Resources

We all need to share branding assets at some time, but emailing ZIP can be ungainly and inefficient. Brandisty offers an alternative way to manage assets.

People love Sketch App because of its simplicity. But that doesn't mean we can't tweak it to our own workflows.

We all know about image formats – or do we? Monty looks at the old standards with fresh eyes and does some testing.

A blank page can be a cruel taskmaster. Sometimes randomness is a good way to route around your normal design habits into new ideas.

Consistency and system can be just as important as inspiration in good design. Daniel shows you how to generate a useful style with Sketch App.

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

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.

Considering contrast, orientation, text and more — James George outlines 7 tips to choosing the best stock imagery.

Today Laura Elizabeth delivers a 'typographic tour du force' that will lift you from middling to master in 12 minutes. Read and see.

Make things easier. Make things faster. That's what Simone is offering with these six online tools. And they're all free!

Powerpoint and Keynote are powerful, but also a deadend for your data. Chris shows-off the growing power and flexibility of open source presentation tools.

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

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.

While most of us are aware of Sketch, not as many are aware of its burgeoning plugin system. Mateo chooses his 10 must-have productivity plugins for Sketch.

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.

Ada Ivanoff shows us 11 fantastic icon sets for use in your Android, iOS and Windows Apps, many of which are free.

Adam Roberts outlines how Creative Market can help you find beautiful, useful design resources for your next big project

'Don't Make Me Think' was the the UX bible before UX was a thing. Now Steve Krug has rewritten the book for the mobile generation.

While we can't give up HTML tables, more email is read on mobile devices every day. Massimo walks us through the latest thinking in responsive email.

From Monaco to New York to Chicago, type has often been linked to cities. Apple's newest typeface San Francisco, takes a big city into small places.

In the past video on the web has been about telling stories, video backgrounds are more about setting an emotional tone. Are they a design win or UX fail?

Video tutorials have a lower barrier to entry than ever before - the volume has skyrocketed, but the quality hasn't. So, how do you make your videos shine?

Data can be powerful but making it appetizing is key. Gabrielle takes a close look at some tools that can help you present slick online charts.

Fonts, icons and stock imagery are the raw fuel of web design, so Elio has scoured the web for some of the best Creative Commons resources out there.

Today Simone has five Photoshop plugins that help take the daily grind out your design work while giving you back time for stuff you’d rather be doing.

Journalism isn't all about interviews and sound bites. Data journalists weave compelling and original stories by navigating worlds composed of data.

Want to give your images a distinctive look? In this tour du force, Gabrielle shows you how to create 5 eye-catching photography styles in Photoshop.

Lots of us go into freelancing with neat design skills but little else. Kerry reviews a book written to fill in the gaps 'Web Designer’s Success Guide'.