Design Better And Faster With Rapid Prototyping

The old adage, “a picture speaks a thousand words” captures what user interface prototyping is all about: using visuals to describe thousands of words’ worth of design and development specifications that detail how a system should behave and look. By Lyndon Cerejo

Decision-Making Models In Web Development

When was the last time you made a decision? A big one. What was the outcome? Was it good, and how did you get to that outcome? By David Sparks

The ultimate guide to A/B testing

A/B testing isn’t a buzz term. A lot of savvy marketers and designs are using it right now to gain insight into visitor behavior and to increase conversion rate. And yet A/B testing is still not as common as such Internet marketing subjects as SEO, Web analytics and usability. By Paras Chopra

How to use photos to sell more online

This article pulls together principles from psychology, marketing, UX design and photographic theory. It provides a set of principles to follow when commissioning and editing photography and when planning and designing profitable e-commerce user experiences. By James Chudley

How to Build a Live Visitor Tracking System for your Website

If you have a website, you are probably interested in knowing who visits you site. You might want to know the number of visitors, where are they from, how did they get to your site, etc. By Irina Borozan

Web Fonts at the Crossing

Various articles regarding web fonts. By Richard Fink

Top Articles On The Web Design Billboard In May’10

A perfect layout, A Good Design and Nice Resource can produce a creative output. By Daniel Adams

How to Make Your Website Multi-Culturally Accessible

Most English speakers automatically assume that English is the language of the internet, but the figures show that this isn’t actually true. By CreativeFan

30 Minimalist Web Designs for Your Inspiration

Designers love to see variety in styles from one website to the next. By Steven Snell

Interview with Greg Grigoriou of Van Paul Studio

Greg Grigoriou is an example of the flexibility of owning one’s own graphic design studio – this year he packed up his family and moved across the country. By Jennifer Moline

Beautiful Post Thumbnails: Top Examples & Best Practices

Your blog post thumbnail will play a big part in how your users see your website, and how they navigate it. A well designed post thumbnail can really engage your visitors and help encourage them to explore your website. By Function

Smashing Magazine Redesign: Photographs & Screenshots

This brief talks about the re-fresh or update of the Smashing Magazine current design, rather than an overhaul. They wanted things to be crisper, cleaner and more together - but a lot of the elements needed to stay, so that it still had a familiar feel & felt like something that people were used to. By Function

34 Inspiring iPad Application Websites

A great list of iPad application websites. By Gisele Muller

48 Examples of Excellent Layout in Web Design

Beautiful graphics and colors are great and play a big part in web design, but most would agree that the backbone of a solid user experience is the layout. By Gisele Muller

Effective Search Engine Optimization for Web Designers

Many clients ask their web designers to optimize their website to increase visibility with search engines and to attract more visitors. By Vandelay Design

25 Beautiful and Free Thin Fonts

Typography is a critical aspect of web and graphic design, but finding the right font can often be a challenge. By Vandelay Design

Why Web Designers Should Not Use Ad Blockers (Opinion Column)

Most people frequenting the web design community (whether they are casual readers or regular design bloggers doing research) understand that nothing is truly free (not even content), and appreciate the fact that many blogs, design resources, and tech news sites rely on advertising to keep them afloat. By Louis Lazaris

Spicing Up Your Website With jQuery Goodness

There comes a point in every website design when you simply want to give the website a little spice to impress the visitor and make it memorable. By Zurb

Beautiful Examples of 3D Elements in Web Design

3D elements used in web design can make a website more impressive and memorable. The purpose of 3D elements is to create a feeling of depth. By Tomas Laurinavicius

Web Designs that Use Textures Beautifully

Using textures in a web design gives it a unique look that roughens the sharpness and crispness that you can find in most other site designs. When used properly, the results of utilizing textures in a web layout can be stunning. By Jacob Gube

The Essential Guide to @font-face

The days of being limited to a handful of fonts on the web are very close to being a thing of the past. The problem is no longer a lack of viable solutions, but rather, an abundance of them. By Joshua Johnson

A Beginner’s Guide to the Business Side of Freelancing

Being a freelance designer entails more than just the act of designing. Master the business side of design and you’ll thrive. Neglect it and watch your business take a dive. By Chris McConnell

Avoiding Design Burnout

In the innovative world of design, designers are pushing the limit and inspiring the design trends of the future. However, it takes many rounds of trial and error for designers to get even close to breaking new grounds in design. By Melody Nieves

Optimizing Your Website For Speed

In the world of the Internet, you have mere seconds to capture a visitor’s interest before they leave and find your competitors. Can you afford to have them leave just because of your websites speed? By Jacob Haug

Web Design Inspiration from the Music Industry

Music is such a big part of culture. Here are some really well designed websites from the music industry. By Linda Chadbourne

Writing Newsletters – Benefits, Content Ideas, Tips

Do you feel like your newsletters get sent right to the recycle bin? Learn how to write a more effective newsletter and what types of things you can include. By Nikki Thompson

13 Chrome Extensions for Web Designers

Chrome now offers some excellent extensions to assist Web Designers and developers. Here's a list of "must haves". By Connor Montgomery

Ubiquitous Service Design

Shostack explores the relationships between products, services, people, and their environments. And, she explains the need for service blueprints that map both the potential (optimal) service and the actual (imperfect) rendering. By Semantics Studios

Web Development For The iPhone And iPad: Getting Started

According to AdMob, the iPhone operating system makes up 50% of the worldwide smartphone market, with the next-highest OS being Android at 24%. Sales projections for the Apple iPad run anywhere from one to four million units in the first year. By Nick Francis

Getting Started With E-Commerce: Your Options When Selling Online

The world of online sales, whether of products or services, can be daunting at first; the options seem confusing and the information conflicted. By Rachel Andrew

Designing The “World Of Programming” Infographic

Information graphics (or infographics) are used to display information in ways that are more creative than plain old text. By Adit Gupta

How To Engage Customers In Your E-Commerce Website

One of the most influential factors in our buying decisions is the opinions of our friends and relatives. By Rung Andras

50 New Useful CSS Techniques, Tools and Tutorials

Over the last years we’ve got a pretty good understanding of what CSS does, how it works and how we can use it for our layouts, typography and visual presentation of the content. By Vitaly Friedman

How To Permanently Delete Your Account on Popular Websites

We all have an increasing number of sites and online services we’re members of, and sometimes it all gets a little overwhelming. By Cameron Chapman