Make the Most of Your Design with a Hero Header

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • October 21, 2014

One of the biggest trends in web design right now is the use of big images. And not just large, but completely oversized images that seem to come to life on screen. When used at the top of a page, …

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; …

Primer on Web-Based Grid Systems

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • September 23, 2014

What’s in a grid? A grid-style framework is the backbone to almost any web design project, providing the structure for your site as well as a way to organize content, elements and images. There are a variety of grid systems …

Designing Website Text for Readability

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • September 09, 2014

Text can be beautiful, simple, wild, engaging, exciting and a wide number of other things. It can stir emotion and helps users understand your message. Type can be a wide number of things but one thing is common – it …

Case Studies: Redesigning a Logo Can Be Tricky

Website ExamplesSimone • August 29, 2014

The logo is definitely the most important part of any brand. Its aim is to reveal the qualities of a product or of a society and to communicate what the company mission is. Logos should not be too processed or …

15 Responsive jQuery UI Snippets & Modules

CodingStelian Subotin • August 28, 2014

With responsive web design evolving as a must-have for every website, more user-interface related issues have started to come up when designing for mobile and tablet devices. In this showcase, we present 15 fresh and responsive jQuery snippets that enhance …

How to Use Color Filters for Fantastic Website Designs

Website ExamplesNataly Birch • August 20, 2014

A Look under the Color Filter Fantastic Website Designs Utilizing this Simple Technique

Who would have thought that such simple instruments as color and gradient can catalyze creativity and enormously enhance the website’s aesthetics in the modern world of advanced effects and intricate styles? Modern web designers prove that working a color filter …

15 Contact Pages Showcasing Great User Experience

Website ExamplesPaula Borowska • August 18, 2014

15 contact pages with great user experience

When it comes to contact pages, they should have a wonderful user experience. Contact pages are the gateway to getting people to, well, contact you. If the page is not informative nor inviting it will be hard for a potential …