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FREEBIES
HTC One A9 Mockup
Here is a free HTC One A9 PSD mockup designed with Photoshop vector shapes created by Ramotion. Thanks to smart objects, you can easily replace the screen with your own. Download.
Google Play Family App Icons for Sketch
Google has recently redesigned its Play Family apps icons giving them a triangular shape, along with a small icon that lets you know which app is which. If you need to include them in your design, here’s a useful Sketch freebie by Chip Dong Lim. Download.
Venice Serif Font
If you’re looking for a clean, functional typeface for a project, you can’t go far wrong with Unio Creative Studios’ Venice Serif. Download.
Peace Sans: Bold Font
Peace Sans is a free bold font including latin and cyrillic character sets. It is featured by regular shapes and pixel-perfect curves. Designed and released by Sergey Ryadovoy and Ivan Gladkikh. Download.
Kicker: Ultra Condensed Typeface
Kicker is a free ultra condensed typeface including only uppercase characters and two weights (regular and oblique). It is ideal for big headlines and poster design. Designed and released by Alexander Sheliketo. Download.
INSIGHT
5 Essential UX Rules for Dialog Design
Dialogs are effective user interface element when you design and use them right. They can help your users complete reach their goals faster and easier. But dialogs can frustrate them when they’re done wrong.
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5 Reasons Why UX Design is Not Cheap
Over the past 10 years, the growth of technology has rapidly accelerated, allowing for advancements across the design industry, which has evolved into a more complex and sophisticated arena.
With users becoming more digitally savvy and with the advancement of new technologies, there is increasing pressure placed upon web designers and web agencies to provide “stand-out websites” that impress on a visual and functional level.
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5 Alternatives to Drop-Down Hover Menus
Is the era of drop-down hover menus over? It might well be. This design pattern doesn’t work for today’s users. The concept is clunky and doesn’t always translate well to smaller screens.
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9 Essential Rules for Responsive Image Galleries
Responsive design is an essential and necessary part of web development. One of the biggest issues with responsive web design as of late has been images. Many debate the best way to display images on a responsive site. And then, what about image galleries?
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How to Optimize Images on Websites to Improve Performance and UX
As the number of images and videos on a website continue to grow, slower load times, which result in a negative user experience, are growing concerns for any company.
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What Does That Say? How Typefaces Add Meaning to the Design
Can something as simple as a typeface change the meaning of words and an entire design? Of course! A typeface can add a new level of emphasis or meaning to your message. It can help you connect with users, establish brand, and set the tone for your entire project.
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Canva’s Ultimate Guide to Font Pairing
Great fonts are essential to great design. But picking great fonts can seem like an impossible dark art for most people. This article explains the basics of choosing great fonts and suggests some combinations that you can use in your own designs.
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A Simple Checklist for Successful Design Handoffs
For designers, one of the most important things to understand is that design is only one step in the product development process. It doesn’t matter how pixel-perfect your layouts are.
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INSPIRATION
The Evolution of Bloomberg’s Homepage from 2010 to 2016
Bloomberg LP’s sprawling media empire has a new public face on the internet.This article takes a look back at how it has progressed over the years.
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