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
Valentine’s Day Icons
A set of 30 free Valentine’s Day vector icons created in Adobe Illustrator. Free Ai designed and released by Awesomed. Download.
Floating iPhone Mockups
A set of floating iPhone 6 mockups built with Photoshop smart objects. Free PSD created and released by Joshua Söhn. Download.
Caja Vintage Font
Caja is a free uppercase font with a vintage and stylish flavour. Designed and released by Geovanny Gavilanes, a young designer based in Ecuador. Download.
Open UI Kit: 150+ iOS Elements
Open UI Kit by GoodBarber is a complete free set of 150+ elements for building great iOS design apps. Download.
Comprehensive App Icon Templates for Everything
The Bjango App Icon Templates are a comprehensive set of app icon templates for Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, and Affinity Designer. The templates cover Android, iOS, OS X, Apple TV (tvOS), Apple Watch (watchOS), Windows, Windows Phone and web favicons.
Check out the Bjango App Icon Templates (via WebAppers)
INSIGHT
How to Get Website Design and UX Right in 2016
Knowing what information users are seeking is key to a website’s success, but it’s only half the battle. How that information is presented is not only important, but can be critical in terms of the need to attract customers, keep them interested, and lead them to a call for action.
Keep reading How to Get Website Design and UX Right in 2016
7 User Interface Guidelines For Designing Watch Apps
The first constraint (or opportunity) when designing any app is the screen size that the device on which it is accessed is going to offer. With various wearables hitting the market and featuring some exquisite options, a whole new opportunity has emerged for app developers and designers.
Keep reading 7 User Interface Guidelines For Designing Watch Apps
Where to Place Your Accordion Menu Icons
Accordion menus are a type of display widget found on desktop and mobile apps. They allow you to display a large number of menu options while conserving space. But before you use them, you should know how to best design them for your users.
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Paper Prototyping: The 10-Minute Practical Guide
To this day, paper prototypes continue to be not only viable, but also widely used. In this article we talk about when to use them, why they can help, and how to make one to suit your own needs.
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Tips for Designers Who Don’t Code
This article offers some practical tips for designers who find themselves designing for the web, but don’t have a clear understanding of how web pages are technically constructed.
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INSPIRATION
Google redesigns Chrome browser for Material Design
Material Design is Google’s design language that was announced by the company way back in June 2014. Though this design language has been around for almost two years, it’s been slow to gain traction in a lot of Google’s own products.
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