DesignTools
A new home for Pixelmator
Apple has signed a deal to acquire the image editor company.
DesignResources
Flexible Typesetting is now yours
The classic web typography book is freely available.
DesignSamples
Practical visual collaboration in 10 minutes
The essentials to cultivate visual collaboration.
DesignSamples
Web design inspiration
A collection of websites to spark your creativity.
DesignResources
Designing for decision making
The psychology of choice in digital spaces.
DesignResources
Beautifully crafted animated icons
A collection of dynamic icons available as open-source.
DesignTools
Your UI designs suck
Tools that will help you find UI flaws and issues.
DesignSamples
Alternatives to typical tech visuals
Intriguing ways to present technical data/information.
DesignTools
UI Fonts
Test font pairings for your design needs in real time.
DesignResources
MingCute
A vast and versatile open-source icon library.
DesignSamples
Goodbye 4px spacing, hello Fibonacci
A fresh perspective on spacing systems in design.
DesignResources
Don’t forget to localize your icons
It can undermine the trust you’re trying to build.
DesignOpinions
Should destructive buttons be hard to find?
“We’re all prone to misapplying a rule or two.”
DesignResources
Choosing the right words for effective UX
What to consider when naming global website elements.
DesignTools
The 2024 UX Tools Map
An illustrated guide to the UX software landscape.
DesignSamples
Landing page templates
A collection of pre-designed web page layouts.
DesignSamples
The joy of accidentally weird-looking websites
Why proper fallback fonts make a difference.
DesignTalks
Design systems Q&A
A session on modern design system practices.
DesignSamples
Using auto layout in Figma
How to create responsive and robust components.
DesignSamples
Checkout UX 2024
“Most sites have a long way to go to improve checkout UX.”
DesignOpinions
The root causes for the development-design mismatch
“Product designers will have to give up their beloved free-form canvas.”
DesignResources
Types of disability
Overview of seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking disabilities.
DesignResources
AI’s transformative impact on web design
Supercharging productivity across the industry.
DesignResources
Clashing colors in UI/UX design
How we can use them mindfully and effectively.
DesignResources
Click, type, find
Search bars are far more than icons and inputs.
DesignOpinions
The future of design
How AI is shifting designers from makers to curators.
DesignOpinions
The semantic interface palette is simple
How semantic layers enhance color palettes.
DesignOpinions
Uncomfortable truths of design systems
Design systems are powerful, but not perfect.
DesignResources
Free Mockups
High quality mockups to showcase your products.
DesignOpinions
Subscriptions are killing creativity in design
“We cannot afford to let subscription models dictate our futures.”
DesignTools
Type scale graphs
Utopia’s fluid-type scale calculator gets a visualizer.
DesignSamples
How to use grayscale
A quick way to check accessibility and visual design.
DesignResources
Are icon fonts a bad practice?
What’s certain is that SVG icons are the better choice.
DesignSamples
Never trust AI type
AI’s struggle with typography, illustrated by an example.
DesignTools
The sorry state of states
Figma assets need better design-code alignment.
DesignTools
Figma’s first draft AI feature
The design tools’ AI isn’t what you might think.
DesignResources
Authors Together
The new homes of classic A Book Apart books.
DesignSamples
Stop wireframing
Why wireframes are outdated and what to use today.
DesignOpinions
Experience Design: the next iteration of UX?
Why a 20-year-old term could make a comeback.
DesignResources
Beware the ‘early Januaries’ content pattern
User-provided data can be unevenly distributed.
DesignTools
Gauge Generator
An online tool to quickly create beautiful gauges.
DesignResources
Stop saying ‘Learn more’
How to create buttons that convert visitors into patrons.
DesignResources
Sustainable font choices in digital design
“More sustainable fonts are also more legible and accessible.”
DesignTrends
The State of UX in 2025
Design control is shifting to stakeholders and algorithms.
DesignOpinions
The next era of design is intent-driven
How adaptive UIs are transforming user-centered design.
DesignTools
Another year, another Figma pricing update
“They’re forcing you to buy products you probably don’t need.”
DesignOpinions
Stop building features ‘for exposure’
Great UX design doesn’t ensure valuable outcomes.
DesignResources
How to figure out good color palettes
A guide to color palettes for data visualizations.
DesignOpinions
‘Experience Design’ is better than ‘Product Design’
“It might be the best term we came up with so far.”
DesignTools
Color Buddy
A phenomenal tool for creating and checking color palettes.
DesignTools
Penpot’s upcoming business model
The approach of the open-source Figma alternative.
DesignTools
Bringing more magic to Bing Image Creator
Bing now lets you make images via the search bar.
DesignOpinions
Where did all the design grids go?
Modern design tools simplify life but dull the basics.
DesignOpinions
Why I’m excited about ‘text-box-trim’
How a new CSS capability will boost our designs.
DesignOpinions
Every design token is a feature
“Like features, tokens can create little piles of technical debt.”
DesignSamples
Blog of the .Day
Explore the indie web, one blog at a time.
DesignResources
Geometric patterns
A collection of Xmas, flower, and line patterns.
DesignTools
Starry Sky
Create night sky patterns for social media and websites.
DesignTools
Colorspace
A web tool for generating consistent color swatches.
DesignOpinions
The design leader dilemma
“We need to redefine our role from implementor to enabler.”
DesignOpinions
Has ROI killed UX?
Why measuring UX in dollars misses the bigger picture.
DesignResources
What does it mean to have an ‘experience’?
How different definitions of experience shape product perspectives.
DesignTools
Confetti Generator
Create confetti for social media and websites.
DesignFun
EmojiStorm
Let it snow, or bring on the emoji party!
DesignFun
L(O*62).ONG
Why shorten a URL when you can longer it?
DesignTools
Theme Machine 2.0
New options for the versatile color scheme builder.
DesignSkills
How to get good at anything creative
What exactly does it mean to develop those skills?
DesignOpinions
Why UX is more important than UI
“Prioritize UX, and your users will thank you.”
DesignResources
Should AI write your alt text?
Where AI can help and where human touch is needed.
DesignTrends
Design trends 2025
A personal take on emerging design movements.
DesignResources
Getty Images and Shutterstock merge
What the visual content giant means for creatives.
DesignTools
Viz Palette
A web tool to pick accessible colors for data visualizations.
DesignResources
Principles of web accessibility
Essential guidelines for approaching accessible web design.
DesignResources
Browser adaptation
Exploring the browser as a storytelling medium.
DesignTools
NeuralSVG
The open-source AI tool reshapes vector graphics workflows.
DesignSamples
Making space for a handmade web
Some ideas to inspire a different kind of web.
DesignTools
Pattern Monster
Customizable SVG patterns for your creative projects.
DesignResources
New devices, new opportunities
Designing for the foldable smartphone wave.
DesignOpinions
The geography of interface
Is there a pattern language for digital spaces?
DesignResources
The UX of login codes
Login UX vs. security is tricky, but effort matters.
DesignOpinions
Should accordions auto-close sections?
Short answer: no, but the real question is another.
DesignOpinions
User research myths
The most common myths and how to avoid pitfalls.
DesignSamples
Awwward-winning animation techniques
Impressive web animation design patterns in practice.
DesignFun
Dark Patterns Detective
A puzzle game to learn spotting deceptive design.
DesignResources
Illustration styles in visual storytelling
Key qualities of fitting and compelling illustrations.
DesignOpinions
Please don’t force dark mode
“Reading in dark mode doesn’t just mess with my eyes.”
DesignResources
Should navigation bars be sticky or fixed?
Differences, use cases, and best practices.
DesignOpinions
Thoughts on visual design trends
Why trends shape, and sometimes limit, visual design.
DesignTools
Review of the best AI image generators
Top cloud-based text-to-image tools compared.
DesignOpinions
What makes a good accessibility designer?
Essential skills for designers to tackle accessibility daily.
DesignTrends
Which icons to not use in 2025
What works, what’s outdated, and what’s next.
DesignJobs
Visual design is not the only thing that matters
How to present visually dull work in a portfolio.
DesignResources
Skeuomorph
When new design mimics an earlier one.
DesignResources
Design quotes
A treasure of quotes about all things design.
DesignOpinions
Chickens to chatbots
Web design’s next evolution toward AI accessibility.
DesignResources
The evolution of content roles
From copywriting to content design and beyond.
DesignResources
Designing for older audiences
Simple steps to improve usability for all generations.
DesignTools
The digital playbook
A crucial counterpart to your design system.
DesignSamples
Guiding principles for my website
Towards a more personal, thoughtful digital presence.
DesignFun
Slow Roads 2.0
A browser-based driving game with generated scenery.