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Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

12 BEST WORDPRESS THEMES FOR 2021 4. MaxCoach – Online Courses, Personal Coaching & Education WP Theme. MaxCoach is a specialty theme that enables web designers to create an online distance learning and/or tutoring platform. This LearnPress theme was last year’s #1 coaching theme, and QUIZ: WHAT TYPE OF DESIGNER SHOULD YOU BE? With various roles to choose from — and an exponentially greater number of job titles — how do you know what kind of design path suits your personality? We’ve put together this fun quiz to help you identify your key personality traits, the skills you should work on in 2021, and the type of designer you are best suited to be. Interact

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IS TWITTER REBRAND A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF DESIGN The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the site. The move was announced on the platform first and later confirmed on its blog. Twitter hopes the visual identity will “fully reflect the complexity, fluidity, and power of the conversations today.” The instantly recognizable bird 10 OF THE COOLEST CSS3 AND CSS EFFECTS 9 REASONS HAND-CODING ALWAYS BEATS SITE BUILDERS If you use any kind of social media like Facebook or Twitter, you won’t have been able to avoid the merciless onslaught of ads promoting WYSIWYG website development. I’m not talking about those fancy software applications like DreamWeaver, but actually hosted site building applications that offer drag-n-drop website building systems complete with predefined templates. You

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Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

12 BEST WORDPRESS THEMES FOR 2021 4. MaxCoach – Online Courses, Personal Coaching & Education WP Theme. MaxCoach is a specialty theme that enables web designers to create an online distance learning and/or tutoring platform. This LearnPress theme was last year’s #1 coaching theme, and QUIZ: WHAT TYPE OF DESIGNER SHOULD YOU BE? With various roles to choose from — and an exponentially greater number of job titles — how do you know what kind of design path suits your personality? We’ve put together this fun quiz to help you identify your key personality traits, the skills you should work on in 2021, and the type of designer you are best suited to be. Interact

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IS TWITTER REBRAND A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF DESIGN The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the site. The move was announced on the platform first and later confirmed on its blog. Twitter hopes the visual identity will “fully reflect the complexity, fluidity, and power of the conversations today.” The instantly recognizable bird 10 OF THE COOLEST CSS3 AND CSS EFFECTS

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Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories 9 AMAZING DESIGN-RESOURCE PACKAGE SITES 1 day ago · Every designer has their own preferred strategy for collecting resources. Some pluck brushes, fonts, and templates from different “stock photo sites” and public marketplaces. Others collect graphics from swipe files and forums around the web. The never-ending desire for themes, visual content, and graphical components has prompted an influx of “design packages” to appear

around the

POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 31 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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3 ESSENTIAL DESIGN TRENDS, JUNE 2021 3. Fun with Fonts. When you don’t have many images to work with and no faces to show, it leaves more room for typographic creativity. From experimental typefaces to line styles to interesting weight combinations to completely artistic font treatments, designers are having a lot of fun in this area. 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 Google Chrome for Developers. Google Chrome stands out as one of the world’s most widely used browsers. Chrome has more than 58% of the market share, according to the latest estimates. With figures like that, it must have something special to offer.. While Chrome might be particularly popular among everyday consumers, it also has something special to offer people in the web 3 UX LESSONS TO LEARN FROM NETFLIX Especially Netflix. Today, I want to put the spotlight on Netflix and give you 3 lessons you can take away from the platform’s design and features. 1. Make Onboarding Painless. Obviously, Netflix is a household name, so it doesn’t need to mince words on its website. While you won’t be able to get away with a navigation-less website,

what

9 REASONS HAND-CODING ALWAYS BEATS SITE BUILDERS If you use any kind of social media like Facebook or Twitter, you won’t have been able to avoid the merciless onslaught of ads promoting WYSIWYG website development. I’m not talking about those fancy software applications like DreamWeaver, but actually hosted site building applications that offer drag-n-drop website building systems complete with predefined templates. You 30+ IMPACTFUL BLACK AND WHITE WEBSITES 30+ Impactful Black and White Websites. Color is one of the most significant elements of any design. It creates emotion, guides us through an interface, and reinforces a brand. It’s rare that you find a truly black and white design, more often monochrome designs are dark gray, or off-white. But the effect is the same. 6 TIPS FOR POSTING CONTENT ANONYMOUSLY For one reason or another, you may find yourself wanting to publish things online anonymously. Now to some, the “A-word” conjures up images of hackers, Guy Fawkes masks, and people generally saying terrible things to each other on Twitter. There’s long been an ongoing debate about whether anonymity is something that should even

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Popular Design News of the Week: May 3 2021 - May 9, 2021. Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: APRIL 19, 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 LambdaTest LT Browser. LambdaTest LT Browser is a developer-oriented browser that provides users with a development workspace to test their website’s responsiveness over a variety of devices and viewports. It offers 25+ different viewports (plus any custom viewports), side by side debugging, local website testing, bug tracking and more. QUIZ: WHAT TYPE OF DESIGNER SHOULD YOU BE? With various roles to choose from — and an exponentially greater number of job titles — how do you know what kind of design path suits your personality? We’ve put together this fun quiz to help you identify your key personality traits, the skills you should work on in 2021, and the type of designer you are best suited to be. Interact

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IS TWITTER REBRAND A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF DESIGN The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the site. The move was announced on the platform first and later confirmed on its blog. Twitter hopes the visual identity will “fully reflect the complexity, fluidity, and power of the conversations today.” The instantly recognizable bird 10 OF THE COOLEST CSS3 AND CSS EFFECTS

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Popular Design News of the Week: May 3 2021 - May 9, 2021. Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

12 BEST WORDPRESS THEMES FOR 2021 6. Uncode – Creative Multiuse & WooCommerce WordPress Theme. The Uncode multi-use WordPress theme is ideal for entrepreneurs, creative individuals, agencies, and small businesses.. Its 80.000+ sales to date have made it a ThemeForest best-seller. Features include a unique WooCommerce Custom Builder you can use to give site visitors a supreme shopping experience. 6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 Google Chrome for Developers. Google Chrome stands out as one of the world’s most widely used browsers. Chrome has more than 58% of the market share, according to the latest estimates. With figures like that, it must have something special to offer.. While Chrome might be particularly popular among everyday consumers, it also has something special to offer people in the web QUIZ: WHAT TYPE OF DESIGNER SHOULD YOU BE? With various roles to choose from — and an exponentially greater number of job titles — how do you know what kind of design path suits your personality? We’ve put together this fun quiz to help you identify your key personality traits, the skills you should work on in 2021, and the type of designer you are best suited to be. Interact

Quiz.

IS TWITTER REBRAND A GLIMPSE AT THE FUTURE OF DESIGN The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the site. The move was announced on the platform first and later confirmed on its blog. Twitter hopes the visual identity will “fully reflect the complexity, fluidity, and power of the conversations today.” The instantly recognizable bird 10 OF THE COOLEST CSS3 AND CSS EFFECTS 9 AMAZING DESIGN-RESOURCE PACKAGE SITES 1 day ago · Every designer has their own preferred strategy for collecting resources. Some pluck brushes, fonts, and templates from different “stock photo sites” and public marketplaces. Others collect graphics from swipe files and forums around the web. The never-ending desire for themes, visual content, and graphical components has prompted an influx of “design packages” to appear

around the

50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 31 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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3 ESSENTIAL DESIGN TRENDS, JUNE 2021 3. Fun with Fonts. When you don’t have many images to work with and no faces to show, it leaves more room for typographic creativity. From experimental typefaces to line styles to interesting weight combinations to completely artistic font treatments, designers are having a lot of fun in this area. 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

TOP BLOGGING PLATFORMS WORTH CONSIDERING IN 2021 Squarespace. Squarespace is one of the more popular website design and blogging tools for people with a creative streak. Unlike WordPress.org, Squarespace gives you everything you need to build your own website straight out of the box. This includes hosting, the option to purchase your own domain name, and access to a range of beautiful

templates.

6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 Google Chrome for Developers. Google Chrome stands out as one of the world’s most widely used browsers. Chrome has more than 58% of the market share, according to the latest estimates. With figures like that, it must have something special to offer.. While Chrome might be particularly popular among everyday consumers, it also has something special to offer people in the web 9 REASONS HAND-CODING ALWAYS BEATS SITE BUILDERS If you use any kind of social media like Facebook or Twitter, you won’t have been able to avoid the merciless onslaught of ads promoting WYSIWYG website development. I’m not talking about those fancy software applications like DreamWeaver, but actually hosted site building applications that offer drag-n-drop website building systems complete with predefined templates. You 30+ IMPACTFUL BLACK AND WHITE WEBSITES 30+ Impactful Black and White Websites. Color is one of the most significant elements of any design. It creates emotion, guides us through an interface, and reinforces a brand. It’s rare that you find a truly black and white design, more often monochrome designs are dark gray, or off-white. But the effect is the same. HOW TO SPOT AND AVOID WEB COPY THAT KILLS WEBSITES Web designers and developers sacrifice countless hours and sleep sorting out clients’ objectives, audiences’ needs, brand continuity, page layouts, information architecture, navigation, functionality, cross-browser compatibility, accessibility — the list goes on. And then the web copy finally arrives. If the content is good, it conveys the right messages, and helps boost online presence

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Popular Design News of the Week: May 3 2021 - May 9, 2021. Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: APRIL 19, 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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10 BEST DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR 2019 2. Fluent. The Fluent design system was developed by Microsoft and it aims to create simplicity and coherence through open design systems developed for all the platforms. It focuses on uniting the fundamentals of principled design, tech innovation, and customer needs. The system is based around five key components: light, depth, motion, material, and scale. 6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 LambdaTest LT Browser. LambdaTest LT Browser is a developer-oriented browser that provides users with a development workspace to test their website’s responsiveness over a variety of devices and viewports. It offers 25+ different viewports (plus any custom viewports), side by side debugging, local website testing, bug tracking and more. FLAT DESIGN EXAMPLES: 15+ INNOVATIVE FLAT DESIGN WEBSITESEXAMPLES OF GREAT WEBSITE DESIGNEXAMPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGNEFFECTIVE WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLESEXAMPLE OF WEBSITE DESIGN PDFMODERN WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLES This flat color web design is a trend right now not just because it looks good but because it makes sense. It promotes a clean user interface that's easy to use and understand. Today, we'll be looking at a couple of web sites that utilize this principle of flat color

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Popular Design News of the Week: May 3 2021 - May 9, 2021. Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: APRIL 19, 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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10 BEST DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR 2019 2. Fluent. The Fluent design system was developed by Microsoft and it aims to create simplicity and coherence through open design systems developed for all the platforms. It focuses on uniting the fundamentals of principled design, tech innovation, and customer needs. The system is based around five key components: light, depth, motion, material, and scale. 6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 LambdaTest LT Browser. LambdaTest LT Browser is a developer-oriented browser that provides users with a development workspace to test their website’s responsiveness over a variety of devices and viewports. It offers 25+ different viewports (plus any custom viewports), side by side debugging, local website testing, bug tracking and more. FLAT DESIGN EXAMPLES: 15+ INNOVATIVE FLAT DESIGN WEBSITESEXAMPLES OF GREAT WEBSITE DESIGNEXAMPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGNEFFECTIVE WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLESEXAMPLE OF WEBSITE DESIGN PDFMODERN WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLES This flat color web design is a trend right now not just because it looks good but because it makes sense. It promotes a clean user interface that's easy to use and understand. Today, we'll be looking at a couple of web sites that utilize this principle of flat color

design.

HOW TO BEAT THE “PARADOX OF CHOICE” IN UI DESIGNSEE MORE ON WEBDESIGNERDEPOT.COM 7 TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING YOUR FIRST PROGRESSIVE WEB APPDEVELOP PWA APP UX has been the focal point of modern web development for quite some time now. This is influenced by several factors, including page loading speed, readability, usability, and design. But now that more users prefer mobile web browsing over using desktops, any website—be it a niche blog or an e-commerce store—should start prioritizing mobile friendliness. 3 ESSENTIAL DESIGN TRENDS, JUNE 2021 3. Fun with Fonts. When you don’t have many images to work with and no faces to show, it leaves more room for typographic creativity. From experimental typefaces to line styles to interesting weight combinations to completely artistic font treatments, designers are having a lot of fun in this area. 50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 50 Best Websites of 2020. 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world

better.

POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 31 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 20 Best New Websites, April 2021. This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle

pastels as

FIENDISHLY HARD LOGO QUIZ We’ve lined up ten logos belonging to household names. We’ve even given you four options to choose from to identify the logo. There’s just one catch: we’re only revealing a small part of the logo. We’re kicking off with a couple of obvious ones to ease you in but

be warned, they get

IS IT TIME TO RESET HTML? HTML is one of the foundational building blocks of the Web. But just as web design best practices and techniques change over time, so does the code we use. As HTML evolves, some of its older markup has been deprecated while other parts have been 10 BEST DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR 2019 2. Fluent. The Fluent design system was developed by Microsoft and it aims to create simplicity and coherence through open design systems developed for all the platforms. It focuses on uniting the fundamentals of principled design, tech innovation, and customer needs. The system is based around five key components: light, depth, motion, material, and scale. 20+ WONDERFUL DESIGN-HEAVY WEBSITES Throughout the site, you tend to notice some elements that have an added flair to give the site some personality that you normally wouldn’t see. SoSweet! Creative. SoSweet! is a creative agency (husband and wife team) that’s created another pretty run 15 BEST CSS LIBRARIES FOR 2019 Woah.css. Woah.css is billed as a CSS Animation Library for eccentric web developers, and it lives up to that promise. The animated elements remind me a lot of the old video transitions on TV in the ‘90s, and the video transitions in every “consumer-grade” video editor. It’s cheesy as heck, and a 9 REASONS HAND-CODING ALWAYS BEATS SITE BUILDERS If you use any kind of social media like Facebook or Twitter, you won’t have been able to avoid the merciless onslaught of ads promoting WYSIWYG website development. I’m not talking about those fancy software applications like DreamWeaver, but actually hosted site building applications that offer drag-n-drop website building systems complete with predefined templates. You

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HTML is one of the foundational building blocks of the Web. But just as web design best practices and techniques change over time, so does the code we use. As HTML evolves, some of its older markup has been deprecated while other parts have been repurposed. Does that create more problems for us 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: APRIL 19, 2021 Every day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 Google Chrome for Developers. Google Chrome stands out as one of the world’s most widely used browsers. Chrome has more than 58% of the market share, according to the latest estimates. With figures like that, it must have something special to offer.. While Chrome might be particularly popular among everyday consumers, it also has something special to offer people in the web 10 BEST DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR 2019 2. Fluent. The Fluent design system was developed by Microsoft and it aims to create simplicity and coherence through open design systems developed for all the platforms. It focuses on uniting the fundamentals of principled design, tech innovation, and customer needs. The system is based around five key components: light, depth, motion, material, and scale. FLAT DESIGN EXAMPLES: 15+ INNOVATIVE FLAT DESIGN WEBSITESEXAMPLES OF GREAT WEBSITE DESIGNEXAMPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGNEFFECTIVE WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLESEXAMPLE OF WEBSITE DESIGN PDFMODERN WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLES This flat color web design is a trend right now not just because it looks good but because it makes sense. It promotes a clean user interface that's easy to use and understand. Today, we'll be looking at a couple of web sites that utilize this principle of flat color

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HOW TO BEAT THE “PARADOX OF CHOICE” IN UI DESIGNSEE MORE ON WEBDESIGNERDEPOT.COM 7 STEPS TO SUCCESSFULLY ONBOARDING DESIGN CLIENTSAMAZON ONBOARDING PORTALCLIENT ONBOARDING SOFTWARECLIENT ONBOARDING STEPSNEW CLIENT ONBOARDING TEMPLATE PDFONBOARDING CLIENTS DEFINITION You’ve done the hard work: you’ve taken a lead and turned them into a paying customer. Congrats! Now, you have to build their website. But is it that simple? The client signs the contract and you immediately get to work on designing the website? You could certainly approach the kickoff of a web design project 20 IMPACTFUL PACKAGE DESIGNS THAT TEACH US ABOUT EFFECTIVE Burn Card T-Shirts. Without the scale, you’d think this was just a fancy deck of cards. But the imagination of these designers is awesome! They’ve decided to keep the ‘card’ going in their packaging to not only make the tag look like a playing card, but also create an apparel box that looks like a card deck.

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HTML is one of the foundational building blocks of the Web. But just as web design best practices and techniques change over time, so does the code we use. As HTML evolves, some of its older markup has been deprecated while other parts have been repurposed. Does that create more problems for us 20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, MAY 2021 This month we have several examples of brutalism used to good effect as a foil to showcase products and/or work. By contrast, at the other end of the scale, we have brands who have chosen to go more of an immersive experience route, using full-screen images, sound, animation, and even VR. Both are valid approaches, POPULAR DESIGN NEWS OF THE WEEK: MAY 10 2021 Each day design fans submit incredible industry stories to our sister-site, Webdesigner News. Our colleagues sift through it, selecting the very best stories from the design, UX, tech, and development worlds and posting them live on the site. The best way to keep up with the most important stories for web professionals is to

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6 BEST BROWSERS FOR DEVELOPERS IN 2020 Google Chrome for Developers. Google Chrome stands out as one of the world’s most widely used browsers. Chrome has more than 58% of the market share, according to the latest estimates. With figures like that, it must have something special to offer.. While Chrome might be particularly popular among everyday consumers, it also has something special to offer people in the web 10 BEST DESIGN SYSTEMS FOR 2019 2. Fluent. The Fluent design system was developed by Microsoft and it aims to create simplicity and coherence through open design systems developed for all the platforms. It focuses on uniting the fundamentals of principled design, tech innovation, and customer needs. The system is based around five key components: light, depth, motion, material, and scale. FLAT DESIGN EXAMPLES: 15+ INNOVATIVE FLAT DESIGN WEBSITESEXAMPLES OF GREAT WEBSITE DESIGNEXAMPLES OF WEBSITE DESIGNEFFECTIVE WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLESEXAMPLE OF WEBSITE DESIGN PDFMODERN WEBSITE DESIGN EXAMPLES This flat color web design is a trend right now not just because it looks good but because it makes sense. It promotes a clean user interface that's easy to use and understand. Today, we'll be looking at a couple of web sites that utilize this principle of flat color

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50 BEST WEBSITES OF 2020 2020 has been one of the most memorable years in our history. Few of us have been alive long enough to experience a more turbulent time. But throughout the year, we saw design respond to challenging events with positivity, color, and a desire to elevate those people and projects working to make the world better. FIENDISHLY HARD LOGO QUIZ We’ve lined up ten logos belonging to household names. We’ve even given you four options to choose from to identify the logo. There’s just one catch: we’re only revealing a small part of the logo. We’re kicking off with a couple of obvious ones to ease you in but

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20 BEST NEW WEBSITES, APRIL 2021 This month’s collection contains a combination of big and bold, and clean and minimal. Although basic minimalism is still trendy, with lots of white space and greyscale type, we are seeing it softened with color. This is implemented differently, ranging from hints of off-whites in images to gentle pastels as section backgrounds. Playing

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