Best Website Designs from Spain: Full of Passion

Website ExamplesNataly Birch • December 23, 2014

Dynamic, vibrant, vivid, energizing, charismatic, nifty and stylish – the best website designs from Spain fascinate with a broad spectrum of feelings and moods. And this is not accidental, since everything starts with a cultural heritage that is truly unique, …

16 Websites with Gorgeous Typography

Website ExamplesPaula Borowska • December 12, 2014

16 gorgeous websites with gorgeous typography

Often we show off websites with great typography or just great websites in general. This time around, I wanted to create a slightly different list. Here is a list of 16 gorgeous websites that also happen to have gorgeous typography. …

Tips and Tricks to Design with Pixel Perfection in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe ToolsAndrei Ștefan • November 26, 2014

Ever since Adobe Illustrator was launched, people wondered if they could make the transition and change the way they create and develop pixel-based artwork. As you know, before CS5 using Ai for vector pixel work was a kind of hard/clumsy …

How to Use Pastel Colors in Web Design Projects

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • November 24, 2014

The use of pastel colors in web design is more than a recent trend, it is a technique designers have used for years to create impactful visuals. When you hear “pastel”, pale pinks, blues and yellows might come to mind, …

6 Ways to Improve the User Experience of Online Hotel Booking

UX DesignArmen Ghazaryan • November 21, 2014

There is a lot of talk about the impact of user experience in the e-commerce checkout process on conversion rates and there is also a lot of useful advice on how to fix usability issues. But somehow these materials do …

Online Courses and Resources where Anyone can Learn to Code

CodingCarrie Cousins • November 10, 2014

We are in the midst of a digital era of design. From websites to apps to wearables, understanding how digital design is written and comes together is increasingly important. That’s where learning and understanding code comes in. Your don’t have …

20 Most Rockin’ Behance Web Design & UI Case Studies

Website ExamplesRuaridh Currie • November 07, 2014

Behance: As designers we love it; it’s become entrenched in my daily online routine just as much, if not more than, Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. I’ve been a member since 2011 and recently gained over 1,000 appreciations, which meant more …

How to Conduct a Usability Heuristic Evaluation

UX DesignArmen Ghazaryan • October 16, 2014

User experience works best when it’s incorporated into every stage of product development, starting from idea to development and testing. But usually things don’t happen that way and user experience specialists have to face the challenge of optimizing the existing …

Product Design Process & Documentation Essentials (Part 1)

DesignChris Bank • October 10, 2014

From the zipper to apps like Dropbox for iOS, every product gets put to paper (or onto the screen) before they come to life. The design stage is a right of passage for all products — they’re either desirable or …

Helpful Tips to Improve Your Checkout Conversions

UX Design, Website DesignPaula Borowska • October 06, 2014

Believe it or not but the checkout process starts much earlier than when someone is literally making a purchase from their online cart. In order to improve checkout conversions, you need to ensure that the whole shopping experience is wonderful; …