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Design is no longer something you do only at your desk. Following Simone's Android article, Gabrielle reels off her favorite 10 iPhone apps for designers.

Creative Commons offers some great options for designers of all types. Elio shows us some neat tricks to take best advantage of this design goldmine.

How do you choose a stock photography provider? Kerry has studied range, price and UX and gives us her insights. IStockphoto and 123RF are first up.

Photoshop is still king graphics editor for windows, but monthly subscriptions aren't for everyone. Simone looks at some cost-effective alternatives.

Portrait photos are one of the most common types of images on the web. James shows you how to use Photoshop to make big improvements quickly.

Elio is both a talented designer and a Mozilla devotee. Here combines his loves to give you his favorite Firefox addons for designers.

Page weights have been spiralling out of control in recent years. Ada looks at 5 online image compression tools that might help get your pages in shape.

Two of our favorite authors have taken up the challenge to redesign the Star Wars movie poster -- but in a completely different genre. See the results!

JavaScript, UX, HTML5.. How do you choose what Web books to read? Kerry helps out with our first 'must-read' - Steve Krug's 'Don't Make Me Think'.

Often the generated SVG files we get from graphics apps are not well-suited for the web. Alex gives you the perfect intro to working with SVG.

Photoshop brushes are one of the simplest ways to give your designs distinctive lines and textures. Simone walk you through some of his favorites.

When we speak of UX, we are usually thinking about mom'n'pop users, but sometimes we are talking about UX for our fellow developers. Ivaylo explains.

Ergonomics is the study of 'It's not what you do, it's the way that you do it'. Today Ada pulls together a checklist of simple ergonomics tips.

It's bold, it's colorful and perfectly-suited to the web. Gabrielle shows you all the tricks to mastering the Pop Art look in your web design.

No #3 in our 'Dial-a-style' series goes back to the 20th century. James gives you the type, color and inspiration to produce an eye-catching vintage look.

It's been easy to overlook Microsoft's contribution to the browser testing arena, but Modern.IE is no toy. Is it just for testing Internet Explorer?

It's time to get dark, gritty and a little bit dirty. Today we're breaking down the 'Film Noir style'.

Firefox extensions have been a boon to designers since it's birth. Ada gives you her favorite six extensions.

The hardest part of giving up Photoshop is going back to 'ground zero' as you learn GIMP. Ada is here to fast track your GIMP skills from chump to champ!

Design is the hard part - the trick is to sell your design in different formats. Rebecca shows you a new product offering: Microsoft Word Letterheads.

Good Character design can give your site/brand an emotional resonance that text logos can't ever hit. Today Anum walks you through her design process.

Copyright can be a minefield for designers using imagery but Sean Hammond has a 10 point plan to keep you safe from the dreaded 'cease and desist'.

There's no doubt that the world of open source is technically savvy, but can it deliver the design polish? Ada Ivanoff looks at Linux design tools.

Sure, icons are pretty, but they're not just decoration. Gabrielle covers all the pitfalls, and shows us how to choose the right icons.

Web development without composing a single line of HTML? Blasphemy, you say? Only if it's not done well. This tutorial shows you how to do this with Webydo.

Read Faster Workflow: Mastering Emmet, Part 4 and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

In this part of the Emmet series you will learn about syntax and function.

Read Faster Workflow: Mastering Emmet, Part 2 and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

Read Faster Workflow: Mastering Emmet, Part 1 and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

Read Designing For Disabilities: Section 508 and International Accessibility Compliance For Beginners and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.