, and power of the conversations today.” The instantly recognizable bird logomark stays, as does the inoffensive tech-blue. But everything else has been grunged up. rather than build the system up from each component part...
It’s hard to believe we are more than a month into 2021 already. But that means more trends to dive into this year, right? So far, the biggest trend of 2021 in website design is an overall lack of people in imagery. It’s not that surprising with a worldwide pandemic happening, but it can mean that designers are branching out in other ways to enhance visual interest in their designs. Here’s what’s trending in design this month. 1....
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[1] site, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the most popular designer news that we curated from the...
How good is your knowledge of the history of design? Do you know which famous designer disliked computers? Or which designer compared their job to that of a host at a dinner party? Kick back, relax, and take our quiz, featuring 24 memory-teasing quotes from some of the biggest names in design over the last century. How many can you get right?Powered by WPeMatico...
Typography is one of the most important elements of any site, having a measurably large impact on brand and experience. So fundamental is it that making wholesale changes to your typography — opting for a new font, changing the measure, increasing leading — is complex and fraught with potential time-sinks. But there are some simple changes that you can make to your typography that won’t break your grid and can be achieved in 30 minutes or less. Here...