Typography plays an important role in design. To communicate a brands message effectively, designers have to spend time understanding the nuances associated with each typeface. There are a lot of variables that can affect the overall readability and legibility of a typeface. Rhythm is one of them. Just like music, text can flow like a […] The post An Introduction to Structural Typography appeared first on Line25.

Gaming was once a past time considered childish – or for teenage boys who weren't interested in sport or girls – but as technology progresses

In a new post to his site Tomas Votruba looks at autowiring Symfony services and parameters to make it even easier to integrate services into your application. I love how Symfony caught up late autowiring integration in since Symfony 2.8. Then set a trend in Symfony 3.3 with service autoregistration. That opens new possibilities to almost config-less registration, doesn't it? He first looks at some of the "old" configuration handling, defining the services manually in the YAML configuration along with their arguments. He shows how this evolves with the addition of autowiring and autodiscovery, minus the parameters. He continues on to show how to integrate parameter handling into the services configuration via the bind option. He also shows how to improve this and use autowired parameters and call them directly in the constructor of your class and let the DI container do the rest.

Looking for flat, long shadow icon sets? Good, then you’re in the right place! Long shadow design is a trend that has been gaining more and more popularity in the app and icon design niches. If used properly, it can add a lot of value to your designs. The examples we decided to share with […] The post 40 Free Flat Long Shadow Icon Sets appeared first on Line25.

Unclassified Product Exporter Extension Guide- This extension allows the admin to export unclassified Product and Product models to other eCommerce platforms from Akeneo. Note- This module is compatible with all other eCommerce platforms. Basic Requirements: This module works with Akeneo 3.x, 4.x, and 5.x. Download Akeneo from here Node and as well as Yarn packages need [...]

Market, technology, and legislative trends create needs for digital transformation, but the true value comes not from the implementation of any single technology - not from SaaS, Mobile, IoT, or Big Data in and of themselves - but rather from bringing multiple technologies together. And so, with an eye towards orchestrating those and other technologies into composite solutions, it is those companies that harness APIs as a core competency that are able to drive digital transformations successfully to ultimately win.

In today’s video tutorial, I’m going to take you through the process of creating a mascot character to go within a retro cereal box design, using a mixture of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop. We will begin in Illustrator to draw the character, using simplified shapes based on the old mid-century style of cartoons and […] The post Video Tutorial: How To Create a Retro Cereal Box Design with a Mascot Character appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Color Supply is a new web app, that makes it easier for you to find harmonious color combinations. This is achieved due to a heavily visual approach, and the immediate display of possible results in [...]

(This is a sponsored article.) In my previous article, I explored the rise of design, in particular focusing on the emergence of design as a business driver. As the spotlight has focused on the potential of design to transform businesses, we've seen a growing need for designers — and related team members — across a wider range of specializations. These specializations include: Design Researchers Creative Directors Content Strategists Copywriters Visual Designers UI Designers Marketers Of course, this list isn't exhaustive and many designers undertake a cross-section of these roles by necessity.

One of the most common debates in the UX world is UX vs. UI design--where are the differences and similarities? Do you need a UX designer and a UI designer? Who does what? Should they be separated? How do they work together? The confusion arises because most institutions teach user interface design as part of The post UX vs. UI Design - The Differences You Need to Know appeared first on Studio by UXPin.