How Great Icons Can Affect The User Experience

How Great Icons Can Affect The User Experience

Interfaces are all about communication and getting things done. A website’s UI is a means to an end, and the designer’s job is to create an interface that helps the user reach that end quickly. Icons are perfect for interfaces …

Design Trends For Modal Windows On The Web

Design Trends For Modal Windows On The Web

Modal windows are those popup windows that appear over the screen rather than opening a new tab/window. They usually darken the background to bring attention to the popup. Most websites running modal windows add some type of call to action …

10 Web Design Trends to Try in 2017

10 Web Design Trends to Try in 2017

Ready to refresh your website? The start of the year is a great time to take a hard look at your existing design – or even new projects – and think about how to incorporate some of the latest trends …

10 Modern Emerging Web Technologies You Should Know About

10 Modern Emerging Web Technologies You Should Know About

Over the past few years many new frontend technologies have leaked onto the market. The web design landscape has shifted radically and it’s now much easier and much more technical to build websites. I’m always interested in the latest tools …

Top Free JavaScript Plugins With No Dependencies

Top Free JavaScript Plugins With No Dependencies

Even with jQuery’s popularity there’s no need to rely on a JS library for every project. Classic JavaScript works in all major browsers and it’s really all you need to build dynamic interfaces. But instead of coding from scratch it’s …

Designer’s Guide to Promoting Yourself and Your Work

Designer's Guide to Promoting Yourself and Your Work

You can be the most creative and productive designer in the world, but it doesn’t mean anything without paid work. Designers can rely on repeat clients but it’s important to keep meeting new potential clients and building future relationships. In …

Web Design Trends For “Start Here” Pages

Web Design Trends For "Start Here" Pages

When visitors land on a new website they usually have no idea where to begin. They usually just look around for nav links that might provide the info they’re looking for. But the newest trend of the “start here” page …

4 Ways to Improve Usability and User Experience by Decluttering Designs

We often speak about decluttering in the sense of physical stuff like closets or storage. But, we can also speak about decluttering designs too. Decluttering can help improve usability and the user experience on websites. Here are four tips for …

Which Languages Should I Learn for Web Development?

Which Languages Should I Learn for Web Development?

Getting started with web development can be strenuous and confusing. There’s so much to learn and you have so many different options for languages, frameworks, and open source projects to choose from. Where do you even start? There is no …

Tips for Creating a Great Personal Online Portfolio

Tips & examples for creating a personal online portfolio

As a designer I think we’ve all experienced the difficulty of creating something personal, including a portfolio. You end up spending countless hours in Photoshop, trying a hundred different things and after two months you realize that your homepage still …