As designers, we are user advocates first and foremost. We need to understand what users want versus need before they ever encounter our designs. Once they do encounter it, they must first feel safe ...

Viral web design trends play a huge role in today's digital world. They boost user interaction and look good, too, often making companies more visible online. But knowing how to use these trends in ...

The article that introduced responsive web design to the world was published by Ethan Marcotte just over five years ago. In the short timespan since, responsive web design has gone from an interesting ...

Ryan Boudreaux reviews the design principle of alignment with some samples and tools. Alignment is the third part of the series on “Effective design principles for web designers.” The first two ...