The Next Big Thing: Responsive Icons

The Next Big Thing: Responsive Icons

Honestly, this topic sounded a little bit strange to me when I first learned about responsive iconography, as we have recently adapted icon fonts in order to make sure they scale well for various device. However, the idea of responsive …

Diagonal Lines in Website Designs + Inspiring Examples

Touch of Slanted Direction Website Designs Featuring Diagonal Lines

Generally, lines are inseparably associated with a direction, naturally guiding users’ eyes from one point to another. This concept is quite often applied in website design, where instruments that are able to create visual hierarchy and demonstrative paths are highly …

Use of Transparency in Website Design, Examples

Use of Transparency in Website Design, Examples

The transparency has become widely popular among web developers after the CSS managed to provide developers with essential tools that are responsible for controlling this feature. Nowadays, you can easily set a specific level of transparency to any of your …

A Quick Guide to Sans-Serif Fonts

A Quick Guide to Sans-Serif Fonts

If you go back and read my guide to serifs, you’ll notice a trend with the shape of serif type overtime. As you move from old humanist type to the slick Modern serif, the stroke contrast is more apparent, the …

Clean and Neat Outline Components in Website Design

Clean and Neat Outline Components in Website Design

Transparent outline boxes are quite rare components in a website design. In order to use them properly and effectively, the project should have a solid foundation that will provide a striking contrast between background and foreground elements. Certainly, such a …

Eye-Catching Mobile App Interfaces with Sleek Gradient Effect

Eye-Catching Mobile App Interfaces with Sleek Gradient Effect

With iOS 7 we took a fresh look at gradient effect that, to be honest, is one of the simplest embellishments in designers’ toolkit. It has numerous variations that can either liven up or, vice versa, ruin the design, crucially …

Touch of Perfect Shape Website Designs Featuring Circular Navigation

Touch of Perfect Shape Website Designs Featuring Circular Navigation

A perfect, some say ‘divine’, shape of a circle always captured the attention of designers that got used to sharp, hard-edged rectangular forms of buttons, frames of images, and columns that are quite often can be found in website layouts. …

The Battle of the Product: Communication in the Design Process

The Battle of the Product: Communication in the Design Process

In this article Marcin Treder of UXPin – The UX Design App explains the principles of optimizing design process and spreading a design-centered culture across the organization. If you want to learn more on theory and practice of delivering remarkable …

Modern Lock, Home, Start and Login Screens used in Mobile Apps

Modern Lock, Home, Start and Login Screens used in Mobile Apps

Today we are going to take a gander at various basic and fundamental functional screens that are intrinsic to the majority of mobile applications as well as a mobile operating system. Our discussion is particularly centered on the home screen, …

Glossy and Transparent Elements in Mobile App Interfaces

Glossy and Transparent Elements in Mobile App Interfaces

Transparency – is an effect that works well both on a large and small screen. It is skilled in creating contrast and a firm foundation for navigations, control centers and content, providing them with solid layouts. It is also able …