In this category you will find articles about web design, web development and related topics. Here we also feature inspirational collections, opinions and articles about best practices.
Experimenting with transparencies is a great way to expand your design repertoire. Like many other effects, use this technique sparingly and test the design in multiple environments to ensure that it works and looks as you intended.
One of the emerging challenges for web designers is creating web typography that works in the mobile environment as well. But it can be difficult, and there are many things to consider. The keys are to focus on readability, contrast, space and responsiveness.
Responsive Web Design is more than just adjusting a web experience to different screen sizes. Becoming device-agnostic is an important step for creating future-proof websites and here are a couple of thoughts on that.
Elastislide, the responsive image carousel, has been updated and improved. It can be used vertically or horizontally and a minimun number of visible images can be specified.
Slit Slider is a slideshow with a twist: when navigating the slides, the current one will be “cut open” into two slices and moved away, revealing the next or previous slide. The slider can be used in a responsive context and it has been updated and improved.
Asymmetrical design techniques can be visually intriguing and create distinct focal points. Here are a couple of inspirational examples and tips on how to employ asymmetry in your next design.
Design critiques are not only the way to an improved design, they are also a great educational opportunity for all parties involved. If held properly by following some basic guidelines they can bring along a great collaboration experience and positively influence the progress of a project.
Being creative is a state of mind and finding that creative state of mind can be difficult. Here are some ideas and tips on how to get out of a creative slump and what to do in order to stay in a creative mind set.
There have been many studies on attention with very significant results coming from the area of cognitive neuroscience and psychology. It is an interesting challenge to translate those results into the domain of web design and use it as a tool for creating a meaningful impact.
Proper admin panel or dashboard design is an often neglected part in a web app. Designing and building dashboards is not an easy task and it’s good to know what the key elements for a successful and great dashboard are.
Let’s dig into the very fundamentals of building a color scheme for your web design: what colors fit to which context, how do combinations work and what color scheme concepts are there?
What is a style guide and when should you use one? We’ll summarize the main properties of a style guide, what it should contain and how you can determine if you should invest the time in creating one for your brand/website.