Planning Your Web Design with Sketches
By Steven White on
Planning a website doesn't have to be completely digital. Learn how sketching wireframes can help you speed up and innovate your creatives. ...
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.
Creative Layouts and Interactions in Web Design
By Carrie Cousins on
Creative design that differ from the usual layouts can be quite difficult to imagine and execute but when done well, they can make some of the most interesting and e ...
Defending Presentational Class Names
By Philip Walton on
Should presentational class names always be avoided or is that too dogmatic? As web development changes, perhaps it's time to reexamine the issue. ...
UI Design Guidelines for Responsive Design
By Kayla Knight on
Some UI guidelines and tips to consider when designing a website to make it cross-device friendly and responsive. ...
Designing For The Empty States
By Craig Dennis on
Understand how to add some delight into an app by designing the empty states and give users a better experience. ...
Techniques for Creating Motion in Web Design
By Carrie Cousins on
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
By Carrie Cousins on
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 Mary Lou on
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 on
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
By Carrie Cousins on
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 multi ...
Learning Principles for Improving Your CSS
By Hugo Giraudel on
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
By Carrie Cousins on
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 ...
Becoming Device-Agnostic
By Patrick Cox on
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 ...
Creating Off-Center Balance: Using Asymmetry in Web Design
By Carrie Cousins on
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 asy ...
The Unwritten Rules of a Great Design Critique
By Patrick Cox on
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 so ...
Busting that Creative Slump You’re In
By Patrick Cox on
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 wh ...
Stop, Look, Click: Attention-Grabbing Elements in Web Design
By Carrie Cousins on
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 ...
Make a Statement with Type
By Carrie Cousins on
Font choices can have an impact on how your message is communicated and how people feel about the words on the page. ...
Dashboard Design Elements for the Win
By Patrick Cox on
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 ...
Build a Color Scheme: The Fundamentals
By Patrick Cox on
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 ...
Do I Really Need A Style Guide?
By Patrick Cox on
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 shou ...
Perfectly Paired: Using Symmetry in Web Design
By Carrie Cousins on
Create a sense of balance and harmony by using symmetry elements design scheme. ...
Happy Birthday! 3 Years of Codrops
By Team Codrops on
Happy Birthday, Codrops! We are turning 3 today! We want to thank all of you and share some highlights of the past years. ...
We Are Architects
By Patrick Cox on
We all have a vision of what architects do, right? They sit in front of CAD all day drawing walls, doors and toilets on floor plans, right? But after realizing the d ...