Editor's Note: Making big changes doesn't necessarily require big efforts — it's just a matter of moving in the right direction. We can't wait for Paul's new book on User Experience Revolution (free worldwide shipping starting from April 18!), and in this article, Paul shares just some of the little tricks and techniques to bring around a big UX revolution into your company — with a series of small, effective steps. It feels like everywhere I turn somebody is saying that user experience is the next frontier in business, that we have moved beyond the age of features to creating outstanding experiences. But for many of us who work on in-house teams, the reality feels a million miles away from this. Getting management to understand the importance of user experience seems so tough. Even colleagues don't seem to see the benefit. For those of us in-house, how are we going to get to this golden age of user experience design that people keep promising us?The post How To Spark A UX Revolution appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Pairing appropriate fonts is a great way to improve your design and introduce a little variety in it. You may want to pair 2 fonts when designing a wedding invitation card or setup fonts for a business card. It’s a challenge to figure out the right combination of fonts, though. So, first let's look at […] The post 15 Latest Font Pairing Trends to Make Your Design Stand Out appeared first on Line25.

User experience (UX) research is drawing the attention of many companies and accurate UX research methods are questioned. Before we start to explain how to conduct UX research, we need to simply ask this question: What is user experience (UX) research? Hint: It is more than just finding some good research interview questions. USER EXPERIENCE...

Content marketing is the practice of creating a piece of content (generally digital) that is both useful and valuable to certain members of your target market(s). This piece of content is generally free, though it may be hidden behind a simple email/lead-capture form, and it usually is meant to be found through search or through free/low-budget distribution methods (think social media, low-cost PPC, a small press release). Some might call this permission marketing, the idea being that your target customers have given you permission to market to them by choosing to access your content.

Whether you’re running a one-man design company or a team of 500 people, you’ve probably considered a relocation at some point. If you’re seeking an ideal location for your business, you should be motivated by more than just pure wanderlust (although this is also a good reason to get up

VS Code can be supercharged wuth hundreds of [VS Code extensions](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2021/05/useful-vs-code-extensions-web-developers/). In this article, Leonardo shares four useful extensions that help him in his daily work.

There is UI animation, and then there is good UI animation. Good animation makes you go "Wow!" — it's smooth, beautiful and, most of all, natural, not blocky, rigid or robotic. If you frequent Dribbble or UpLabs, you'll know what I am talking about. With so many amazing designers creating such beautiful animations, any developer would naturally want to recreate them in their own projects. Now, CSS does provide some presets for transition-timing-function, such as ease-in, ease-out and ease-in-out, which add some level of smoothness and realism, but they are very generic, aren't they? How boring would it be if every animation on the web followed the same three timing functions? The post Upgrading CSS Animation With Motion Curves appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Whether you are a photographer or designer with a need to edit photos, Adobe Lightroom can be a great tool. Designed for photo editing, it allows batch work that can be cumbersome in programs such as Photoshop. One of the most popular elements of Lightroom are the number of presets available. These tools within the […]

No matter what it is we do, we want it done fast without waiting. The latest technological advancements provide us the speed we seek and add convenience to our lives. The 5G Network takes things one step further with its super-fast internet connectivity, transfer of data to globally connected devices, and more. 5G will see...

Christmas is a busy time of year for everyone, not least designers! To help ease your workload, we’ve handpicked a collection of Christmas-themed Photoshop brushes, actions, and text effects for creating all kinds of seasonal designs. With these add-ons, you'll be able to make your own unique Christmas cards, social media posts, website banners, posters, […]