Every week we collect some of the best web and digital design resources that will be useful for designers. Check out any of the links below and leave any comments about your favourites in the replies.

FREEBIES

ANURATI Font

Anurati Font

ANURATI is a free uppercase font with a futuristic flavour. It is best suitable for headlines and poster design. Designed and released by Emmeran Richard. Download.

 

Picons Social: 60 Social Icons

icons

Picons Social is a set of 60 free social icons provided in two different styles. The package includes many different sizes and formats (Ai, EPS, PDF, PSD, CSH, PNG and SVG). Released by Picons. Download.

 

20 Free Mobile UI Kits for iOS & Android

mobile app ui kits

The free UI kits are compatible with either iOS or Android, with each packaged with an extensive collection of customizable screens and 100s of UI elements. Download.

 

Chat: Minimal UI Kit

Chat UI kit

Chat is a free minimal user interface kit for apps including 60 templates, 12 categories, and 80 UI elements. It includes both Photoshop and Sketch files. Released by InVision. Download.

 

INSIGHT

How to Use UI Kits to Create Quicker Mockups

UI Kit

UI kits come equipped with the starting blocks you need for a design, all premade so you can use them “straight from the box.”

Keep reading How to Use UI Kits to Create Quicker Mockups

 

3-Minute UX Tips: Wireframe in Content Blocks

wireframe in content blocks

Using content blocks before more specific layouts helps you organize your thoughts and prioritize important elements. Even more basic than boxes and arrows, content blocks allow you designate broader screen areas for certain types of content before making more advanced layout decisions.

Keep reading 3-Minute UX Tips: Wireframe in Content Blocks

 

The Vital Guide to Web Design Interviewing

guide to web design interview

Hiring web designers can be difficult. There are many disciplines under the common term ‘designer,’ and experts in one field may be novices in another, while others are a “Jack of all trades, master of none.

Keep reading The Vital Guide to Web Design Interviewing

 

INSPIRATION

6 Web Design Trends That Are Here To Stay

web design trend

Web design thrives on two things: innovation and imitation. Unfortunately, there’s often a lot more of the latter. Stop chasing microtrends, and start looking at the big picture. Here, we’ve isolated six web design ideas that are here to stay.

Keep reading 6 Web Design Trends That Are Here To Stay

 

Design Trend: Parallax With a Twist

sway website

The newest trend in web design has inklings of parallax, but it’s not quite parallax. It involves moving elements, but it’s not really animation.

Keep reading Design Trend: Parallax With a Twist

 

Responsive web design: What the Internet looks like in 2016

responsive design in 2016

Offer website visitors the best user experience by designing for each device. Whether a website is being viewed on a phone or computer, or being browsed with a mouse or touchscreen, it should look and function properly.

Keep reading Responsive web design: What the Internet looks like in 2016