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• Flat Design and Fonts

  Flat is in. We’ve discussed the trend in depth here at Designmodo. And you have …

  Carrie Cousins • June 10, 2013
• How to Combine Typefaces

  I recently finished reading Tim Brown’s new book “Combining Typefaces.” It’s 63 pages. You can …

  Zolani Stewart • June 08, 2013
• Top Usability Mistakes in Web Design

  High-quality usability has been the center of discussions in the industry in the past ten …

  Christian Vasile • June 07, 2013
• Interview with Designer: Marius Roosendaal

  I do a lot of things, but I’m guessing you want to know more about …

  Paula Borowska • June 05, 2013
• Increasing Usability for E-mail Newsletters

  E-mail marketing has been very popular in the past ten years and it still is, …

  Christian Vasile • May 30, 2013
• Principles of Flat Design

  Flat design – the design community just can’t stop talking about it. And feelings are …

  Carrie Cousins • May 28, 2013
• How to Use Color and Space with a Typeface

  I want to talk to you about Josef Albers. Albers was a teacher of art …

  Zolani Stewart • May 26, 2013
• Flat UI Pro Updated to Version 1.1

  Today, we launch the first important update for Flat UI Pro (v. 1.1). Two weeks …

  Andrian Valeanu • May 22, 2013
• Interview with Designer: Dann Petty

  I’ve admired Dann’s work since I’ve started in this industry; I found his work to …

  Paula Borowska • May 21, 2013
• Trends: Going Bigger with Typography

  I like big type and I cannot lie … OK, that’s not exactly how 1990s …

  Carrie Cousins • May 17, 2013
• Email Newsletter Designs Examples for Your Inspiration

  Newsletters, as you probably know, are publications about a general main topic, distributed with regularity …

  Andrian Valeanu • May 12, 2013
• Interview with Designer: Fred Nerby

  Fred is another one of the well known faces within our industry thanks to a …

  Paula Borowska • May 01, 2013
• Making it Work: Flat Design and Color Trends

  We’ve talked a lot here about the flat design trend here at Designmodo. We’ve raved …

  Carrie Cousins • April 26, 2013
• Interview with Patrick Rogan and James Fletcher, The SmorrsCast Founders

  We started with a simple idea: What drives our community of creators? We wanted to …

  Paula Borowska • April 24, 2013
• Trending Now: Designing With Video Backgrounds

  Looking for a new approach to website design? Why not try video? Done right, using …

  Carrie Cousins • April 23, 2013
• Typography in Mobile Design: Important Aspects and Examples

  What makes mobile typography special is the restrictive nature of mobile screens; they are small …

  Paula Borowska • April 19, 2013
• Interview with Drew Melton – Graphic Designer and Typographer

  Drew lives by the words of the dear Chuck Close who said “Inspiration is for …

  Paula Borowska • April 15, 2013
• Designing Mobile Apps, Where to Start?

  Mobile Design is an area of design that started to develop and evolve a couple …

  António Pratas • April 11, 2013
• Using the Parallax Trend to Create Visual Interest and Surprise

  Cool scroll effects are begging to pop up on more and more site designs. The …

  Carrie Cousins • April 09, 2013
• How to Choose a Typeface

  Something I hear from a lot of people is that, when choosing typefaces, they go …

  Zolani Stewart • April 05, 2013
• Negative Space is an Important Design Tool: Here’s Why

  Seeing more white space in websites these days? You’re not alone. While white and negative …

  Carrie Cousins • March 27, 2013
• The new Mobile Design trend – Colour

  Mobile design is growing in quality for sure. I must say that the one big …

  Paula Borowska • March 26, 2013
• Jony Ive (Apple) Working Closer with iOS Designers, Pushing for Flat Design

  In the past couple of months we here at Desigmodo did a lot of improvements …

  Christian Vasile • March 22, 2013
• The Ultimate UX Design of Form Validation

  In this series Marcin Treder of UXPin – The UX Design App explains how to design the …

  Marcin Treder • March 20, 2013