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Top 10 Web Design Trends for 2025

Carrie Cousins — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 12:21:00 +0000

Now that we are fully involved in 2025, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on some of the things happening with website design. There are a handful of web design trends for 2025 that are genuinely shaping the landscape and will likely be something you consider or get a request to do this […]

Breadcrumbs Are Dead in Web Design

Noah Davis — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:25:00 +0000

Breadcrumbs, once a staple in web design, have become obsolete in today's non-linear, context-driven web, where dynamic and personalized navigation systems take precedence. Modern navigation focuses on intelligent, search-first, and adaptive solutions that better cater to user needs and expectations.

Blast from the Past: Grumpy Cat: From Viral Fame to Cultural Icon

Simon Sterne — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:10:17 +0000

Grumpy Cat, famous for her permanent scowl, captured the internet’s heart with her relatable and sarcastic meme captions. Her rise to fame turned her into a beloved cultural symbol of frustration and humor that still resonates today.

10 New Year’s Resolutions Every Web Designer Will Definitely Break

Simon Sterne — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:44:00 +0000

Web designers make New Year’s resolutions with the best intentions, but let’s face it—they’re destined to fail hilariously. From messy file names to endless font choices, we embrace the chaos and keep designing anyway!

How to Start a Creative Venture With No Money

Louise North — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Starting a creative venture with no money can be challenging, but it's definitely possible with the right approach and mindset.

Meaningful Ways to Measure Website Success

Louise North — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Your website is often the first thing people see, where they go to learn more about you, get information, or even make a purchase. But just having a website isn’t enough; you’ve got to make sure it’s doing its job and helping you reach your business goals. This is where figuring out how to measure […]

How to Write World-Beating Web Content

Louise North — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Writing for the web is different from all other formats. We typically do not read to any real depth on the web; we scan-read.

What Negative Effects Does a Bad Website Design Have On My Business?

Dmytro Spilka — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Consumer expectations for a responsive, immersive, and visually appealing website experience have never been higher. In fact, 72% report that a badly designed website affects their opinion of a business. If your website is badly designed, you may lose potential customers, waste money, increase bounce rates, decrease conversion rates, and damage your search engine optimization (SEO) rankings.

20 Mind-Bending Illusions That Will Make You Question Reality

Robert Reeve — Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Mind-bending videos. Divisive Images. Eye-straining visuals. This list of optical illusions has it all. Join us as we melt our brains with 20 of the greatest optical illusions of all time.

5 Web Design Disasters That Will Ruin Your 2024

Louise North — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Welcome to 2024, where web design is as fast-paced as ever. You know how crucial a killer website is nowadays — your online handshake, 24/7 billboard, and usually the first hello to your customers. But with all these rapid changes, it’s tough to keep up, right?

7 Predictions for Web Design in 2024

Ben Moss — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 05:30:00 +0000

At this time every year, we like to make some predictions of what the coming 12 months will be like for web designers.

10 Easy Ways to Make Money as a Web Designer

Louise North — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:30:00 +0000

When you’re a web designer, the logical way to make money is designing websites; you can apply for a job at an agency, work in-house at a large company, or become a freelance designer selling on sites like Upwork or Fiverr.

The 20 Most Controversial Logos of All Time (Ranked)

Robert Reeve — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:30:00 +0000

When you hire graphic designers to create your company's logo, what do you expect? Professional designs, culturally sensitive icons, creativity, and originality don't sound like too big an ask. Unfortunately, these brands got more than they bargained for.

Ridiculously Challenging WordPress Quiz

Nancy Young — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:30:00 +0000

I bet you didn’t know that WordPress is the world’s most popular website builder and content management system (CMS).

Quiz: The Super-Difficult Website Speed Quiz

Louise North — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 18:30:00 +0000

Users expect websites to load quickly. As a result, companies like Amazon and Target spend millions of dollars optimizing their sites to make them load as fast as possible because there is a direct correlation between site speed and conversions. Websites typically don’t have load bars, so a user waiting for a site to load […]

Are You Undercharging for Web Design Services?

Louise North — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 18:30:00 +0000

The hardest part of designing websites for a living is setting your prices. Setting a fair price for your services is something that nearly all of us struggle with. If you’re lucky, you’re part of an agency that has experienced design leads who can assess projects objectively. But if you’re a freelancer — or if […]

Quiz: The Infuriating IE Quiz

Louise North — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:30:00 +0000

This week, Microsoft officially ended support for Internet Explorer. Victorious in the first browser war with then-rival Netscape Navigator, IE was only finally surpassed by Google’s Chrome. Whereas once huge numbers of sites would warn users to switch to IE, by the end Microsoft’s biggest app was a virtual pariah. Over the course of its […]

Helvetica: Overused Cliché or Modernist Classic?

Patrick McShane — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:30:00 +0000

Few fonts in the world have become a part of the cultural landscape that they have an entire documentary film and a MOMA exhibition made about them. Helvetica, however, is different. It has been the go-to font for everyone from government agencies to hip pop-up shops whenever clean and modern text is called for. It […]