Before you write for MailChimp, it’s important to think about our readers. Though our voice doesn’t change much, our tone adapts to our users’ feelings. This guide will show you how that works.

Humans love color. In kindergarten, everyone wants to have the biggest box of crayons or the largest selection of colored pencils. The fascination doesn’t wane with time, either. Colors convey messages, evoke emotions, and add brilliance to everyday things.

Allaboutux.org provides information about user experience (UX). The information on this site is collected from the UX community and is created and maintained by volunteers.

Cross device interaction patterns library by TLU IDLab

KeyCastr, an open-source keystroke visualizer.

Illustrissimo, créé en 1992 par Michel Lagarde, représente une large sélection d'illustrateurs européens, venus de tous les horizons.

The fundamental idea I want to discuss is the definition of an application’s UI as a pure function of application state.

Create prototypes that feel completely real, right from your desktop. Connect your iOS and Android device to preview your prototypes in full native fidelity. And the best part: Studio is completely free.

An open collection of communication tools used in design processes that deal with complex systems. The tools are displayed according to the design activity, the kind of representation, the recipients and the contents of the project.

Last week I enrolled in a GIGA-Mapping course held by Birger Sevaldson. Very inspiring and very interesting! GIGA-Mapping is a way of showing your process (think of it as a process tool) and using generative thinking instead of only descriptive thinking. GIGA-Mapping is proactively working with a subject: Think of everything as being super complex and try to unfold it. The point is to map until you start feeling silly and you’re mapping silly things. By doing this you are defining (and discovering) the boundaries of your project, and it also helps you spot those small things far out in the system that are easy to miss, but might have a big say in your work.

Designers across disciplines share strikingly similar approaches to the creative process, which we’ve mapped out as ‘the Double Diamond’.

This website was developed by the University of Cambridge, Engineering Design Centre (www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk) and sponsored by BT (www.bt.com).

The guidance and resources contained within reflect 12 years of inclusive design research, conducted by 3 successive i~design research consortia (www-edc.eng.cam.ac.uk/idesign3), funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk). The website itself was further by the KT-EQUAL initiative (www.kt-equal.org.uk).

Creating great typeface combinations is an art, not a science. Indeed, the beauty of typography has no borders. While there are no absolute rules to follow, it is crucial that you understand and apply some best practices when combining fonts in a design. When used with diligence and attention, these principles will always yield suitable results. Today we will take a close look at some the best practices for combining typefaces — as well as some blunders to avoid.

Every element on a web page exerts a visual force that attracts the eye of the viewer. The greater the force, the more the eye is attracted. These forces also appear to act on other elements, imparting a visual direction to their potential movement and suggesting where you should look next.

Search the world's architecture & the products behind it.

Гер­рит Но­ор­дзей — вы­да­ю­щий­ся гол­ланд­ский шриф­то­вой ди­зай­нер, ти­по­граф, те­о­ре­тик и пе­да­гог. С 1960 по 1990 год ру­ко­во­дил кур­сом шриф­то­во­го ди­зай­на в Ко­ро­лев­ской ака­де­мии ис­кусств в Га­а­ге. В кни­ге «Штрих. Те­о­рия пись­ма» сум­ми­ро­ва­ны ре­зуль­та­ты прак­ти­че­ских за­ня­тий Но­ор­дзея и его уче­ни­ков в ака­де­мии. Зна­ме­ни­тая те­о­рия пись­ма охва­ты­ва­ет ряд важ­ных для шриф­то­во­го ди­зай­на по­сту­ла­тов — от по­ня­тия бе­ло­го про­стран­ства в сло­ве до по­дроб­но­го раз­бо­ра дви­же­ния штри­ха с ма­те­ма­ти­че­ской точ­ки зре­ния. Впер­вые опуб­ли­ко­ван­ная в 1985 го­ду в Ни­дер­лан­дах, кни­га бы­ла пе­ре­ра­бо­та­на ав­то­ром в 2005 го­ду и с тех пор пе­ре­ве­де­на на ан­глий­ский, фран­цуз­ский, ита­льян­ский, ис­пан­ский и дру­гие язы­ки. В 2013 го­ду кни­га вы­шла в пе­ре­во­де Ири­ны Смир­но­вой в из­да­тель­стве Дмит­рия Аро­но­ва. С его лю­без­но­го со­гла­сия мы пуб­ли­ку­ем фраг­мент из кни­ги — пер­вую гла­ву «Бе­лое про­стран­ство в сло­ве».

A comprehensive guide to the anatomy of type.

Ideas, issues, knowledge, data — visualized!

Inklet allows your trackpad to emulate a pen tablet. When you’re using a Pogo or a Force Touch trackpad, Inklet even provides pressure sensitivity.

A comprehensive handbook on digital design covering much of our collective knowledge and process