Yogi Bear blearily emerges from his winter’s nap, rabbits start eyeing each other suggestively, and your local 7-11 puts a heaping pile of Cadbury Creme eggs near the register: Spring is in the air! Easter will soon be upon us! This makes it a great time of year to celebrate the season by incorporating Spring […]
4 Examples of Bad UI and How to Avoid Them
The easiest way to observe bad user interfaces is by keeping your eyes open. Every time you order something online, every time you visit a new website, every time you fill in a form, purchase a product or publish a post, think about how you’re being asked to perform that task. Where are the buttons […]
A Guide to Getting Ready for iOS 12 Notifications for Designers
Now that iOS 12 is out and some users have upgraded to the operating system, you’ll want to start revising your application to take advantage of the new features of iOS 12 notifications. What’s new in iOS 12 Notifications? iOS 12 brings a number of changes to how notifications work. While no single change completely […]
Best Practices for Designing Push Notifications
Notifications are a crucial part of any app. Not only are they a key part of keeping users engaged with your application: many apps require notifications for their basic functionality. You won’t have much of an email app, for example, if you don’t have notifications. But the line between good notifications and bad notifications is […]
33 Summer Design Elements for Summer 2018
Summer is just about to arrive across the Northern Hemisphere. After a long winter, we’re all ready to celebrate the coming sun and warmth. Bask in the sun and soak your sites in summer vibes with these summer design elements for 2018. Summer Sun Logos Summer Light Rays Summer Design Elements Hello Summer Background Tropical […]
Best (And Worst) Practices for Collecting Email Addresses
Collecting email addresses from users is an important function of most websites. Collecting email addresses is a great way to stay in touch with that audience, and it often falls to developers to design a decent system for collecting email addresses.
How to Design a Luxury Product Website
Luxury brands are all about projecting the right image. It’s a combination of taste and style that makes the brand appealing to people. Designing a website that successful captures the luxurious sense of a brand is a fine art, and one that must be practiced. Here are some tips on how to design a luxury […]
How To Use Google’s Material Design On Your Own Site
Google Material Design is a major part of the modern web’s design language. This is especially true for mobile websites and apps. It’s a clean, legible design with visually distinct elements to draw the eye and make user interaction simple. Material design apps, by and large, use flat, paper-based designs that rely on graphic color […]
33 Winter and Christmas Design Elements for the Holiday Season
The holiday season is one of the most important parts of the years for many business. Retail especially revolves around the holiday season, with Christmas sales, special promotions and incentives. All these things need holiday-specific design language, which is where these design elements come in. You’ll need some high-quality Christmas and winter design elements for […]
31 Autumn Web Design Elements for Inspiration
Getting started on a new project, or trying to theme an existing project for the brisk autumn weather? Take a look at these Halloween and autumn web design elements for inspiration on your next web design project. Below you’ll find icon packs, backgrounds, web banners and more. Feel free to click through on the image […]