Attention grabbing user interfaces are essential for selling products to customers and a core component of any website. The connection between design and psychology is the best way to achieve it. Norbi Gaal collects three practical techniques for more engaging UIs; a must-read for any aspiring interface designer.
Design critiques are a central tool in any designer's repertoire, and an indicator of how well the creative process is being managed. Nick Babich delivers some invaluable advice on how to run a successful design critique, with key guidelines for all participants including presenter, facilitator, and critiquer.
Love her or loathe her, there's no denying that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has shaken up the political scene in New York. But the real star of the political arena this week, at least for designers, is the outstanding brand design for her campaign. Shunning traditional elements, it's the best political branding since Obama.
Fonty is an excellent tool for testing webfonts on live sites. Start by selecting body text or display, then select a typeface from the list, you can then share your work or download the fonts. It's an extremely useful tool, especially when you want to revamp a site without rebuilding the entire design from scratch in a design app.
When Tim Berners-Lee released the Web's first source code for free, he decided that his brainchild should serve humanity. Since those early days, the Web has been compromised by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. Katrina Brooker talks to Berners-Lee about what's wrong with the Web, and what we can do about it.
Illustration is one of the biggest trends on the Web this year. But how do you stand out from the crowd when everyone is seizing a pen and paper and starting to sketch? Erick Karkovack looks at eight CSS & JavaScript code snippets that take your illustration to the next level, with interaction and random elements.
Generative is an incredible web-based app that can turn images into unique and engaging illustrations. Drop your image onto the app, then select from five different abstract effects. Each effect has several options, from the strength of the image to the colors employed. The results can be exported for free as an image, or as a paid SVG.
There's a good chance your top of the range, $2.5k MacBook Pro, is absolutely filthy. And like any expensive piece of professional equipment, there's a right way, and a wrong way, to clean it. This guide from the New York Times explains exactly how to take your machine from disgusting to delightful, without damaging it.
Everywhere you look, tech firms are using the same color. From Facebook to Twitter, IBM to Apple, the color de rigueur for the tech industry is blue. Blue is the most popular color, so it sits well with risk-averse corporate boards, but Amber Case thinks it's making us miserable, as she explains in this thoughtful article.
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