Designing the Dreaded Form
by Patrick Cox
As much as they are dreaded, forms play an important role in many websites and designing them should involve careful planning of their layout.
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Line That Up: Proper Alignment in Web Design
Proper alignment techniques for text and other elements can add punch and readability to your website.
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Visual Hierarchy in Mobile Design
by Patrick Cox
Basic design principles, like visual hierarchy, are very important in web design. Unfortunately, many of the new mobile apps are not designed with visual hierarchy i
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7 Elements of a Well Converting Subscription Page
by Patrick Cox
We've all seen them, we've all navigated through them, we've all made those painful subscription choices, and we've all had some pretty bad experiences with them. Bu
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Book Review: “The Designer’s Web Handbook”
“The Designer’s Web Handbook: What You Need to Know to Create for the Web” is a great guide for first-time and even more advanced web designers and developers.
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Understanding the Rule of Thirds in Web Design
Intentional or not, the rule of thirds comes into play with most visuals, including images and in almost any web design.
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Overcoming the “User Designer” Disease
by Patrick Cox
I constantly struggle with design, it's sort of a never ending three sided war: my imagination vs. design knowledge vs. design tool proficiency. But I came to a real
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Keys to Email Creative Success: Marketing and Design
by Patrick Cox
Let's talk about some ways to design and build better email creatives and campaigns.
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Modular front-end development with LESS
I am constantly looking for ways to make my work as a front-end developer easier and more efficient, but it is only recently that I have paid my good friend CSS any
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Be Less Annoying: Reduce Bounce Rates through Better Web Design
by Patrick Cox
A properly designed site can reduce bounce rate and increase engagement significantly. In this article, six important elements are introduced that are important for
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5 Things Every Mobile Design Should Have
by Patrick Cox
As much as we think mobile web design is very different from full screen web design, it really isn't. There are some considerations that you may wish to take when de
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Jumping the Hurdles of Brainstorming
by Patrick Cox
Usually, brainstorming sessions happen within a group so that individuals can feed off each others ideas. However, for the majority of us, brainstorming and creative
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How Often Do You Try New Things?
by Patrick Cox
Web design in complicated and requires a lot of time and knowledge — and patience. It's no longer just embedded text background images and slices; it's interactivi
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Design It to Build It: What to Consider When Designing for the Web
by Patrick Cox
For me, Photoshop is becoming more and more of a prototyping or blue printing tool: it's basically just a canvas for creation. When it comes to the actual constructi
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6 Questions You Should Ask Yourself When Choosing Fonts
by Patrick Cox
If you're like me, selecting fonts for your web design is going to be either easy or the most difficult task you'll face. Fonts are a huge, powerful part of any desi
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Top 10 Reasons to Use HTML5 Right Now
by Patrick Cox
In order to further demystify HTML5 and help these knuckle dragging designers and developers to jump on the bandwagon I've put together a top ten list of reasons why
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Communication, Mood and Meaning: Lines in Web Design
by Patrick Cox
Lines, lines, lines. Lines are everywhere in design, they are used to divide space, direct the user's eye, create flow, create emphasis and organize all design eleme
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Be More Creative through Design Constraints
by Patrick Cox
For a lot of designers constraints are kryptonite or a barbed wire fence that is a prison for their design freedom. But design constraints shouldn’t be viewed as p
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