Articles by Web Designer Depot from September 2016

Being a freelancer means that youve chosen a different type of lifestyle. If you work at home, then youre not rushing to fight traffic every morning. Youre probably not wearing formal attire. Most lik...

Whats new for designers, September 2016 In this months edition of whats new for designers, weve included productivity apps, email apps, free icon sets, UI galleries, color tools, CSS frameworks, stock...

In this months edition of whats new for designers, weve included productivity apps, email apps, free icon sets, UI galleries, color tools, CSS frameworks, stock image tools, and more. And as always, w...

For those of us familiar with brutalism on the web, we dont necessarily look at it as a favorable design choice. Thats because it violates a lot of the best practices of todays web-design standards, i...

ClickSend are well known for their online SMS capabilities, and have now expanded their service by adding a heap of new products including MMS, Email, Voice, Fax, and even physical Post, to anywhere i...

More and more companies are constantly chopping and changing their design direction and user interface in a battle to stand out. Many are employing large teams of user interface designers to work on p...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Hot on the heels of the acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft this year and the redesign of the companys iOS and Android apps last year, LinkedIn will be debuting a new desktop experience. In a recent ...

Theres something about the worlds greatest cities that makes them instantly recognizable. Whether its a red double-decker bus or a yellow taxi cab, whether its an iconic opera house or a unique pastry...

Mozillas rebranding project has been going on the entire Summer. Now, as we head into the Fall, the companys rebranding objective is nearing the final stretch. Its heading into the long-awaited design...

Adobe is going all out with their stock photo service. After integrating it with their CC applications, announcing plans to revolutionize the stock industry, and printing stock photos on t-shirts, we ...

Theres no doubt that you want your website to look fabulous, with stunning images and a sharp graphic design. But, to paraphrase The Little Prince, what is most essential is often invisible to the eye...

Welcome, readers! Its time to look at portfolios again, and boy did minimalism make a comeback. Well, it would have, had it really gone anywhere. But where the past month or so have brought us a bruta...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

In Version 3 of Adobes Photoshop Express, the apps entire interface gets a design makeover. This is a milestone of sorts since Photoshop Express rarely gets a redesign. In fact, the last time it was o...

When Adobe announced it was moving into the stock image market, the biggest benefit it brought to the table was tight integration with its Creative Cloud suite of applicationsthe ability to search for...

There is now a clothing line for all of us, everyone. Its just a line of t-shirts, really, but the imagery is something everyone can relate to. This is because everyone is represented in almost suspic...

Email is far older than the web; introduced in 1972, anyone whos ever tried designing for email can be forgiven for assuming that it hasnt had an update since. Its still routine for layout in email to...

Did you know that the term onboarding comes from the HR department and refers to new hires acquiring necessary skills and knowledge in order to effectively join the company as a new employee? It event...

Clients drag their feet. You know they need a designer. They know they need a designer. Its something you both have discussed, so why are they hesitating? Youve been negotiating with them for almost a...

In this months edition of whats new for designers, weve included productivity apps, email apps, free icon sets, UI galleries, color tools, CSS frameworks, stock image tools, and more. And as always, w...

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep tr...

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Who doesnt love to travel? Whether its the charms of a Paris caf, or the heights of Machu Picchu, we all love getting away from the daily norm. So were delighted to be able to bring you this awesome s...

At long last, Adobe has discovered the text editor. Yes, Im kidding, but lets not lie to ourselves; the main feature of the DW series has always been the drag n drop editor. Sure, you could use it as ...

Hot on the heels of the latest Vivaldi release, the freeware web browser unveils another round of updates to improve the user experience even further. Taking control seems to be the theme of Vivaldi v...

2016 marks my twentieth year as a web designer. While its crazy to think that so much time has gone by, its downright cringe-worthy to think of the sites I designed back then. Seriously, some of them ...

Elegant Themes released Divi 3.0today.Its the largest update of their flagship WordPress theme until now. Divi 3.0 introduces a new way for site owners to create WordPress pages visually on the front-...

Email marketing might be one of the most effective ways of reaching out to your prospects with your marketing campaigns. But what about keeping them hooked to your brand? This has always been a challe...

Its that time again. Heres this months collection of the best free stuff for designers. Weve got fonts, icons, brushes, templates and few extra little tools to make life that bit easier. Browse throug...

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Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great ...

Every single designer reading this runs a blog, or at the very least a Medium account; around 5% (wildly anecdotal statistic) actually post on it. Most designers reading this speak at conferences, or ...

Framer is a really powerful tool that can prototype anything you can think of but if you take a look at Framers Gallery youll quickly notice something: Out of their 54 examples, 48 of them are apps, 4...

Marketing is a waste of time.At least thats how it feels for many designers. Theyre not getting enough traffic, clients or sales. In fact, everything about getting customers feels like a slog. It feel...