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
Basic Widget-Style UI Kit for Websites
A basic and clean widget-style UI kit that consists of 25 ready-made components to get started with a website design. This freebie comes in PSD format and it has been designed and released by Artiom Piatrykin for EL Passion. Download.
48 Restaurant & Food Fonts
Crispy, aromatic, tickling your nose, newly-baked bread no, not bread. Bread package font. Food-package font. Coffee-cup font. Meat fonts, wine fonts, beer fonts, pizza fonts! Yes, they all exist, and they all taste different. Every font has a story behind it. Download.
20 Watercolor Freebies
These items were created by using watercolor techniques and can be used for various purposes, such as textures, backgrounds, greeting cards, logos, typography, posters, etc. Download.
Free UX Process and Documentation Kit
Standardizing a UX process is no easy task. First, you need to identify activities that drive the most insights across disciplines. Then you need to find or create the necessary templates and start tweaking to fit your team. This free UX Process and Documentation Kit saves time by templatizing UX activities required for successful products. Download.
INSIGHT
How Can Your Website Deliver a Better User Experience?
In order to answer this pertinent question, you need to consider the basis of existence of websites. The main goal is to cater for the needs of all those who visit your given site. Users could be in search of some insight on a given subject, selling and buying of various items while others may be in need of entertainment.
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The Differences Between Enterprise and Consumer UX Design
Enterprise applications typically have much greater scope and are much more complex than consumer applications, so enterprise solutions are often tailored for people working in specific roles. Plus, enterprise applications are designed for a specific business domain rather than a specific task, as many consumer applications are.
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How Intuitive Website Design Is The Key To Better Conversions
“Users often leave Web pages in 10-20 seconds, but pages with a clear value proposition can hold people’s attention for much longer”. This is the summary of an article by Jakob Nielsen that throws light on how users behave on web pages. The research further reveals that the first ten seconds of a page visit are “critical” – but if the user stays on the page for 10 seconds, they are likely to stick around the site for a bit longer.
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5 Steps to Making Sure Your Users Trust Your Website
This article will share five simple ways to make your website more trustworthy, helping you to retain more of your website’s visitors. These techniques are easy to implement and can significantly improve the effectiveness of your online presence!
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INSPIRATION
8 reasons 80s flair will rule design in 2017
Trends come and go in waves. The latest wave when it comes to web design is totally 1980s. From bright color to flat design and plenty of gnarly geometry, lots of designs feature these looks. For many designers, the 80s are a flashback to their youth, and this trend has everyone totally amped.
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A Bundle of Abstract Shapes is a New Way to Decorate the Homepage
It can be a mess of squares, circles, triangles either solid or outline, or it can be a symbiosis of irregular geometric shapes chaotically scattered throughout the browser window. They can be static, dynamic and even granted with interactivity.
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