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
Kano Geometric Font
Kano is a free font designed by Frederick Lee and featured by a geometric structure and a sharp edge point. That makes it ideal for logos, posters, and other typographic works. Download.
Affogato Font
Affogato is an expressive typeface with an especially high x-height and long descender. Inspired by geometric humanist typefaces, Affogato works well for logos, display types, and not-so-serious body copy. Download.
Sports & Games Icons (AI, EPS, PSD, SVG, PNG)
The collection has 30 icons coming in 5 different formats and 2 styles (colored and line style). They have an original look designed to become a very special part of your designer toolbox. Download.
Solaris Eclipse Font Family
Solaris Eclipse is a beautiful geometric sans-serif, designed by the typophiles at woodstudio. Based around the geometry of a circle, the simple shapes create a modern aesthetic that evoke the near-future. Download.
Relate UI Kit with 99+ UI Components
You can build a stunning, minimal social app with Relate UI Kit, a free cross-platform UI kit. With 45 design templates, 15 categories, and more than 99 UI components for web, tablet, and mobile, the creative opportunities are limitless. Download.
INSIGHT
5 Common UX Mistakes You Have To Stop Making
UX mistakes happen often simply because we’re looking at things from our own perspective. For this post, I will outline several common (and natural) UX mistakes we make and methods we can use to retrain our point-of-view into those of our visitors, users, and potential customers.
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Pop-Ups Vs. Usability, Conversions And Bounce Rates
They go by many names – modal windows, dialog boxes, modal pop-ups – but whatever you call them, pop-ups have a reputation for being divisive when it comes to usability.
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Buttons in UI Design: The Evolution of Style and Best Practices
When everything is flat, how do users know which pieces are buttons? Users still need visual signifiers to know where they can click/tap on a page: perceptible clues that help them understand how to use interfaces.
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Don’t Make These 10 Mistakes in Your App Design
No matter what type of app you are creating, have created, or plan to create, design mistakes can be lethal when it comes to adoption and usage. Users want to download apps that are fun, functional and offer value during multiple uses. Users also want apps that are aesthetically pleasing and don’t require a lot of effort to interact with.
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20 Common UX Mistakes In Ecommerce Websites
Identifying the pain points of the customer can go a long way in keeping problems at bay. Now, you can only get to the rights if you know the wrongs. So, here are some common mistakes that you commit which affects the site’s performance and slows the conversion rate-
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How to Create an Awesome Facebook Cover in Adobe Photoshop
This tutorial explores how to create a cover image where you appear to be holding the profile pic in your hand. It’s a creative spin on using both design elements in a single coordinated design.
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As Jony Ive’s presence at Apple recedes, so does the thin & lightness of iOS
as Jony Ive’s presence at Apple recedes, so does the thin & lightness of iOS pic.twitter.com/YMV3saD59a
— Luke Wroblewski (@lukew) July 18, 2016
INSPIRATION
Not your average 404 landing pages
When all goes wrong, stay positive, right? Or have humor, either works! Same goes for your users when clicking on a dead link: keep ’em happy and excited to be on your site. Better yet — make it unique and use it to further convey your branding or personality.
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Marvel Studios unveils new logo
Rushing by in a flurry of comic panels and speech bubbles, the format of the logo design has remained largely unchanged over the years. But the newest iteration, revealed at last weekend’s Comic-Con, breaks from tradition by incorporating some of Marvel’s iconic superheroes that have graced the big screen.
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