Articles by Smashing Magazine from June 2015

A balanced composition feels right. It feels stable and aesthetically pleasing. While some of its elements might be focal points and attract your eye, no one area of the composition draws your eye so ...

  A balanced composition feels right. It feels stable and aesthetically pleasing. While some of its elements might be focal points and attract your eye, no one area of the composition draws ...

Prototyping is one of the best things that can happen within a project, yet it is extremely underutilized. Prototyping makes a project better suited to users, elevates user experience, increases the q...

  Prototyping is one of the best things that can happen within a project, yet it is extremely underutilized. Prototyping makes a project better suited to users, elevates user experience, inc...

Responsive images have been keeping us on our toes for quite some time, and now that they are getting traction in browsers, they come with a scary problem: the need to efficiently resize all our image...

  Responsive images have been keeping us on our toes for quite some time, and now that they are getting traction in browsers, they come with a scary problem: the need to efficiently resize a...

Galileo knew it. Every ancient culture that left traces of knowledge in their art knew it. Basic shapes compose the fundamental geometry of the universe. We can take credit for a lot of things, but hu...

  Galileo knew it. Every ancient culture that left traces of knowledge in their art knew it. Basic shapes compose the fundamental geometry of the universe. We can take credit for a lot of th...

It has been an exciting year for my team. Last year we kicked off a project using React, and over the course of the project we’ve learned a lot about React and Flux Facebook’s recommended...

  It has been an exciting year for my team. Last year we kicked off a project using React, and over the course of the project we've learned a lot about React and Flux Facebook's recommended...

  It has been an exciting year for my team. Last year we kicked off a project using React, and over the course of the project we've learned a lot about React and Flux Facebook's recommended...

  It has been an exciting year for my team. Last year we kicked off a project using React, and over the course of the project we've learned a lot about React and Flux Facebook's recommended...

I like to think of WordPress as the gateway drug of web development. Many people who get started using the platform are initially merely looking for a comfortable (and free) way to create a simple web...

  I like to think of WordPress as the gateway drug of web development. Many people who get started using the platform are initially merely looking for a comfortable (and free) way to create ...

While animation in Photoshop is not a new concept, it definitely has come a long way in the last few years: The Timeline panel has been overhauled, video layers have been introduced, as has the abilit...

  While animation in Photoshop is not a new concept, it definitely has come a long way in the last few years: The Timeline panel has been overhauled, video layers have been introduced, as ha...

Managing consistent, typographic rhythm isnt easy, but when the type is responsive, things get even more difficult. Fortunately, Sass maps make responsive typography much more manageable.Writing the c...

  Managing consistent, typographic rhythm isnt easy, but when the type is responsive, things get even more difficult. Fortunately, Sass maps make responsive typography much more manageable.W...

Free icons are always great to spice up our work with minimal effort. Today, we’re happy to release a free set of 40 sports icons in four styles and six formats. Each icon in this set comes in f...

  Free icons are always great to spice up our work with minimal effort. Today, we're happy to release a free set of 40 sports icons in four styles and six formats. Each icon in this set come...

There are only a handful of fundamental patterns that create all of the natural diversity around us. Natures patterns perform three basic tasks that get the work of the universe done by moving, storin...

  There are only a handful of fundamental patterns that create all of the natural diversity around us. Natures patterns perform three basic tasks that get the work of the universe done by mo...

Publishing content to the web is expensive. I know what you’re thinking: no, it’s not; it costs nothing, especially when compared to print. And you would be right, from a certain point of ...

  Publishing content to the web is expensive. I know what you're thinking: no, it's not; it costs nothing, especially when compared to print. And you would be right, from a certain point of ...

  Well, almost anything. We cant guarantee space shuttle journeys or going back in time, but we will put on a truly intimate, valuable and memorable event. Taking place on October 2021, Smas...

Animation, like any other facet of the web, must be designed. As web developers, we think about the effects of typography, layout, interaction, and shifting viewports, but when incorporating animation...

  Animation, like any other facet of the web, must be designed. As web developers, we think about the effects of typography, layout, interaction, and shifting viewports, but when incorporati...

No designer creates wow work 100% of the time. Theres no question that creating good design takes significant exertion, but generating the wow factor in your work can also be fairly effortless. Many d...

  No designer creates wow work 100% of the time. Theres no question that creating good design takes significant exertion, but generating the wow factor in your work can also be fairly effort...

  Here we are, halfway through the aught 10s and 2015. And the year still has quite a few conferences in store for us. 2015 has some surprises left in it. What consequences will speakers dra...

  Here we are, halfway through the aught 10s and 2015. And the year still has quite a few conferences in store for us. 2015 has some surprises left in it. What consequences will speakers dra...

We all aim to be as agile as possible in todays fast-paced web design world, while also remaining thoughtful of the end user and those we work with. After Effects is a great tool that enables us to qu...

  We all aim to be as agile as possible in todays fast-paced web design world, while also remaining thoughtful of the end user and those we work with. After Effects is a great tool that enab...

Web-based interactive experiences are widely used in the modern age for a variety of reasons, predominantly for the advertising of premium high-street products and services. After discovering the litt...

  Web-based interactive experiences are widely used in the modern age for a variety of reasons, predominantly for the advertising of premium high-street products and services. After discover...

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork, and as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a mat...

  We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork, and as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspirati...