Nov 11 2010

Sarah & Adrienne Kahn - Designing Memorable Websites: Showcase of Creative Designs

One of the main goals of having a website, whether it be a portfolio website or a business website, is to declare your presence on the Web. There are thousands upon thousands of websites out there;

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

Oct 13 2008

György Fekete - Pricing Tables: Examples And Best Practices

Pricing tables play an important role for every company that offers products or services. They are a challenge from both a design and usability standpoint. They must be simple but at the same time c

Tables , Showcases , Inspiration , User Interaction , Web Design

May 25 2010

Julia May - Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style

Modern Web-building technologies allow designers to realize their most daring and creative ideas. Enhanced interactivity and a remarkable visual appearance can be achieved by means of such tools as

Inspiration , Web Design , Games , Design

Nov 17 2025

Frederick O’Brien - The Timeless Power Of Spreadsheets

Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the insights of Leonardo da Vinci or Saul Bass to web design is more my groove, but sometimes you simply have to write about spreadsheets.

Tools , Research , Data Visualization

Apr 23 2008

Sean Hodge - 5 Principles And Ideas Of Setting Type On The Web

There are many ways to approach Web typography in order to create effective and expressive results. Let’s take a closer look at some principles, rules and ideas for approaching Web typography decisi

Principles , Typography , Web Design , Design

Apr 07 2009

Lee Munroe - The Website Launch Checklist – 15 Essential Checks Before You Go Live

Your website is designed, the CMS works, content has been added and the client is happy. It’s time to take the website live. Or is it? When launching a website, you can often forget a number of thin

Launch , Checklists , Validation , Web Design , Design

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - The Design Leader Dilemma

Many design leaders find themselves in an impossible situation. On one side, senior management have read articles trumpeting the incredible ROI of user experience design. McKinsey tells us that desi

workflow , Tools , Web Design

Oct 20 2008

Jacob Gube - Photoshop Actions – The Ultimate Collection

Saving repetitive tasks as Photoshop actions can save you a lot of time, allowing you to automate your work and improve workflow efficiency. An action is a recording of a sequence of commands and op

Photoshop , Graphics , Downloads , Freebies

Jun 03 2009

Matt Cronin - 9 Crucial UI Features of Social Media and Networking Sites

The main function of a good user interface is to provide users with an intuitive mapping between user’s intention and application’s function that manages to provide a solution to the given task. Bas

CAPTCHA , Social , Networking , User Interaction , Design

Feb 19 2009

Dmitry Fadeyev - 9 Common Usability Mistakes In Web Design

By now, all good designers and developers realize the importance of usability for their work. Usable websites offer great user experiences, and great user experiences lead to happy customers. Deligh

ux , Usability , Web Design