Designing For The Empty States
by Craig Dennis
Understand how to add some delight into an app by designing the empty states and give users a better experience.
Articles
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.
Techniques for Creating Motion in Web Design
Create a livelier page by using images and objects that create a sense of motion. Get inspired by great web design examples and learn about some practical techniques.
Tips for a Clean and Minimal Online Store Design
A couple of tips for a clean online store design with some inspirational examples of minimal e-commerce sites.
A Creative Year: Distinctive Web Designs of 2012
by Manoela Ilic
An inspirational collection of the most impressive and distinctive web designs from the year 2012.
Grabbing Attention and Building a Moving Experience with Shape
by Patrick Cox
Some thoughts on how shapes in web design can be used for attention-grabbing purpose and for an interesting or even comforting user experience.
Using Transparency in Web Design: Dos and Don’ts
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.
Three Script Updates
by Manoela Ilic
The animated responsive grid, the direction-aware hover effect and the swatchbook have all been updated and added to GitHub.
Learning Principles for Improving Your CSS
This article will cover some basic principles and tips on how to learn and become better at CSS, based on personal experience.
Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging
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.
Becoming Device-Agnostic
by Patrick Cox
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 Revised
by Manoela Ilic
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 Revised
by Manoela Ilic
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.
Slicebox Revised
by Manoela Ilic
Slicebox, the jQuery 3D image slider plugin, has been updated. We’ve done some major improvements and added new features.
Creating Off-Center Balance: Using Asymmetry in Web Design
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.
The Unwritten Rules of a Great Design Critique
by Patrick Cox
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.
Busting that Creative Slump You’re In
by Patrick Cox
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.
Stop, Look, Click: Attention-Grabbing Elements in Web Design
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.
Make a Statement with Type
Font choices can have an impact on how your message is communicated and how people feel about the words on the page.
