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
10 Amazing Backgrounds Every Graphic Designer Should Own
Backgrounds are the unspoken heroes of graphic design—adding texture, interest and detail to layouts, they’ll be the hardest-working images in your collection. Download.
iOS Wireframe kit for Sketch
A free iOS Wireframe kit for Sketch designed by Megan Dolan at Savvy including a lot of useful pre-built elements to be dragged and dropped into a mockup. Download.
40 Tiny Tool Icons
A set including 40 tool tiny icons coming in two different sizes (16×16 and 32×32) and in AI , EPS , SVG , PNG format files. It includes many useful glyphs like hammers, gloves, rulers, knives, gears, bulbs, screwdrivers, etc. A freebie created in Adobe Illustrator by Trinh Ho. Download.
UI Kits That All Designers Should Have
UI kits are among designers’ favorite tools to work with, because they enhance their creativity, and clean the palette even for the most difficult projects. Download.
Mueller Narrow: 4 Font Styles
Muller Narrow is a professional typeface including 20 weights, deriving from the complete Muller Type System and characterised by a narrow structure for better appearance in small text sizes. Download.
INSIGHT
Best Practices for Background Images: Your “Getting Started” Guide
Big and bold typography, ghost buttons, “flat,” “material” … whether we like it or not, they all look kind of the same. So if you want to opt for that minimalist style, the only tools that are left for you to make the website stand out is the logo, the layout itself, and, chief of them, the background.
Keep reading Best Practices for Background Images: Your “Getting Started” Guide
Infinite Scrolling Best Practices
Making good infinite scroll isn’t an impossible task. But, in order to complete it, you should remember and follow these guidelines.
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6 Tips for Perfect Font Pairing
When pairing fonts there are no firm rules. There will always be new combinations that turn out to look great. For many however, it’s helpful to stick to some basic guidelines in order to ensure a great looking typographic design.
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3 Techniques for the Perfect Minimalist Web Interface
Minimalism is a popular style now, both for its visual appeal and for its practical benefits (faster loading, better comprehension, etc.). Below, we discuss the 3 techniques that most define the minimalist style, with practical tips on how to apply them.
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Facebook’s director of product design on why websites may be a dying business
It feels like we were facing the end of print only years ago, but the time may be ripe to begin lamenting the end of the website.
Do you agree? Keep reading Facebook’s director of product design on why websites may be a dying business
The Pros and Cons of Icons in Web Design
People process visuals faster than they do text, especially when they already know the visuals’ meanings.
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INSPIRATION
Email Design Trends of 2016 (so far)
Check out some of the most popular email design trends of the year (so far).
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3 Secrets of the Best Designed Websites in the World
Are there any secrets we can learn from the best designed websites in the world? Yes. In this article, you will learn about three main practices you can adopt to improve the quality and usability of your projects.
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Date Picker Design Inspiration
If your next design needs a date picker, but you want to avoid using the same old calendar tool, check out these unique date selection concepts for some inspiration.
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