The Ampersand is loved by all types of creatives! Its shape has evolved into a variety of styles since it was conceived as a ligature of the letters ‘e’ and ‘t’ from the Latin ‘et’ for ‘and’. You can find a range of ampersand designs across different fonts and typefaces, from cursive script variants to […] The post Art of the Ampersand: 35 Creative Examples of The '&' Character appeared first on Spoon Graphics.

Today, I want to talk about design debt. We often hear about technical debt and not so much about design debt. They are in fact different from one another... The post What is design debt and how does it occur? appeared first on Onextrapixel.

The term "web design" refers to the process of planning, organizing, and editing content online. On the surface, it seems like a simple enough concept. However, the reality is what we consider "web design" can change over time, influenced by our perception of the "web." In 2022, a professional web designer might create custom websites […] The post What Even Is Web Design in 2022? first appeared on Webdesigner Depot.

Nowadays, using img tags to display icons on a site is a terrible web design technique. All designers and web developers have started to use pure CSS icon sets instead, which assures them that the icons will display consistently all over the website. With CSS icons, adding animations is extremely easy. Animated CSS icons will help […] The post 20 Free Pure CSS Icon Sets appeared first on Line25.

Guess what: those tricky mystery riddles are never easy to design. The idea has to be evaluated and brought into life, just to be crashed by painful user tests and then adjusted over and over again until it's easy enough to solve -- but difficult enough to not solve fast. When we started out with riddles, we wanted to have an entertaining yet challenging game that wouldn't be easy to crack, and would keep our dear readers busy for quite some time.The post Smashing Mystery Ridle Resolved: New York Pizza, Jules Verne And 28 Hong Kong Street appeared first on Smashing Magazine.

Japan has its own particularities in terms of culture. As a result of several periods of isolation from the outside world, this millenarian civilisation has developed their own ways of... The post 5 Lessons We Can Learn From Japanese Web Design appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

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Regardless of whether you're designing a postcard for travel and tourism or business and marketing, there's no denying that everyone loves receiving one of those small colored cards in the mail – as long as it looks good, of course! But how to make sure your design will look as good in someone's mailbox as […]

Designing icons can be a lot of fun. But once you have a good set, what do you do with them? Icons are not just miniature links for Facebook or Instagram -- they can be fully interactive cues that help lead users through a design and provide extra visual spark. Icons can be small or large, […]

This article was contributed by Robert Everett. Consider for a moment what well-known brands have for their logos. It may be an abstract representation of a half-bitten apple, a highly-stylized letter “M,” more probably, it’s an image of an animal. Emblems and logos serve an explicit purpose, they are vital in establishing a brand image. The design of a logo sometimes goes beyond the concept of simple aesthetics and can be used to describe core values of the brand. That’s why companies and corporations spare no expenses when creating one. Brand power is a powerful marketing tool, and it can easily draw people in with a relatable image. Logos and underlying themes By giving an additional layer to a piece of work (art, literature, etc.), artists can express new meaning and complexities. Symbolism can be applied to nearly everything. Not every logo can be easily distilled to its core, however. And not every logo has a meaningful story behind it. Keep in mind that there may be perceived symbolism, actual symbolism, and possibly lack of it altogether. Our perception of animal designs can be biased and swayed, but in either case, animal designs are popular for a reason. Why animals in […]