Articles for category: News

RyanArnold

Stories Of August (2025 Wallpapers Edition)

Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers might be for you. The wallpapers are designed with love by the community for the community and can be downloaded for free! Enjoy! Everybody loves a beautiful wallpaper to freshen up their desktops and home screens, right? To cater for ...

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đź—ž Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

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Start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution

The Core Model is a practical methodology that flips traditional digital development on its head. Instead of starting with solutions or structure, we begin with a hypothesis about what users need and follow a simple framework that brings diverse teams together to create more effective digital experiences. By asking six good questions in the right ...

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đź—ž Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

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Working With Shadow DOM

Web Components are more than just Custom Elements. Shadow DOM, HTML Templates, and Custom Elements each play a role. In this article, Russell Beswick demonstrates how Shadow DOM fits into the broader picture, explaining why it matters, when to use it, and how to apply it effectively. It’s common to see Web Components directly compared ...

RyanArnold

đź—ž Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

RyanArnold

Designing Better UX For Left-Handed People

Today, roughly 10% of people are left-handed. Yet most products — digital and physical — aren’t designed with it in mind. Let’s change that. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a friendly video course on UX and design patterns by Vitaly. Many products — digital and physical — are focused on “average” users — a ...

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An Holistic Framework for Shared Design Leadership

Picture this: You’re in a meeting room at your tech company, and two people are having what looks like the same conversation about the same design problem. One is talking about whether the team has the right skills to tackle it. The other is diving deep into whether the solution actually solves the user’s problem. ...

RyanArnold

đź—ž Easily improve your Web Design with AI

Hey Designers! 👋   This week we have: balanced web design sustainable websites 5 css tips easier layouts and more… Symmetry is the simplest way to achieve balance, but balance and symmetry and not the same things! Matt Brunton encourages you to stop centering everything, and shows you why and how to create asymmetrical layouts. ...

RyanArnold

Why Designers Get Stuck In The Details And How To Stop

Designers love to craft, but polishing pixels before the problem is solved is a time-sink. This article pinpoints the five traps that lure us into premature detail — being afraid to show rough work, fixing symptoms instead of causes, solving the wrong problem, drowning in unactionable feedback, and plain fatigue — then hands you a ...