Design
How to not steal someone else’s design
“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” This is a favorite quote of a designer I once knew. He would say it whenever someone would point… Read More
Design
Design
Web design trends for 2022
If we’ve learned anything over the last two years, it’s that we’ll always have to keep adapting to something new. This is true in both life… Read More
Design
Pantone color of the year 2022
If you’re paying attention, trends in design will show up across several mediums. From websites to fashion to interior and product design, you’ll start to… Read More
Design, Development, WordPress
Designing for dark mode
The average American spends more than seven hours looking at screens each day—and that amount is increasing every year. When so… Read More
Design, WordPress
15 WordPress sites by artists to inspire you
When you’re working on a website’s design or layout, you can start to feel more like a worker bee than a true artist. But that’s… Read More
Business, Design
Four components of beautiful leave-behinds
When you take a meeting with a potential new client, you have anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour to impress them. In that time,… Read More
Design
Psychology of design: Shaping your online image
We covered the importance of color thoroughly in the previous two installments of our psychology of design series. Color choice, however, is just one part… Read More
Business, Design
Talking Turkey: 5 quick tips for seasonal success
The holidays are upon us, and as the mad sales dash toward the end of the year ramps up online, the time to update your… Read More
Design, Development
Tools that make designers’ lives easier
When you’re deep in the throes of new design work, it can be easy to simply resort to the same tools you’ve always used. There’s… Read More
Design
It’s time to put an end to free spec work
Speculative work, AKA work done for free, is objectively a bad thing. But for some reason, professionals in the creative field get asked to offer… Read More
Business, Design, Marketing
Psychology of design: Telling a story through color
The importance of color in branding can’t be overstated, so taking time to think about the impact of your color choices… Read More
Business, Design
8 business tasks designers can outsource to a virtual assistant
Growing a design business on your own takes a lot of time and energy because you have to do everything yourself. Your business hours won’t… Read More
Design, WordPress
Halloween design trends (that aren’t overused)
While the holiday shopping season formally kicks off after Thanksgiving, Halloween represents a spine-tingling shopping season of its own. Although the… Read More
Design
How to create a duotone image in Photoshop
As you’re working on your next site design, there’s a common type of background you may be considering: photography. While this trend isn’t necessarily unique,… Read More
Design, Marketing
Psychology of design: characteristics of color
Whether you’re putting together a series of brand guidelines for a startup or refreshing an established brand, there’s a lot to consider about the overall… Read More
Design
How (and when) to stand up for your designs
Client feedback is part of the game when it comes to being a creative service provider. Whether you are a solo freelancer or part of… Read More
Design
A guide to effective use of white space in web design
Designers love it, yet website owners want to fill it. White space is often regarded as a waste of valuable screen space. Yet it isn’t… Read More
Design
Pantone’s colors of the year
If there’s something we can say for certain about 2021, it’s that it has been a wild ride. It makes sense, then, that for the… Read More
Design
5 secrets to designing content that converts
As a web designer, it can be easy to think of yourself as a visual artist instead of a business strategist. While it’s true that… Read More
Design
5 tips for planning successful user testing
In a perfect world, the first design would be the perfect design. Users would love it, easily interact with it, and there would be no… Read More
Design
4 lessons learned from famous design flaws
As designers, we can point out brilliant design in a second and poor design in a half-second. In fact, bad design is so noticeable… Read More
Design, Marketing
Avoiding Dark UX Tactics in Website Design
The goal of UX design is to use design techniques and messaging to guide visitors to a certain path and ultimately to conversion on… Read More
Design
7 ways to entice your users to scroll through your entire site design
Once, long-scrolling sites were deeply unpopular. Websites were all about the concept of “above the fold,” a term named for the important content… Read More
Design, Marketing
Creative 404 pages
Uh oh! You’ve stumbled on a 404 page! Generally speaking, landing on a 404 page is frustrating for your users. It’s also bad for your… Read More
Design
How to establish your web design style
Web design is creative work, and it’s a skill that you develop. Like anything that takes nothing and turns it into something, design work is… Read More
Design
8 logo redesigns you can learn from
When your brand is feeling stale, dated, or like it’s no longer resonating with your customer base, a brand refresh may be in order. A… Read More
Design
How to strategically plan for data-heavy UX design
Big data is ballooning. Yet, harmonizing complex data needs with a simple, clean, and useful user interface is a test for any UX designer today. Read More
Design
4 common UX mistakes (plus tips to avoid them)
UX design may seem like an easy task for many designers, but that’s not always true. There’s a lot you need to think about,… Read More
Design, WordPress
Top 10 WordPress themes for your eCommerce website
Using a well-built theme is a prerequisite for just about any kind of website today, but this is especially true when it comes to… Read More
Design
7 best JavaScript libraries for designers
The look and feel of a website says as much about a brand, a company, and their goals as the actual content on it. Read More