Design & UX

There’s a host of apps on the market that are designed to make web design easier. The ultimate goal behind these apps: to make the designer more productive.

This article lists some of the main analytics pitfalls, and how they’re best avoided—to ensure your analysis paints a true picture of user behavior.

For those not used to looking at website analytics, some of the terminology can seem like a foreign language.

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.

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!

Daniel and Alex list the best design tools and resources featured on Product Hunt in August 2017. You really don't want to miss out on these!

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.

Daniel Schwarz looks at the factors you need to consider when choosing stock photography that increases conversions.

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.

Alec McGuffey looks at four types of design education, and helps you figure out which one is the best fit for you.

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.

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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.

Web and interface designers are becoming a dime a dozen, Tobi explains what great designers do to stand out from the crowd.

SVG is a powerful format but you need to make good decisions to get great results. Ivalyo walks you through exporting SVG in Adobe Illustrator.