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Now MagicMirror gives Sketch App users access to some of the same features to create a perspective mockup.

The world is not flat! Or doesn't have to be. Kelsey gets your imagination bubbling with some design employing beautifully loose watercolor tones.

Has the flat design revolution left you feeling a little... flat? Sometimes a teaspoon of gritty, printy goodness can give a clinical design a lift.

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From Casablanca to Game of Thrones, maps have been used to help tell stories. AMCharts Pixel Map Editor lets you create customized SVG maps with ease.

While designers seem to like it, Google's new logo has been compared to Comic Sans in some quarters. Why are we seeing such a wide discrepancy in opinion?

The Facebook Friends icon was telling a story from another era – until designer Caitlin Winner stepped in.

Designers are hunters, always tracking the perfect assets to tell their story. Adobe Stock brings the hunt into your Creative Cloud app.

Kelsey has compiled a collection of fun typography games sure to test your typographical skills and improve your knowledge. Have some fun and learn.

Often it's the flaws in a technology – the brush strokes, the audio hiss – that we celebrate most. Khoi Vin celebrates the halftone in his latest design.

Fonts have been a convenient place to store our vector icons – but is it the *right* place? Massimo asks if it's time to move to SVG.

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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. In mobile design, was a truer word ever spoken?

Vectors are a great option for icons but the decision between icon fonts and SVG is a hard one. Now Seren Davies has raised some new issues with icon fonts.

Everyone loves a hero. Gabrielle brings a fresh literary point of view to the classic hero section.

While vector icons have grabbed the spotlight, pixel-based icons make up most of the icons we see each day. Ada looks at the options for pixel icon editors.

Cognitive dissonance is that feeling you get when a picture frame is 3 degrees off square. Learn to use it without getting used by it.

Menus are complicated design challenge and designers have been thinking about them for a long time. What can we take from great restaurant menu design?

Following her flat design icons article, Ada is back with a carefully selected cadre of attractive social networking icons for your designing enjoyment.

It's hard to learn a new app if it slows you down. Daniel Schwarz has three pro tips to get productive with Sketch sooner.

When it comes to UI design, often it's not worth reinventing the wheel. Ada has scoured the web for 10 of the best flat icon sets for your next project.

“That doesn’t look right”. How do you avoid awkward client conversations when creating a brand identity? Richa has 20 critical questions you need to ask.

It's as mysterious as it is ubiquitous, but what is the origin of the ampersand? Kaitlyn gets us up to speed with this ancient tool of text.

Was 'that' dress blue and black or white gold? Gabrielle delivers the final results using an infographic created in Canva.

Google launched the WebP image format back in 2010 to speed up the web. How does it work? Can you use it? Should you use it? Tanay answers your questions.

Sketch is designed for web layout but can it handle more? Daniel Schwarz looks at basic image editing in Sketch App 3

Infographics aren't just decorated data. As Kerry Butters shows, when well-executed they can change hearts, minds and even entire governments.

We all have our workflows.Today Daniel Schwarz walks you through a few of his favorite things in Sketch App.

The photo editor market is a hard arena to break into, but that hasn't stopped Serif from trying. James gives us his review of Affinity Photo.

Fact or feelings? Which should you be emphasizing in your image choices? Gabrielle explains why it's heart over head.