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Business / 27 Sep 2022

How Often Do You Need to Redesign Your Website? (7 Ways to Know It Is Time)

Does it seem like as soon as you finally get your website design right, it’s time for a change?

You are not alone. With the speed at which technology – and design trends – are changing, that’s a common feeling. But how often do you really need a redesign? When do you know that it is time?

It’s a balancing act. You don’t want to waste resources on an unnecessary redesign, but equally you don’t want to fall behind and risk a dated online presence.

Let’s walk through the answers to those questions with some website template examples from Envato Elements to help jumpstart your design thinking.

Inspiration / 27 Sep 2022

20+ Best Wix Blog Templates & Examples (Create a Blog on Wix)

Setting up a blog using Wix is quite easy. In fact, it will only take you a few minutes to go from registering a Wix account to having a full-featured blog up and running.

The only task that will likely take up most of your time is finding a great template for your blog design. Because there are tons of templates in the Wix library. So we wanted to help you save your time by picking out the best of the best Wix blog templates for you.

In this post, you’ll find some of the most beautiful and professional-looking Wix blog templates you can use to setup a blog. There are many different styles of blog template designs in this collection so be sure to explore them all.

If you’re new to Wix, read the guide on how to create a blog on Wix at the end of the post.

PowerPoint Templates / 26 Sep 2022

50+ Best Minimal PowerPoint Templates 2022

Delivering a minimalist PowerPoint presentation can clearly convey your message, and remove any clutter. This collection of modern, minimal PowerPoint templates is a great place to start—they put the focus on you as the speaker, and what you have to convey!

These files are all fully editable and can be easily tweaked according to your needs. Most come with hundreds of example slides with graphs, tables, images, text, and more. They’re perfect for giving that next presentation a special touch.

Embrace the minimal design philosophy, choose a stunning PowerPoint template for your next presentation that has clean lines, subtle design, and a simple, professional look-and-feel.

Font Collections / 26 Sep 2022

50+ Best Condensed & Narrow Fonts of 2022

Contrary to popular belief, condensed and narrow fonts don’t make your text cramped or crowded. You just have to know the appropriate time and place to use the font. Condensed fonts are widely used these days for headlines and portraying bold messages, and when deployed in the right place, they can give stunning impact!

It takes a lot of testing and experimenting to find the perfect font for a design, but our tips for choosing and working with condensed and narrow fonts will help get you off to a great start!

Features / 23 Sep 2022

Font Collections

This is our series of beautiful, inspiring collections of fonts and typefaces. These articles feature bold poster fonts, decorative scripts, and everything in-between! Find the perfect font for your next design project with one of these collections.

Whether you’re looking for a particular type of font or a style of typeface that matches an event or theme, we’ve got you covered. Some of these fonts are free, others are included in an Envato Elements subscriptions, and many cost just a few dollars. The typeface makes the design, and these fonts can elevate your work to a whole new level!

Font Collections / 23 Sep 2022

20+ Best Horror Style Fonts (Horror + Scary Movie Fonts)

The font you choose for any horror-related project holds a lot of weight – both metaphorically and quite often physically on the page too. The fun you can have with typography design when it comes to horror is immense, because this is one theme that is far more extreme than most and can be handled accordingly.

Horror demands attention, aims to make your heart beat ever quicker in your chest and fill you with a range of emotions from fear, anxiety and stress, to sadness, strength, shock, mystery and more.

As a design theme it is the worst and the very best and there is no shortage of great fonts to help you conjure up the emotion you’re searching for.

In this article we’ve rounded up the best horror fonts we’ve found lurking in the dark for your scary projects.

Keynote Templates / 22 Sep 2022

60+ Best Free Keynote Templates 2022

Today we’re bringing you a collection of the best free Keynote templates for making all kinds of presentation slideshows, including business, creative, agency, and startup pitch decks.

Keynote is a great tool for making effective presentations. But, let’s face it, when it comes to the default templates included, your options are limited. Luckily you can still download and use Keynote templates made by other designers. For this collection, we handpicked some of the best free Keynote templates just for you.

Sure, these templates might not have the polish of premium Keynote templates you can spend a few dollars on. But, for the very low price of free, these will give you more than enough to design a stand-out slideshow.

Business / 22 Sep 2022

9 Tips for a Great Newsletter Signup Design

If newsletter signups are one of the desired conversions on your website, a great design is vital to achieving success. A clear, well-designed newsletter signup form will help draw attention to the element on the page, and encourage people to use it.

This form is often see as a small element in the overall website design, but it can pack a big punch. So don’t overlook it in your design process!

Here are nine tips to help you make the most of your email newsletter signup design.

Font Collections / 22 Sep 2022

20+ Best Nautical Fonts (Sea + Sailing Style Fonts)

The nautical style of design is one of the most popular trends used in many different types of designs, including logos, labels, greeting cards, and especially children’s designs.

A key element of a great nautical-themed design is typography. Whether it’s a sailing or pirate-style design, you need the right nautical font to make your overall design look the part.

Well, you don’t have to go anywhere to find the perfect font for your nautical design. We did the work for you. In this post, we feature a collection of fantastic nautical fonts. There are many different styles of sea, sailing, and pirate fonts in this collection to suit all kinds of design projects.

You’ll find both premium and free nautical fonts in this list. Be sure to download them all!

PowerPoint Templates / 21 Sep 2022

20+ Best Consulting + Management PowerPoint Templates

A killer presentation is the main weapon in a consultant’s arsenal. It’s the best tool you can use to convince and persuade clients of your skills and services. But you can’t do any of that with an ugly slideshow.

A beautiful and professional design is a must for every PowerPoint presentation. Especially when you’re trying to persuade an audience as an authoritative figure, you need carefully designed slides that live up to your reputation and brand.

This collection is all about helping you achieve that goal. We found the best consulting PowerPoint templates you can use to quickly and easily design better-looking slideshows for your consulting and management presentations.

Have a look and see if you can find a great template for your project.

Adobe XD Templates / 21 Sep 2022

30+ Best Adobe XD Icons + Icon Sets (+ How to Add Them)

One of the most commonly used elements in UI design is icons. As a UX or UI designer, you can never have too many icon sets in your collection.

If you’re looking for a cool new custom icon set to make your designs stand out from the crowd, we’ve got you covered. In this post, we bring you a collection of unique Adobe XD icons sets you can download and use right away.

With the help of our handpicked Adobe XD icons selection, you’ll be able to expand your library with more amazing icon sets to use with your professional and creative designs.

Reviews / 21 Sep 2022

Readymag: Create a Website Right in a Browser

Whether you are a beginner or an experienced web designer that needs to create a site that looks great with ease, Readymag has all the tools you need to do it right in your browser.

The design tool is made so you can create cool projects – including animations and trendy design elements – without any code right in your browser.

Here’s a look at Readymag and how it might work for your projects. (As a bonus, the example sites in this article were all created with Readymag!)

Figma Templates / 20 Sep 2022

20+ Best Figma Resume & CV Templates

If you’re looking for a quick, easy, and affordable way to create a resume, Figma is a great platform you can use for the task. It’s not only free to use but also works directly on your browser.

Since the app is free and cross-platform, Figma also has a very large community where users share design resources with others, including Figma resume templates.

We found some of the most amazing CV templates you can use in Figma to make a professional-looking resume for your job application.

This collection includes resume templates for all types of industries from graphic designers to UX designers, writers, developers, and more. The best part is most of the templates are free to use. Have a look!

Inspiration / 19 Sep 2022

40+ Best Free Adobe Illustrator Brushes 2022

If you’re looking for new and creative Illustrator brushes to expand your collection, you’ve come to the right place. In this post, we’re sharing a collection of handpicked and free Adobe Illustrator brushes in various categories.

Whether you’re an artist working on a new drawing or a designer enhancing a digital design, this list has all sorts of Illustrator brushes for everyone. Keep scrolling to explore the collection and be sure to download all the brushes. After all, they are free!

We’ve also created a quick guide on how to add brushes to Illustrator to help you out with installing these.