Today Jon Hicks' much anticipated Icon Handbook, published by Five Simple Steps, is going on sale. We present an exclusive excerpt on creating favicons
With a wealth of online tools at your disposal, it’s easier than ever to build a bespoke web design toolbox, tailored to your every need. The Standardistas offer some ideas
What’s good for the developer isn’t necessarily good for the customer. Vince Allen, senior front-end developer at Lot18, gives the background on why responsive web design is the right focus for web development
Technology conferences increasingly release videos of their presentations online. Simon Willison, the co-founder and CEO of Lanyrd, presents 15 of the best of 2011
2011 was packed with media queries, standards-based animations and selectors, but what were the best CSS sites of the year? Web developer Peter Gasston, the author of The Book of CSS3, looks back at his favourites
Graphic designers who want to transition from print to web need to stop being scared of the 'tech boogie man' and make the leap. Jose Caballer presents seven steps to help you get off the fence and start making more money
When trying mobile design for the first time, not everyone has the time and resources to build a new mobile site or begin with a mobile first redesign. Kristofer Layon, author of the upcoming book Mobilizing Web Sites, explains how you can take mobile baby steps to design a decent mobile presentation for an existing site
Dieter Rams is one of the most important designers of the 20th century but his famous 10 principles for good design focused on industrial design. Here Lisbon-based designer Nuno Loureiro applies them to web design
Designers need to be planning for career longevity, says Christopher Cashdollar, creative director for Happy Cog. His 10 tips will get you thinking beyond the pixel and on a path towards long-term professional relevance
Clients sometimes need a little push in the right direction and be taught about the mysteries of web design. Paddy Donnelly and Jack Osborne, the brains behind Wee Nudge, address 10 touchy subjects to show you how to do it
Irene Pereyra, director of UX and strategy at digital agency Fantasy Interactive, rounds up 10 top tips to help you deliver an amazing interactive user experience
Writing micro-level design criteria for individual features can help you invent better solutions. In this example leading user experience specialist Robert Hoekman Jr explains how he established design criteria for Myspace and applied them
What if you could keep your HTML clean and still add a number of separate images to your design? Freelance front-end designer Prisca Schmarsow shows you how you can do this with CSS3 multiple background images
With huge attention to the subtle details, Rob Hampson (lead designer at Slipstream) takes you through the stages of using Photoshop to create a set of beautiful social media buttons and their fellow rollovers, with plenty of tips along the way
Keith Butters, chief experience officer and co-founder of The Barbarian Group, lists his top five web design clichés that he would like to never see on the internet again