CategoryWeb Design

September 21, 2012 — What do you think about the future of the Web? In this post, Christian Heilmann argues that its future is not as problematic and endangered as a lot of people make it out to be. Read more…

September 14, 2012 — In this essay, Rian van der Merwe weaves a story about the current state of Internet discourse. At the end, tells us how he thinks we can make it better. Read more…

August 29, 2012 — What do real-life UX design processes actually look like? Marcin Treder shares a couple of insights about the real-life UX design process and speaks from his own experience and research. Read more…

August 10, 2012 — Designing for device orientation brings various challenges and requires careful thinking. The experience must be as unobtrusive and transparent as possible, and we must understand the context of use for this functionality. Read more…

August 7, 2012 — Do you think we talk about content a lot like the way we talk about money? Check out an excerpt of the essay “The Strategic Web Designer: How to Confidently Navigate the Web Design Process”, by Christopher Butler. Read more…

July 25, 2012 — For years you have been searching for it. You hear the question being asked in your dreams as you go on an Indiana-Jones-type-crusade to find the answer. When the answer comes to you, you know that the confetti will fall from the ceiling and the band will start playing your favorite song. Read more…

July 12, 2012 — It’s not actually old browsers that are holding back the web, it’s old ways of thinking about the Web that are holding back the Web. Nicholas C. Zakas explains why fixating on circumstances that you can’t change isn’t a recipe for success. Read more…

July 10, 2012 — Shopping. Social networking. Emailing. Reading. Finding directions. Banking. Researching. Those are some of the most common tasks people perform on the World Wide Web. You’ve probably done all of these things yourself at some point. So if you’re like many people, you probably do these things every single week (and many of them even every day). Read more…

July 9, 2012 — Because of how far certain Web technologies like HTML5 and CSS3 have brought us, many would say that—from a Web platform perspective—the future is now. Sounds like a cliché, I know. At the very least, it feels like the future is starting to bubble up to the surface… but it’s just not quite there yet. Read more…

June 5, 2012 — A strong understanding of how designers control meaning is essential for anyone interested in graphic design or typography. In a previous article, we discussed how sophisticated and complex visual and verbal language can get, examining instances that show how type can be used to effectively take control of meaning. Read more…