Design

An overview of how Microsoft Visual Studio App Center can help you automate continuous integration and continuous deployment to save you time.

Human beings are sensitive to color. We process it without us even realizing, and we can’t help noticing differences. This is useful in form design.

Human beings see things that are close to each other as being related. Conversely, things that are not related usually have some space between them.

Create a straight, unobstructed, vertical path to completion. Now it's faster for your form to be filled out, and it looks neater and simpler too.

There are no rules for making paper prototypes––that is what's great about it. You just need materials that are commonly found in any home or office.

The following is a short extract from our book, Jump Start Adobe XD, written by Daniel Schwarz, a highly practical tutorial.

In this article, we'll look at some of the uses for prototypes -- and also some of the things that you shouldn't use prototypes for.

Smart guides illustrate how objects align to one another — they can display the distance between layers, or whether a layer has snapped to another.

Once you’ve decided who you want to include in the research, you’ll need a way to ensure that you’re actually getting those people.

The number of files available under a Creative Commons license is enormous. Check out his list of over 120 useful sites for sourcing Creative Commons media.

Vincent Feeney examines elements of human psychology and how they can inform the way we design user experiences.

Daniel Schwarz shows us how to design and publish static HTML/CSS websites using Sketch and two Sketch Plugins (Auto Layout and Launchpad).

Boachie Pius talks about analysis paralysis and three of the most overlooked website usability optimizations, and shows us how to fix them.

Giannis introduces us to Microsoft's new design language — Fluent Design System — and explains how to implement its design concepts into Windows UWP apps.

Nicole Saidy offers an overview of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), what they are, which problems they solve, and what makes them apps or app-like.

Aja Frost lists the bold and beautiful sources of design inspiration that you probably don't know about. You'll definitely want to bookmark these secrets!

John Stevens talks about how Amazon is breaking records when it comes to conversions, and what you can do about your own UX to mirror their success.

Nadya extracts 15 color schemes from well-known Disney heroes and villains and beautifully illustrates how they affect the way we view these characters.

Our #1 design writer, Gabrielle, talks about the most astonishing artists and designers to follow on Behance when you need an inspiring creativity boost.

Product mockups are used to showcase web/app designs in a device frame, but can we accomplish this without Photoshop? Yes, and today, Alex shows us how!

Suzanne explains the user psychology behind nostalgia and how we can utilize nostalgia marketing in web design for higher conversions.

It's easy to think of AI as the stuff of abstract computer science, but, increasingly, we're beginning to seeing Artificial Intelligence in UX design.

Try a quick search on the difference between UI vs UX yields ketchup bottles and grass lanes.

Perceived Performance is just as important as actual Page Speed. Marc Schenker explains why, and what this means for user interface designers.

James George lets us in on his 7 most-favorite Chrome extensions for designers, including a new design app called Gravit that works solely in the browser!

Duotones, Muted Black & White, Targeted Blur Effect, and more. Gabrielle has four fresh Photoshop styles to spice up to your repetoire.

For all its sci-fi modernism, Star Wars used a lot of classic methods. Nadya has extracted 7 sure-fire design hacks that you can apply to your projects.

Daniel Schwarz discusses UX writing, why it's important for designers to be excellent writers, and how punctuation can make copy look and sound appealing.

Read SVG Tip: Create a Bold Vector Halftone Graphic in Under 2 Minutes and learn Design & UX with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

Giannis Konstantinidis lists some great Material Design CSS frameworks and compares them to make it easier for you to choose what best fits your needs.