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  • 2011 in review: 20 CSS sites that rocked!

    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
    By Peter Gasston on

  • Applying micro-level design criteria

    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
    By Robert Hoekman Jr on

  • Die a designer: 10 steps to a long career

    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
    By Christopher Cashdollar on | 11 comments

  • 10 things your clients need to know

    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
    By Jack Osborne And Paddy Donnelly on | 10 comments

  • Get to grips with CSS3 multiple background images

    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
    By Prisca Schmarsow on | 15 comments

  • Create a set of beautiful social media buttons

    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
    By Rob Hampson on | 7 comments

  • Top 10 Photoshop productivity shortcuts

    Mark Murphy quizzes digital designers across communications agency Precedent to come up with a comprehensive list of top Photoshop productivity shortcuts and mixes in some of his own favourites

  • Improve your responsive design workflow with Sass

    Sass does not just help you maintain your style sheets. It can actually improve your responsive layout workflow and you don't even have to worry about the maths! Here Ryan Taylor explains how to build a reusable framework

  • The 10 principles of interaction design

    Chad Vavra, interaction design director at The Barbarian Group, rounds up 10 key rules that make good interaction designs and designers and that you need to understand before you can break them
    By Chad Vavra on | 1 comment

  • Aarron Walter on designing for emotion

    To mark today's launch of Designing for Emotion, Mandy Brown, co-founder and editor of A Book Apart, talks to Aarron Walter, user experience design lead for MailChimp, about finding the right personality for your product
    By Aarron Walter on

  • The insider’s guide to a successful website: build (part 2)

    Brighton-based agency Spook Studio has simplified the process of creating a website into three key stages. In part 2 of this series co-founder Laurence McCahill looks at the nuts and bolts of the project and comes up with 10 tips to ensure it runs smoothly
    By Laurence Mccahill on
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