Whether you're a blogger looking for the perfect design for your next website or a web designer looking to get inspired for your next project, the process always starts the same way--by exploring designs made by others. We’re here to make that process easier for you. In this post, we’re featuring a roundup of some […]

Corporate identity projects often involve producing print designs across a whole range of stationery products, each with a consistent visual appearance that reflects the overall brand image. It can be difficult presenting your work when all you have is a pile of flat image previews for each individual design file, especially if some items are […] The post 40 Stationery Mockup Templates You Can Download for Free appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Are you a member of a design or development team? Then, you most likely have a need to communicate and collaborate with others. Even when your project is a solo... The post Top Design Collaboration Tools for Freelancers and Agencies <span class="sponsored_text">Sponsored</span> appeared first on Speckyboy Web Design Magazine.

If you take a look back through your portfolio, what do you see? Maybe it brings back memories of a certain challenge you faced or a really difficult client. Perhaps... The post What My Old Design Projects Have Taught Me appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

The Vary HTTP header is sent in billions of HTTP responses every day. But its use has never fulfilled its original vision, and many developers misunderstand what it does or don't even realize that their web server is sending it. With the coming of the Client Hints, Variants and Key specifications, varied responses are getting a fresh start. In principle, a URL represents not a web page, but a conceptual resource, like your bank statement. Imagine that you want to see your bank statement: You go to bank.com and send a GET request for /statement. So far so good, but you didn't say what format you want the statement in. This is why your browser will also include something like Accept: text/html in your request. In theory, this means you could say Accept: text/csv instead and get the same resource in a different format.The post Understanding The Vary Header appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

In one form or the other, data visualization seems to come up quite often in the work life of a designer or a front-end developer. Be it an analytics dashboard... The post How to Create Your First JavaScript Chart appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

To create a logo or other design material, professional logo designers follow a proper design process. A well-thought-out and systematic design process minimizes the chances of errors, resulting in an impactful and professional logo. However, if you don't follow a design process, then you might face serious problems, which may undermine the credibility of your […] The post The Creative Design Process appeared first on DesignM.ag.

This week's Designer News (No 492) includes Firefox: The Evolution Of A Brand, Making Tables Responsive With Minimal CSS, Having the Right CSS Mindset, CSS Grid: No Nonsense Layouts, a Free National Park Typeface, Free Artworks from Mixkit and much more. The post Weekly News for Designers No 492 appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Pinnery is the name of a rather new web app that deals with project and task management based on kanban boards. The most popular one of this kind is Trello. Pinnery is an alternative from Germany. Kanban Boards: Skeuomorphism of Task Management You know kanban boards, don’t you? Yes, you do. That’s what these boards, on which tasks or just about any cardable items are sorted, are called. The progress on a task (card, sticker, you name it) is documented as it travels from list to list until it’s completed. The principle is very simple, and thus, very successful. Let’s say you’re planning an editorial team;) Set up a kanban board for each author. On this board, there are lists titled “suggestions,” “ordered,” “in progress,” “ready for review by the editor,” and “scheduled.” Additionally, there are lists “declined,” and “published.” Now, the author will make suggestions for articles he’d like to write. These are placed in the suggestion list as single cards. In the easiest case, you like the suggestion, and you immediately drag it (or its card representative) into the list “ordered.” Now, the author knows that he can start working on it. Once he starts, he’ll drag the […]

(This series of articles is kindly supported by Adobe.) We're fortunate enough to be working at an incredibly exciting time in our industry. Yes, the challenges are considerable, but the opportunities are - equally - transformational. It's never been a more exciting time to work as a User Experience (UX) designer. Great designers deliver wonderful, considered and memorable experiences. Doing that isn't easy and - through this series of articles - I'll provide a wealth of pointers to ensure you're on the right track.