Five responsive web design pitfalls to avoid
There are number of nasty traps to avoid when making your site responsive. Brad Frost of R/GA reveals five of the biggest ones and how to sidestep them
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Five killer ways to use numerals
When done right, well-styled figures can add weight to a list or dramatic potency to data, says Matthew Smith -
Seven essential tips for design graduates
So, you're about to graduate and can't wait to find that first job? Digital designer Mark Murphy has some help at hand and compiles advice from his agency Precedent’s collective creative talent -
The top 25 browser tools for web designers and developers
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 -
Jump from graphic to web design in seven easy steps
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 -
20 things every mobile developer should know
Developing for mobile requires specific design considerations. These can vary greatly from what you're used to and it's easy to trip up, so here are a few of the things developer Paulo Fierro would like to have been told long ago -
15 fantastic data visualisations
Brian Suda, software developer, informatician and author of A Practical Guide to Designing with Data, presents some of the best and most beautiful visualisations on the web that are based on time, geography, sound data and more -
Big question: what do you love and hate about Facebook?
Facebook inspires strong emotions in many of us, so we asked our experts to tell us what they find most delightful and most despicable about the social networking giant -
Setting up a lab in your agency
Jon Lax, the co-founder of Teehan+Lax, discusses why the agency built a dedicated labs group, how they chose to structure it and what they have accomplished in their first year -
Dieter Rams' 10 principles of good web design
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 -
Five skills you need to make AB testing work
Multivariate and split testing can be crucial for sales conversions but how do you get the most out of it? Matthew Bird, the marketing man at Stinkyink.com, looks at five steps every designer need to go through -
2012 technology trends in marketing
In 2012, there will be two types of technology that will matter the most for brands, says Wunderman's Gregory Roekens: personal technology on the consumer side and marketing technology on the business side -
Five essential Google Analytics tips for web designers
Discover how to fuel your creativity with the wisdom of insight from Google Analytics, and unlock the true potential of your web design talent. Digital marketing specialist Iain Harper shows us how -
Big question: are vendor prefixes hurting the web?
There’s been a lot of controversy about vendor prefixes lately, but what do our panellists think? -
10 New Year’s resolutions for designers
Get the new year off to a positive start with these design resolutions -
Five killer ways to style lists
Lists are a common tool to keep our content concise and digestible. Matthew Smith looks at how to get them right -
2011 in review: the top five failed web launches
Susan Chadwick, co-founder of Edge Testing Solutions, looks back at her top five, well publicised web launch crashes and offers advice on how you can avoid the indignity of apologising to customers when your website falls over -
Create the perfect favicon
Today Jon Hicks' much anticipated Icon Handbook, published by Five Simple Steps, is going on sale. We present an exclusive excerpt on creating favicons -
2011 in review: 20 HTML5 sites that changed the game
This year HTML5 truly rocked. Oli Studholme, one of the HTML5 Doctors, runs through 20 of the best sites and covers semantics, audio, client-side web apps, canvas as well as SVG and WebGL and looks ahead to the future -
Eight ways to prepare your business for 2012
Mike Kapetanovic, founder of Reef Light Interactive, lists eight things freelancers and agencies should do to prepare for the end of the year and ring in the new one
