Trends in typography seem to evolve more quickly than many other design trends. For a long time, website designers stuck to font palettes packed with sans serif typefaces. But that feels like ancient history now! Today’s range and variety of web fonts make for much more interesting design possibilities, font pairings, and visual themes. We’re […]

After shutting down our first design system late 2018 we built a new and improved design system from the ground up.Back in 2018, when I started my job at WebNL, I was asked to look into ways to improve the bridge between design and development within our company. I came up with a system that automatically extracted design tokens from Sketch designs and translated them into SCSS variables. This wa...

A (somewhat) new methodology that helps UX designers and researchers design cross-culturally. Co-Written by Mark Szabo, PhD.Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to build a design system out of React componentsScreens from the GOV.UK design systemOne of the most exciting developments in design for me in the past few years was the launch of the GOV.UK design system. Of course, the real power of a design system comes from the community of designers who maintain it, but GOV.UK does so much right that it made me want to raise the bar on my own projects.I ...

One of the most powerful tools we have in web design is consumer and industry data. Its like a gauge that tells us whether were still heading in the right direction or its time to change course and adopt a new strategy or approach. Unless youre combing the web for the latest news and reports […]

Writing a world-class web design proposal can sometimes feel like pulling teeth. After all, you got into freelance web design to spend time designing great […] The post How to write irresistible web design proposals that win clients appeared first on GoDaddy Blog.

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State of UX in 2020Back in 2006, Google Docs changed the way we collaborate: no more attaching files to your emails. A similar transformation is now happening with design files, and we are finally able to streamline our workflow while collaborating with more disciplines in real time.File management has always been a popular topic within the design community, from jokes about the way we label our ...