Every week we collect some of the best digital and web 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

50 Free Christmas Templates & Resources for Designers

Christmas collection

This collection includes flat-styled seasonal illustration templates and icon sets, line-styled Photoshop Brushes, retro-styled characters, invitation templates, and finally, free fonts and Photoshop Actions that just scream ‘Merry Christmas!’ Check them out.

 

39 Coloured Christmas icons

Christmas Icons

This is an incredible free set of 39 coloured Christmas icons in SVG format brought to you by Iconscout that you can use to create stunning greeting cards, social posts or celebrating posters. Download.

 

50+ Stylish Festive Christmas Greetings Card Templates

christmas cards

Get in the festive spirit with this selection of the best greeting card templates around. From vintage and rustic to modern and minimal, there’s plenty to choose from, so you’ll be sure to find a card to suit you. Download.

 

Hand Drawn Christmas Characters

hand drawn christmas characters

This pack includes an amazing variety of free hand drawn Christmas characters that you can use in your design projects. Download.

 

32 Free Christmas Icons

christmas icons

These free Christmas icons comes with 3 styles: outlined, filled and colored. They’re designed by Darius Dan (Swifticons). Download.

 

50 Awesome Festive Photoshop Christmas Add-Ons

photoshop action

Photoshop actions are a quick and simple way to create complicated effects in just a few moments. These actions range from the creation of complex graphic elements to classic adornments to subtle photo colorization. Check them out.

 

Portfolio, Photography, Freelancer & Agency WordPress theme

wordpress theme

This is an impressive WordPress theme developed (with care) for creatives, for every portfolio, photography, freelancer or agency website. Theme brings fresh, modern yet elegant design, easy-to-use back-end and comes with fully responsive layout. Download.

 

INSIGHT

4 Fresh Alternatives to the Hamburger Menu

menu alternative

For several years now, the hamburger menu icon has run the show. It is difficult to call it a “craze” these days; it is shamelessly overused, and feels like a must-have for responsive interfaces. Without a doubt it has benefits: it is handy, compact, and intuitive… but still, it is boring.

Keep reading 4 Fresh Alternatives to the Hamburger Menu

 

Scrolling in Web Design: How Much Is Too Much?

scrolling in web design

Scrolling may seem like a very basic feature of a website, and essentially, it is. However, despite its basic functionality, the scrolling on your website can either work to users’ benefit or drive them bonkers, pushing them to your competitors’ sites.

Keep reading Scrolling in Web Design: How Much Is Too Much?

 

Leveraging User Data for Improved UX

user data

It’s vital to leverage your data analytics to create a better UX for your website, and it’s possible to do that in several different ways.

Keep reading Leveraging User Data for Improved UX

 

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