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Access All Areas members have a fun pack of pattern resources to download this week, courtesy of Irene Demetri from Youandigraphics. These Dots & Spots patterns contains 40 doodled pattern designs that repeat seamlessly to cover infinite areas, making them ideal for use as backgrounds for branding projects, packaging, fashion apparel, posters, leaflets or website […] The post Dots & Spots Seamless Patterns for Access All Areas Members appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

We’re always excited when we get feedback about how UXPin has improved our customer's design experience. It’s even more special when that customer is one of the world’s largest digital payment platforms. We had the joy of sitting down with Erica Rider, Senior Manager for UX - Developer tools and platform experience at PayPal, and The post How PayPal Scaled Their Design Process with UXPin Merge appeared first on Studio by UXPin.

One of the most important aspects of pitching your startup is the presentation. In fact, it's your pitch deck that'll do most of the talking during your presentation. These startup pitch deck PowerPoint templates can make all the difference! It goes to say that your startup pitch deck needs to be more than perfect for […]

In March I wrote The Perl debugger can be your superpower, introducing the step debugger as a better way to debug your Perl code rather than littering your source with temporary print statements or logging. I use the debugger all the time, and I've realized that some more techniques are worth covering. Although I mentioned a caveat when debugging web applications, our apps at work all adhere to the Perl Web Server Gateway Interface (PSGI) specification and thus we can use tools like Test::WWW::Mechanize::PSGI or Plack::Test to run tests and debugging sessions in the same Perl process. (Mojolicious users can use something like Test::Mojo for the same effect.)

Choosing a modern theme or a template for your future website is an extremely important step and should be given great importance. There are a lot of themes created to serve as a template for many different activities and finding a good one for your site is essential. Whether you want to sell home-made products, […] The post 25 Modern Website Templates for State-of-the-Art Websites appeared first on Line25.

Designing the thumbnails and video titles is an important part of creating a professional YouTube channel. We're here to guide you through the design process by helping you pick the best YouTube font for your channel branding, as well as individual videos. In this post, we feature a collection of the best YouTube fonts you […]

How about trying a very different drawing technique or illustration style for your next project? Maybe a weird geometric shape? Or a more abstract form? Or a retro-futuristic color scheme? Not sure about you, but holiday or no holiday, my need for some fresh inspiration never stops. This month, I've continued my journey in search for some inspiring and beautiful artwork — and I've found some real treasures! As a designer, I feel that there is so much that I can learn from the techniques and color combinations in these little gems. Let's dive in, and get inspired to leave our comfort zones for our next designs! The post Breaking Out Of The Box: Design Inspiration (August 2016) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

As a design community, we all can't be silent in these times. We need to be united in our fight against the war, for the democracy, for those dreams that children are entitled to have when they are growing up. It's our obligation to help as much as we can. We donate all proceeds from "Interface Design Checklists" PDF to support Ukraine.

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting and unique artwork, and as designers, we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we've discovered the best one: desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for eight years now, and we are very thankful to all designers who have contributed to it and who are still enthusiastically continuing to do so each month. This post features free desktop wallpapers created by artists across the globe for June 2016. Both versions with and without a calendar can be downloaded for free. It's time to give your desktop a makeover!The post Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: June 2016 appeared first on Smashing Magazine.