April 24, 2019 — Art direction has been part of advertising and print design for over 100 years, but on the web art direction is rare, and there have been few meaningful conversations about it. “Art Direction for the Web” by Andy Clarke changes that and explains art direction, what it means, … Read More…

April 18, 2019 — This third article of the series explores some of the respectful ways on how to deal with cookie consent prompts, push notifications, and third-party tracking. Read More…

April 10, 2019 — In this second part of the series, we’ll look into notorious GDPR cookie consent prompts, and how we can design the experience around them better — with our users’ privacy in mind, of course. Read More…

April 4, 2019 — This is the first part of a four-part series in which we’ll explore some of the respectful ways to approach privacy and data collection. Read More…

January 7, 2019 — Let’s make 2019… fast! A front-end performance checklist (PDF/Apple Pages/MS Word), with everything you need to know to create fast experiences today. Read More…

December 17, 2018 — The state of commercial web conferences is utterly broken. In this article, Vitaly Friedman sheds light on a topic that is not spoken of enough, and shouldn’t be acceptable in our industry. Read More…

September 13, 2018 — Smashing Book 6 is now shipping, with front-end and UX techniques to tackle the new challenges on the web today. No theory, just things that actually worked in practice. Read More…

August 3, 2018 — Today is a very important day for us. We’re incredibly honored to have crossed our first milestone of 1,000 Smashing members. In this post, we’d like to share some facts and figures with you. Read More…

June 14, 2018 — In times when everything is generic, how do we stand out without spending too much time and resources on elaborate art direction? Let’s explore a strategic guide for bringing back personality to the web, in regular real-life projects. Read More…

June 13, 2018 — Smashing Book 6 is here with everything you need to know to tackle the new adventures web design and development are bringing along. No theory, just things that worked in practice. Read More…