(Free) Services
Logo Creation: Fast, Simple, Free With DesignEvo
Logo editors as web apps can be anything between great and terrible. DesignEvo goes into the direction of “great”, although it’s not perfect.
(Free) Services
Creative Fabrica: Hand-Made Artful Design Elements and Fonts
There are tons of design elements on the web. But if you’re not looking for something standard, you need to dig deeper. Creative Fabrica is a new go-to for your search.
Essentials
Subtle Backgrounds for Your Last-Minute Christmas Cards
Every year, Christmas time catches us completely off guard. Wasn’t it summer just a short while ago? Now, it’s only one more week to Christmas. Though the Advent season was ...
Design
What’s the Deal With Pantone’s Color of the Year?
Same procedure as last year, Ms. Sophie. Media reports the presentation of Pantone’s color of the year of 2018. Again, this is not much more than a free advertisement, with the ...
Plugins
WordPress: What You Need to Know About SaaS and Plugins
The SaaS trend has been going on for years. The developer likes it; the user is not that enthusiastic. Now, the trend is moving more and more towards the developers of WordPress ...
Design
What is Emotional Design and Why Should You Care?
In a way, emotional design is the upper class of modern design. And although the term is nothing new, there are not many competitors you can learn from.
Design
By Designers For Designers: Fontbase Organizes Your Fonts For Free
Straightforward font management is a must in the workspace of every designer. The free Fontbase provides just that and even has a couple more ideas to offer.
Design
Clipart for VR/AR: Google Poly Provides Free 3D Objects
Virtual reality can only succeed when it conveys a bit of realism through the use of three-dimensional objects. To free you from the burden of having to create all objects yourself, ...
Design
UI/UX: Faster Page Load Times With Skeleton Screens?
Recently the apps of larger providers tend to make their loading times seem shorter by displaying a basic frame of the actual layout first; the so-called skeleton screen.
Design
The Ugliest Fonts Are Used in the East of the USA
I’ll just say Comic Sans. If you have positive memories related to this font, please send me an email. You can imagine that I don’t expect a lot of mail on that.
Design
Free: InVision Studio Could Kill Adobe XD, Sketch, and Framer
You love Sketch, just got the hang of Adobe XD, or pay for Framer already? InVision Studio could still win you over.
Design
Web Standards Documentation: Microsoft Joins the Mozilla Developer Network
Microsoft is busily exporting documents that deal with web standards. Target of the export is the MDN, the Mozilla Developer Network. What gives?
Design
Fontplop: Free Mac App Turns Web Fonts Into Desktop Fonts
Life can be this easy. Drag your TTF or OTF over to Fontplop, and get a web font bundle consisting of WOFF2, WOFF, TFF, SVG, and EOT in return.
Design
Bubbly Backgrounds: Moving Backgrounds for Your Website
It’s not modern if it doesn’t move. Of course, this also applies to your website’s background. Bubbly Backgrounds are at your service.
Design
Tool Tip: Moving Letters With Anime.js and CSS
Animated font effects are real eye-catchers. Used correctly, they can enhance your design. Moving Letters provides you with 16 fantastic visuals.
Business Online
Print on Demand: Printify Now Lets WordPress Users Sell Shirts for $5.99
Print on demand with drop shipping is a way to monetize your brand. Now, Printify, one of the largest competitors, announced the integration of their service with self-hosted WordPress ...