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Inspiration for creating delightful microinteractions on your site
Landing on a great WordPress site feels like finding money you forgot about when you reach inside your pocket. It’s unexpected, but familiar. It loads… Read More
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Psychology of design: illustrating your message
We’ve broken down the individual elements of design at length in the first four installations of our psychology of design series. Read More
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Inspiration for your next logo
Logos are some of the most iconic (pun intended) images in the world. They can represent not only a company or product, but also an… Read More
Design, Marketing, WordPress
16 best design blogs to follow in 2022
It’s critical that designers find time to look away from their daily work to find new inspiration, learn new skills, and stay on top of… Read More
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How to pitch your design as a freelancer
Creatives have different tips and tricks for pitching a design to a client. While a list of the do’s and don’ts would be nice, most… Read More
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Get engaged this Valentine’s Day
It feels like we just exited the holiday season, but nevertheless, there’s another one on the horizon. Valentine’s Day is one of the top 10… Read More
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Psychology of design: a play on words
Your brand message house is a vital tool—it helps you define how, where, and why you should communicate with your customers. The way your messaging… Read More
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Everything you need to know about web fonts
Typography is a fundamental element in any web design work that you do. The reason we are hired to design websites for our clients is… Read More
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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… Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 that… Read More
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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… Read More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3 ways to make animated GIF screenshots of design work for your portfolio
After your latest web design project is done, it’s time to show it off and add it to your portfolio. Your website visitors (and… Read More
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How to make your own font template
If you’re here, you’ve probably been scouring the internet for hours looking for that perfect font — and you didn’t find it. You’re under… Read More
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Website color schemes: Theory, practice, and inspiration
Creating a website color scheme is an important and exciting aspect to web design! Color is a key component of your business’s branding, and… Read More
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2021 web design trends
2021. (Doesn’t it feel good to add that “1?!”) While the world adjusts to a new year, so too are designers embracing… Read More