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The Human Factor: Why is There So Much Bad Design?
Bad design is everywhere, while there’s still a lack of good design. Why’s that? Are there not enough experts? Are they being misdirected somehow? Is it human nature? ...
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Design the Smallest Spaces: Atomization is the Future
Modern design needs to work everywhere, not just on the desktop. In order for that to work, it has to be as compartmentalized as much as possible. In the following article, I’ll ...
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Web Design: User Personas Define Your Target Audience
The “user” is a far too abstract description of the people that might want to use your new web project. You can neither orient nor optimize your project towards a ...
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Atomic Design: How to Design a Modular Website
Often, technical terms in web design aren’t more than empty words. The term “Atomic Design” is one of them. All it does is allow its inventor to spread his philosophy ...
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Design Critique: Avoid the Sandtraps, and Use the Instrument Efficiently
Now if that word didn’t sound so negative. From a purely phonetic point of view, design critique sounds devastating. In the following article, we’ll bravely move past ...
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Beauty is Not a Design Principle: Let Go of Empty Words!
Design principles are supposed to help you make important decisions in the design process that conform to client and purpose. Here, empty words, like beauty or simplicity, only help so ...
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Advanced Information Architecture: Many Paths, One Goal
When looking into information architecture for the first time, you learn to prefer the linear information access. This is what I told you in my article on the basics of the topic. Not ...
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Aging Design: How to Keep Your Websites Young
Websites are like people. The birth is where the decay begins. Just like yourself, you can keep your website in good nick. This takes good care. Find out how exactly that’s ...
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6 Tips for Intuitive Web Design
Intuitive web design does not mean that you as a designer should be able to whip up a website without any thought being required. Intuitive web design is to be viewed from the user ...
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Webdesign: The Basics of Information Architecture
Information access should be well organized and structured in order for the one searching for information to be able to find it quickly. This takes extensive thought in advance of the ...
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Brutalism in Web Design: As Simple as Possible, or Even Simpler?
In general, the best design is always the one that is so simple it doesn’t need an explanation. The best design has an intuitive interface and is understood without words. That ...
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Mind Your Step: Flat Design Could Have Your Head
Huh? Wasn’t flat design supposed to be the best thing since canned beer? A new study shows that the opposite can be the case. And it makes perfect sense.
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Design: What You Didn’t Know About the Color Red
There you are, in the first diaper you were put into, and look at the world. First, you only see black and white, and the world looks rather bleak. But, all of a sudden, there’s a ...
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Brain-Friendly Web Design 101
The human brain works in a way that you can’t ignore if you want your design to be successful. Brain-friendly web design is what determines success and failure, so don’t ...
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Tooltip Design: Useful Microinteractions for a Learning Effect
Microinteractions are your website’s most important UI elements. Tooltips are a part of that, but they require even more diligence in terms of conception and realization.
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DIY Tutorials (Not Just) for Web Designers: Create Explainer Videos Easily
You find creating explainer videos tempting, but don’t think you can do it? Well, you’re a web designer, and I’m sure you’ve already made a few animated design ...
