Is Design Cyclical? Why Styles Are Continuously Changing

Is design cyclical? Why styles are continuously changing

Note: Use of “design” largely refers to design style, specifically mobile and web, for this article. I was recently looking through some screenshots of apps from earlier versions of iOS. It had me thinking about where design is headed over …

7 Things You May Not Know in JavaScript

There is a lot of fun to be had when working in JavaScript. Even for developers that interact with it daily, some parts of the language remain unexplored. I’m going to highlight seven things you may not know about JavaScript. …

Why Designers and Web Developers Must Work Together

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Why Designers and Web Developers Must Work Together

It seems like a common sense idea: Designers and developers must work together. But too often, these individuals work apart while working on the very same project. The designer works to create elements and color palettes and typography that looks …

Wireframing, Prototyping, Mockuping – What’s the Difference?

Wireframing, Prototyping, Mockuping - What’s the Difference?

A couple of years ago I realised that a lot of my IT, non-designer, friends were using the names of my beloved design deliverables synonymously. They assumed that a wireframe, prototype and mockup are exactly the same thing – a …

Great Places, Great Interfaces: Fantastic Hotel and Travel Websites

Great places – great interfaces: That can be definitely said about the contemporary travel websites. Whether it is an page for a local hotel or a feature-heavy portal that belongs to big holiday company, it fantastic interfaces are user magnets. …

Envato Elements is the New Must-Have Resource for Design Assets

Envato Elements is the New Must-Have Resource for Design Assets

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 …

10 Places to Share Code Snippets Quickly

Top 10 Places to Share Code Snippets Quickly

An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is quite a powerful instrument as an online application for quickly composing and sharing code snippets through a natural, intuitive and handy interface. The latter offers live previews and separate windows for CSS, HTML and …

Learn More About Your Site’s Usability With FullStory

Learn More About Your Site’s Usability With FullStory

How many of you have thought about how people are really using your website? Wouldn’t it be great to know which parts of your site’s design are actually contributing to the user experience? Having this knowledge can help you create …

Designing Airbnb’s Website: An Interactive Mockup Exercise

Designing Airbnb’s Website: An Interactive Mockup Exercise

When you think of a good website design, what comes to mind? For me, it’s Airbnb. I like its design not just because it has a pretty color palette or an eye-catching video on the front page, but because it …

Prototyping in the Browser: Tips and Tools for Designers

Prototyping In The Browser: Tips And Tools For Designers

The task of prototyping a website is an extensive process of creating a basic wireframe with interactive features. While a wireframe may be static images or sketches, a prototype is often interactive with functionality for all the major pages. Graphic …