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Anne Brady - Typography Carved In Stone

Every name here is a tragic story of loss and heartbreak. The Garda Memorial Garden, or Gairdín Cuimhneacháin an Gharda Síochána, is located in the heart of Dublin city. This memorial is a contempla

workflow , Typography , Creativity , fonts , Design

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Vitaly Friedman - UX Sketching And Wireframing Templates For Mobile Projects

Today we are happy to release two printable UX sketching and wireframing templates, designed by Pixle for Smashing Magazine’s readers. This article presents Outline, a set of sketching and wireframi

Sketching , Freebies , ux

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Vitaly Friedman - Smashing Events Mailing List: Opt-Out Successful

You have been successfully removed from the Smashing Events mailing list. We are very sorry to see you go, so if we offended you in some way, please drop us an email at feedback@smashingmagazine.co

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Vitaly Friedman - The Smashing Events Mailing List: Join In!

Apart from producing eBooks and books, we’ve also organized the very first Smashing Conference in our home town Freiburg, Germany. We’re always experimenting with new projects and ideas. Apart from

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Rian van der Merwe - Making A Better Internet

My relationship with the Internet oscillates between waves of euphoria and waves of angst. Some things make me extraordinarily happy: like a client who loves usability testing so much when they firs

ux , Web Design

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Siobhan McKeown - Secrets Of High-Traffic WordPress Blogs

We all know that WordPress is awesome — but being awesome isn’t always enough. Does it perform well under pressure? Can it deal with traffic from millions of visitors every month? There’s no questio

wordpress , optimization , Techniques (WP) , plugins

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Hyrum Denney - A Sticky Menu Is Quicker To Navigate

Most designers would agree that navigation is one of the most critical components of a website. Despite this, it is not always easy to use or access. Traditionally, users must scroll back to the top

Interaction Design , ux , Usability

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Vlad Gerasimov - Batch Resizing Using Command Line and ImageMagick

If you deal with images, sooner or later you will want to automate the repeating process of saving different sizes from one source image. If you own Adobe Photoshop and do not save too many output

Techniques , Freebies , coding

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Carolyn Knight and Jessica Glaser - The Creative Way To Maximize Design Ideas With Type

As with most designers, being sure that we explore and select the most successful, memorable and stimulating designs is a vital aspect that underpins every project we undertake. For us, the beginnin

Graphic Design , Typography , Inspiration

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Vitaly Friedman - A Look Inside Smashing Magazine

Today is the day when it all started — the day when this little website launched back in 2006. We are celebrating our six-year anniversary party, and you, being the ones who made the website possibl

workflow , Inspiration , About Us

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Christian Holst - The State Of E-Commerce Checkout Design 2012

A year ago we published an article on 11 fundamental guidelines for e-commerce checkout design here at Smashing Magazine. The guidelines presented were based on the 63 findings of a larger E-Commerc

User Research , ux , Studies , E-Commerce

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Stuart Silverstein - Changing Perspective: A New Look At Old Problems

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein There is an old story of blind men and an elephant. The blind men all meet and are asked to d

workflow , Creativity , Inspiration

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Vitaly Friedman - Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: September 2012

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a m

Wallpapers , Graphics , Freebies

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Andreas Bovens - Developing Responsive Designs With Opera Mobile Emulator

This is our seventh article in a series that introduces useful and freely available tools and techniques, developed and released by active members of the Web design community. The first article cove

Responsive Design , mobile , Design

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Ashish Bogawat - How To Optimize The Design Workflow With Fireworks Extensions

I’ve been using Adobe Fireworks for over a decade now and I can recommend it to anyone searching for the optimal screen design workflow. Much has been said about Fireworks’ capabilities as a design

workflow , Fireworks , extensions

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Sacha Greif - Passive Income Strategies For Web Designers

Finding ways to earn passive income is a growing concern among many freelance designers. I’ve always loved client work, but I have to admit that the pressure of juggling multiple bosses and constant

workflow , Clients , Discussions , Income , Business

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Jason Gross - The Designer Will Make It Pretty

I am sure that my day job as a designer has a lot of similarities to that of the entire Smashing community. I create wireframes, mockups and concepts. I craft HTML and CSS using methods that I hope

Creativity , Inspiration , Design

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Jonathan Wold - How To Become A Top WordPress Developer

First, let’s set a few things straight: becoming a top WordPress developer is hard work — very hard work. It’s going to take a lot of time, energy and determination. If you’re looking for an easy ch

wordpress , Techniques (WP) , Development

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Brad Frost - Separate Mobile Website Vs. Responsive Website

The US presidential race is heading into full swing, which means we’ll soon see the candidates intensely debate the country’s hot-button issues. While the candidates are busy battling it out, the We

optimization , Responsive Design , mobile

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Robert Mills - Finding Your Tone Of Voice

When creating content for the Web, considering tone of voice is important. Your tone can help you stand out from competitors, communicate efficiently and effectively with your audience and share you

ux , Communication , ui

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will-hacker - Mobile Prototyping With Axure RP

Validating a design through user testing is necessary for the success of almost any product. And it’s even more critical in the mobile application space, where context and individual devices play an

mobile , Apps , Prototyping

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Christian Heilmann - JavaScript Events And Responding To The User

Whenever people ask me about the most powerful things in JavaScript and the DOM, I quickly arrive at events. The reason is that events in browsers are incredibly useful. Furthermore, decoupling func

Programming , coding , Css , Javascript

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Veronica Picciafuoco - Useful Legal Documents For Designers (PDF/DOC)

Contracts are a source of anxiety and dismay in creative work, but they exist for a good reason. A good contract ensures that you and your client have the same expectations, and protects you in case

Contracts , Freebies , templates , Resources

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Carolyn Knight and Jessica Glaser - Creating A Lasting Impression

We can all agree that the work we do should inform, should be appropriate to the client and their audience and should, of course, look good. But there’s a fourth attribute worth aiming for: creating

Ideas , Creativity , Inspiration

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