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“Don’t make users think”, states Krug as the first law of usability.
When creating a site, our job as designers is to get rid of all users' question marks. A site that isn’t self-evident will distract the user from the task at hand, costing them time and costing you money.
As part of our interview series on worklife + collaboration,
@cghnyc
partner Sagi Haviv shares his key to effective collaboration, his logo design envy, and his two cents that design is ultimately about ideas, not pretty graphics (though you should still "make it perfect") >>
Long before Pantone dubbed “Veri Peri” its color of the year, brands across the internet were using lilac purple to appeal to Gen-Z audiences.
Read how on Shaping Design >>
As part of our interview series on worklife + collaboration, MTV's VP of digital design
@Rich_Tu
shares his advice for making teams more collaborative, his proudest moment (which also had a high probability of failure), and why he normalized taking time off >>
Explore the stories of the next generation of digital designers—driving change on the web and in the world. Meet
@quinntonharris
,
@abigailcmuir
and
@annikaizora
in the new video series Design’s New Wave.
Watch their stories >>
Designing in teams can sometimes be challenging, unless you have the right tools.
With concurrent editing, you don’t have to wait for your turn to access the platform. You and your team can dive right into the editor at the same time, and take your creations to the next level.
Bruno A. Cintra's portfolio homepage is seemingly straightforward, but its vibrant, moving background serves as a subtle hint to his unique visual style.
Explore his gorgeous design projects at -
#CreatedOnEditorX
How do you collaborate with a hybrid or remote web design team?
We break down three things you can implement right now for smoother processes and more effective collaboration — no matter where your team is located >>
In response to industrialism, the Art Nouveau movement replaced the practical designs of the 1800s with flowery compositions inspired by nature.
Now, in a technologically-centric time where functional minimalism is king, Art Nouveau typefaces are a breath of fresh air.
Grow your skill set by learning responsive web design tactics from
@dribbble
& Editor X.
Join our Live workshop on October 27, 12PM EDT.
RSVP now for free >>
With Styled Buttons, you can further customize your button designs to make each one a perfect fit for every need.
Apply background images, use color gradients, add icons, change border styles, and more.
Start creating with styled buttons at
Sticky position has many applications beyond the humble navigation bar.
With Editor X, pin any element to the screen to keep it visible during scroll, then layer designs to bring visitors on a visual journey.
Widely used offline by designers to express creativity in the '90s, sticker inspired shapes are now highly popular online to draw attention to elements.
Play with this versatile trend to elevate the look of your designs by combining textures, shapes, typography and animation.
We know that solid relationships are the foundation of good design. That’s true for teams and web elements alike.
With CSS Grid, designers can enjoy creative freedom and precise control over how their creations relate to each other across viewports.
Designers have been embracing expressive type for a while now. But the swoopy, goopy type trend isn't just a reaction to a decade+ of stale start-up minimalism.
@perrindrumm
investigates the craze, and how the pandemic accelerated it >>
Good design is about more than aesthetics. The choices you make can also impact the bottom line of your business.
Carrie Cousins explains how to create websites that work for your clients’ needs.
Read more on Shaping Design >>
Responsive and adaptive web design both ensure that your site will look its best on any device or screen size.
Suzanne Scacca explains how these methods differ, and how to determine which one is right for your needs.
Read more on Shaping Design >>
Before taking the leap to launch her own studio, former
@Pentagram
partner
@astridstavro
chats with us about leading a design team, encouraging collaboration, and the one design skill that's underrated >>
Consider this your essential design research guide. Find everything you need to know about this critical part of the design process, including details on qualitative and quantitative research, usability session and interview how-to's, reports, and more >>
Your whole team can share feedback directly on the Editor X canvas.
With live comments, anyone working on the site can tag users, assign tasks, and resolve issues without leaving the editor.
Read more >>
Meet
@iamlirona
, award-winning designer and Associate Creative Director at BUCK.
In an interview on our blog, Liron talks to
@oliverlindberg
about her work process and creating powerful visuals.
Read more on Shaping Design >>
Concurrent Editing is not only about saving time—it revolutionizes the experience of creating together online. Working on a site simultaneously takes team collaboration to a whole new level, resulting in even better creations.
Look no further: the ultimate guide to responsive web design is here.
This mega guide covers everything you need to know, from basics and best practices to advanced instructions for creating images, type, and layouts that will look stellar no matter where the user sees it >>
In a world of crowded design & unskippable ads, users’ attention can feel overloaded.
While this trend is here to stay, designers can choose to respect the user, and subtle interactions are a great way to grab attention while helping users feel in control.
Have you ever felt like you reached the end of your creative rope?
Escaping a design rut can sometimes feel impossible, especially if you're focused solely on a problem—which limits our ability to think outside the box.
How do you break out of your design ruts?
Deciding how much to charge for a website is never easy.
How do you weigh factors like production cost, project scope, and skill level to reach a fair rate? We break it down with a complete guide >>
Did you know sunsets look better in winter?
When the air is cleaner and less humid, stronger, more vivid colors wash over the clouds, resulting in striking, inspiring sights.
Do you often get your inspiration from nature?
When building a website as a team seems like an impossible challenge, it's time to change the game.
Revolutionize how you work with your team online with Editor X, the first truly collaborative web creation platform.
Explore the full set of features >>
We rounded up the biggest trends you should look out for in 2022. And while we don't have a crystal ball, we did talk to experts.
See what made the list, and what industry leaders have to say >>
.
@microsoft
Chief Accessibility Officer
@jennylayfluffy
shares insight on how to make the web more accessible + how remote work can actually make collaboration more inclusive for people with disabilities, as part of our new interview series on collaboration and work life >>
As part of our interview series on worklife + collaboration,
@InneractProject
founder
@dlrowseom
shares his one-word advice for making a design team more collaborative, the difference between a good designer and a great one, and what makes design truly innovative >>
Designing a responsive website requires thinking in relative sizes and proportions rather than one fixed layout.
Nick Babich lays out everything that goes into its wireframes, breakpoints and more.
Read more on Shaping Design >>
Experience the new, granular roles and permissions options on Editor X. Since every design team is unique, these settings can be customized to suit each individual you work with >>
Web design, but make it fashion.
From Gucci to Fila, here are some of the best fashion websites online right now.
Know of others that should be on our radar? Comment below.
Responsiveness doesn't mean fitting all your content into different viewports. It's about the art of choosing what’s vital for your main objective.
When adapting your site to smaller breakpoints, keeping only the essential elements is the key to a frictionless experience.
Watch for Whales is a theatrical rock band from Israel, telling "stories from the deep."
The band's website perfectly represents that promise, revealing rich visual stories through every corner, starting from the unique first fold and continuing with every scroll.
Creating a positive bond between designers and developers can be a challenge - even if we don’t like to talk about it.
They see product design from different perspectives, but that’s not a bad thing.
Here’s a must-read on how these gaps come about, and how to bridge them >>
Think you know design? Take a tour of this in-depth
@dribbble
survey where over 13,500 creators shared their insights on how the industry changed in 2021—built using Editor X.
2021 is coming to a close and after revisiting the trends that shaped this year in design - it's time to look inwards.
What did you learn about web design in 2021?
Share your wisdom in the comments below and let’s make 2022 even more creative.
Design in 2021 has been all about gradients, expressive type, and visual nostalgia. But another micro trend has been brewing over the past few years that calls back to a much earlier era—ancient Greece.
Find out why Greco Roman bust motifs are reappearing in digital design >>
You wouldn’t build a house without a blueprint, so why build a website without a wireframe?
Wireframes are an essential component to any well-designed website—they map out its framework and give you a template of what it will look like. Learn all about it >>
Hover effects let creators lend more meaning to their designs. By revealing new visuals to users as they hover over elements, designers can communicate multiple messages in a limited amount of space.
Discover the full potential of hover interactions >>
The beauty in accent colors lies in the notion that less can be so much more.
When you use them sparingly, but accurately, they can be the most impactful colors in your palette — like this yellow dot that easily stands out, however small.
Inspiration can strike at any time, but keeping track of good ideas can be a challenge. Is your monitor covered in sticky notes? Do you use Pinterest boards? Or do you live on Dribbble?
Comment below to share your tips for designers who want to keep tabs on what inspires them.
With concurrent editing, teams can now work on the same Editor X site side by side in real time. Users can see where others are editing, and all changes are automatically visible to everyone.
Explore the full set of collaboration features >>
When words can't say enough, mood boards come to save the day.
This inspiring board by Linor Pinto combines bold typography with a delightful cold color palette.
Light vs. Dark mode is not just a question of look, but of time as well.
Research shows that dark themes are recommended for long-form reading such as magazines, while lighter themes perform better for quick experiences, like this smooth eComm design by Linor Pinto.
"When a type design is good it is not because each individual letter of the alphabet is perfect in form, but because there is a feeling of harmony and unbroken rhythm that runs through the whole design, each letter kin to every other and to all."
- Frederic Goudy
By visualizing user activity on a site, website heat maps serve as a valuable tool in analyzing performance.
@mjfdevelops
explains how to leverage heat maps to optimize your web designs.
Read more on Shaping Design >>
Dune isn’t just an epic movie. It’s a design event. We spoke to the production designer about his creative vision and how he brought it to life for the big screen >>
Emotional design is rooted in the undeniable link between emotion and memory.
If we want users to remember our designs, we need to make them feel something. Just like how red & green can bring you back to the joy you felt on Christmas Eve at grandma’s table.
“We can’t”—the 2 words no agency wants to tell their design client. Monday Media switched to Editor X, and now they don’t have to.
Check out their story and see how they’re able to build complex sites without sacrificing performance, functionality or design.
Publishing houses have been using splashy, bold, high-contrast book cover design to sell books on screens for years now.
At this point, it's fair to say the bookstagram trend has reached full tilt. So will book cover design find new online appeal? Find out. >>
New Feature Alert: Lottie animations are vector-based files you can use to add high-quality animations without weighing down your site.
By importing Lottie animations you can create unique, engaging pages that look great on any screen size.
Watch the tutorial >>
In design, no detail is irrelevant.
The power of web designers lies in their ability to push the boundaries of imagination within the boundaries of the screen.
What are some tiny changes that have made all the difference to your finished design?
Join our Collaborative Web Design Webinar to get workflow tips & best practices from the pros creating on Editor X.
September 13 | 11AM EST
@AIGAdesign
Accessibility is a critical part of any website. Make sure all users can easily (and delightfully!) navigate yours, with our web accessibility checklist >>
Here’s a site to keep you scrolling from sunrise to sunset.
This conceptual music festival site by Linor Pinto puts musical acts front and center in a large circle. The gradient fades from vivid mandarin to deep indigo like the sun setting on a day-to-night lineup.
Templates can accelerate website creation and take your brand to the next level, especially if they’re as sleek as this one, illustrated by Kobi Michaeli.
With a built-in form, online store, Repeater and sticky position behavior, see how you can customize it for your needs >>
With impeccable art direction,
#SquidGame
combines these otherwise generic shapes and injects them with a high dose of meaning to immortalize the pattern.
What are your thoughts on the design decisions of the show?
Design by Anita Goldstein
First, there was "dopamine dressing”: dressing in colorful, happiness-inducing hues. Now, the fashion trend is making its way to web design. Bright, bold, and vivid color palettes are all over the internet right now.
Read more >>
Follow Linor's tutorial on incorporating this unique 3D typeface on Editor X. It will guide you to create a visually stunning and futuristic experience.
Qiqito typeface created by inigo uriarte.
We see your true colors, every month of the year.
At Editor X, we want you to feel proud and celebrate diversity with this unique calendar created with our latest features. Check out the tutorial >>
Is your website healthy? Site Checker is a smart tool on Editor X that automatically scans your site for issues related to your design, accessibility, SEO and security. Learn more >>
Want to land the design gig of your dreams?
Here are 5 tips from leading designers at
@pentagram
, Editor X, and freelance web designer and educator
@bradhussey
on how to do it >>
Want a job in the metaverse? Here are 5 tips:
1. Learn web3 technologies
2. Get hands on experience with AR and VR devices
3. Experience virtual worlds
4. Understand what exactly you want to do in the Metaverse
5. Sell your skills
That's not everything—get all the details >>
Food packaging is making the web even more delicious.
Over the past few years, online social networks have become packaging’s dominant touchpoint—and popularized squishy, goopy, bulbous lettering in the process. Read more, by
@domesticetch
>>