Hot User Input Design Patterns for Mobile

App Design, UX DesignChris Bank • July 21, 2014

For any mobile application, nothing will ever happen without some initial and ongoing input from the user. It is, therefore, critical that mobile product designers, developer and product managers understand the best ways to allow them to do so. Although …

What is the Point of Material Design?

DesignPaula Borowska • July 09, 2014

In the simplest of explanations, Google developed Material Design to unify the experiences users have across various Google platforms. Additionally, this unification is to bring improved overall experience a user has with technology by making the interaction easier, simpler and …

How to Use SVG Patterns

CodingJoni Trythall • July 07, 2014

SVG patterns are one of several paint options that we have for coloring the fills and strokes of shapes and text. While generally regarded as one of the more complex options, establishing a foundation and understanding the basic syntax can …

Design Trend: Ghost Buttons in Website Design

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • June 30, 2014

The biggest trend of 2014 is something I’m not sure we saw coming. And it’s all based on one of the smallest design components of almost any website – the button. Ghost Buttons – those transparent, clickable items – are …

Creating a Scalable SVG Infographic

CodingBenedikte Vanderweeën • June 18, 2014

In this tutorial, I’m exploring how to make a scalable infographic in the browser using SVG as a graphical format. I’m also using CSS3 animation techniques to animate most elements. The subject of the infographic is “Population growth on this …

5 Ways to Enhance Your Website Login Process

UX Design, Website DesignPaula Borowska • June 09, 2014

5 ways to enhance your website’s logging in process

The best way to enhance an experience, or to actually make it great, comes down to making the entire process simple for the user. There are many different things you can do to improve the login process. Here we’ll discuss …

10 Ways to Promote Your Design Project

DesignCarrie Cousins • May 19, 2014

The life of a designer is not always an easy one. There are projects that you do for clients and sometimes projects that you do just because you want to create something new. Getting those projects out there can be …

Best Practices: Leading Brands and Promotional Websites

Website ExamplesNataly Birch • May 16, 2014

Though it seems that such powerful, famed and instantly-recognizable brands as McDonalds, BMW or Samsung don’t need extra publicity since the names speak for themselves, they do face competition. They are fighting for the same potential customers as you are …

How to Create Guidelines and Standards for Websites or Applications

App Design, Website DesignEelco Guntlisbergen • May 14, 2014

Creating guidelines and standards for websites or applications

While some methods may vary one of the most important starting points for any project is a set of guidelines. Creating guidelines and standards for every project (even if it isn’t originally in scope) can increase your workflow and will …

What are HTML Imports and How Do They Work?

CodingPaula Borowska • May 07, 2014

Have you ever noticed that including another HTML page inside another is like a foreign concept? It’s something that should be easy to do but you don’t see it often. It’s not impossible but tricky. However, HTML imports makes placing …