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| Save 15% on Bigstock images and start searching Have a new project? Bring your big ideas to life with 15% off our royalty-free images, perfect for captivating any audience. Get started now - AD | |
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| 2017: The Year of the Blob Until this year, "The Blob" was just an amorphous goo that scared the bejeesus out of Steve McQueen, but in 2017 it became a UI element. Responsive design-friendly, illustration-replacing, flat design-softening, the blob was—according to this persuasive argument posted by Ian Latchmansingh—this year's biggest design trend. | |
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| Polys: Online Voting Using Blockchain Polys is a simple-to-use, safe, reliable, and tamper-free polling tool for elections or surveys of all kinds. Based on blockchain technology and secured by crypto algorithms, it's mobile-friendly, and totally anonymous. There's a free plan while it's in beta. Use it for electing anyone from your class president to your senate representative. | |
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| Northwestern University's MS in Information Design and Strategy Earn your MS in Information Design and Strategy online from Northwestern University and learn how to blend digital skills like information architecture and experience design with branding and messaging, translate data into compelling visual forms and narratives, and understand how research and analytics can drive communication strategies and tactics. Get started today - AD | |
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| How AI Will Help Creatives As we are all too aware, the robots are going to murder us all in our beds, pausing only to steal our jobs first. However, there are some obtuse thinkers out there that believe that our future overlords might actually improve our professional lives. Creative Review talks to top creatives and asks them how AI can improve our design processes. | |
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| Breaking The Grid Without Breaking Design All modern design is based on some kind of grid, normally symmetrical, and very safe. How can we push the limits of the grid without breaking every design principle known to man? How can we move away from the boxy approach the web encourages, without introducing chaos to our layouts? Paddi MacDonnell investigates in this thoughtful post. | |
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| Wired's Guide to Digital Security As the digital world gets more and more complex, it's getting harder and harder to keep yourself, and your data safe. Wired have released a fabulous guide to digital security covering everyone from civilians like you and I, right up to international spies. From password tips, to removing mics from your devices, it's a must-read for everyone. | |
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| The Golden Rule of A/B Testing A/B testing is one of the simplest forms of user testing to implement, and one of the easiest to get wrong. By randomly selecting changes and testing, teams often validate bad ideas. Scott Kamino looks at best practices for running an A/B test, how to side-step unhelpful directions, and how to ensure your testing delivers the right kind of results. | |
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| Trolltax We've all encountered Internet trolls; the type of person that will spout hate, and poison online debate, just for kicks. Trolltax is a new service for Twitter backed by a clever idea: Whenever you encounter a troll, use Trolltax to donate to a charity in their name. Oh, and check out the leaderboard of trolls. Feed the trolls with love, they'll absolutely hate it. | |
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| Pantone's Color of the Year 2018 Every year since 2000 Pantone have selected a color that embodies their aspirations for the coming 12 months. The latest choice is Ultra Violet, named for a distinct color on the spectrum. Definitely not purple, and outside of the perceptible color range of anyone other than those with aphakia, Ultra Violet will be everywhere in 2018. | |
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| Nothing on the Internet The Sideline Collective is a creative arts group that specializes in non-conventional projects. Their latest, "Nothing on the Internet" is an extension for Chrome and Safari that strips the web of its content, leaving behind nothing but perfectly minimal UIs. Intended as social comment, it's actually an awesome tool for scoping layout designs. | |
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