— These past few weeks, I took part in Smashing Magazine’s first-ever online workshops. I’ve been a Smashing fan for a while, and thanks to my agency, I attended Resilient Web Systems with CSS & Sass led by Miriam Suzanne.
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— Love this article by Brad Frost about the parallels between music and web design/development. Who knew there were so many?
— These past two weeks I've been exercising my visual/web design skills by redesigning a site for a dream client.
— 2019—my first full year at Brokaw—was marked by tremendous professional growth.
— From the agency Shakuro, twenty design trends for everyone in the world of user interface and experience to watch (out) for in 2020.
— Two incredible new digital brand style guides I’ve discovered recently.
— Great article outlining techniques to infuse soul and personality into your web design projects.
— Smart and timely deep dive on how to deal with cookie consent prompts from a privacy and UX perspective.
— For web designers: here’s a new Chrome extension that works as a visual inspector and interface editor.
— This is a relevant and concise write-up of ethics in front-end development. I believe it is critical to apply ethics before doing work so that we can think through the consequences of our code and designs.
— Since I am newly graduated and feeling extra reminiscent of my time at school, I thought it would be fun to share the story of how I got into my field. Below is a condensed timeline of how I found my fit in web and user experience design.
— Extraordinary examples of what is possible in layout and animation in web design. With new tools like CSS Grid and other front-end techniques, it is an exciting time to be designing for the web!
— Discovered a new app today called Solis, a Live Design Output that integrates with code editors to deliver real-time, multi-viewport previewing of HTML, CSS, SASS, and LESS as you write it.
— Fontanello is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Firefox that lets you display the basic typographic styles of a text by right-clicking it.
— This essay by Frank Chimero is the smartest thing I’ve read about the web recently. In it, he argues “the web needs pockets of slowness and thoughtfulness as its reach and power continues to increase.”
— Excellent article by Carrie Cousins on the popular web design blog Webdesigner Depot. Efficiency is an incredibly valuable skill to have as a designer in my opinion.
— Incredibly handy article on CSS from web developer Mike Riethmuller.
— Discovered this interesting article on ratings system design via Smashing Magazine’s Twitter feed. Personally, I love Foursquare’s venue rating system because it feels nuanced enough while also using tips for further detailed recommendations.
— This article by Ruth Hamilton is a good primer on web design etiquette.
— This is a really interesting article by Designlab that goes over the essentials of Bauhaus design. I thought the comparison between the Bauhaus School and contemporary web design was particularly great.
— I used to shy away from coding, but taking Web classes at my school has shown me how valuable of a tool code really is. As graphic designers, we should naturally reject these no-coding tools in favor of doing it yourself. Learning to code is not easy, but like the author says, “there’s no substitute for the real thing.”