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Layouts / 4 Dec 2024

Breaking the Grid: When and How to Go Off-Grid in Design

Picasso, Monet, Van Gough, and modern-day artists like Banksy are known for breaking the rules and redefining the standards of art.

These artists proved that sometimes, you need to break the traditions and rules to create more memorable and dynamic designs. Even today, you’ll see this to be true in both print and digital designs.

Designers are encouraged to follow the rules and use grids to create well-structured and “effective” designs. However, this also puts restraints on creativity.

So, is it safe to go off-grid when creating designs? When should you use a grid-based design? What are the pros and cons? Let’s find the answers.

Layouts / 3 Dec 2024

Hierarchy Hacks: Guiding the Viewer’s Eye With Purpose

Hierarchy is an important part of many aspects of our lives and the same can be said about hierarchy in design.

Visual hierarchy plays an important role in creating designs that are not just beautiful but also functional. Without the right balance of size, color, and spacing, a design will become cluttered, confusing, and chaotic.

Today we take a deep dive into the topic of hierarchy in design to learn the importance and usefulness of visual hierarchy. We also share a few tips on how to use hierarchy to make designs that communicate effectively with the users.

Let’s get started.

Layouts / 26 Nov 2024

Negative Space: The Art of Letting Your Designs Breathe

Negative space is one of the most effective methods used in all forms of design to create focus and attention as well as bring things into perspective.

When used properly, negative space can help you create winning designs that are not only clear and simple but also more user-friendly.

The Google Search homepage is a popular example of effective use of negative space. For more than 25 years, Google maintained a simple design with nothing but its logo and a search bar surrounded by white space, while most of its competitors like Yahoo and Bing used cluttered designs filled with images and links.

This minimalist design helped more users navigate search engines at a time when the technology was new. And even today, it’s part of the reason why nearly 90% of people prefer Google over other search engines. Because it’s simple, clean, straight to the point, and simply gets the job done without unnecessary distractions.

Let’s explore and find out how you can use negative space in your design adventures.

Graphics / 18 Jun 2024

10 Web Design Trends We’re Already Over

Design trends play a big role in moving the web design industry forward. However, most of the new web design trends usually fade away as fast as they appear.

It’s part of innovation. As technology evolves better and more creative trends appear. And we replace the old trends with those newer design trends. The problem is, sometimes we forget to let go of those old design trends.

So in this blog post, we share with you some of the outdated web design trends that need to go away. These design trends are no longer relevant and some of them could even lead to major issues with website functionality.

See if you’re still using any of these design trends.

Graphics / 19 Apr 2024

Figma to WordPress: Tips, Tools & Advice

Making your own WordPress themes used to be a complex process that only the most skilled web developers were able to do. But, when using Figma, this process becomes just as simple as setting up a WordPress website.

One of the most powerful features of Figma is its third-party plugin support. There’s so much you can do with them, including the ability to convert your designs into fully functional WordPress themes without even having to write code.

Today, we take a closer look at the process of taking your designs from Figma to WordPress and see how it works. We also lined up some useful tips, suggestions, and a quick guide on how to get started.

Let’s dive in.

Shopify Themes / 16 Apr 2024

35 Beautifully Designed Shopify Themes for 2025

There are over 3.7 million online stores built on Shopify. If you were to explore some of these stores, they would mostly look the same since many of these stores still use the default free themes.

The key to building a successful Shopify store that drives continuous sales is to use a high-quality and professional theme that makes your shop look more authoritative and memorable. Today, we’ll help you achieve that goal.

In this post, we showcase some of the best and most beautifully designed Shopify themes you can use to setup an online store that stands out from the crowd.

The visual appeal of the theme design is important but we also made sure these themes have proper layouts that boost engagement and responsive designs that look great across various devices and platforms. Rest assured, you can’t go wrong with any of these Shopify themes.

Layouts / 26 Jan 2024

10 Rock Solid Website Layout Examples

Layout can both be one of the easiest and one of the trickiest facets of web design. Sometimes a designer can bust out an amazing layout in minutes and sometimes that same designer can struggle for the better part of day with the same task.

Each project is unique and calls for a unique solution, but I’ve found it helpful to keep a few rock solid and incredibly versatile alignments in mind that I can bust out when I get stuck.

The ten layouts below should be enough to get you through even the worst cases of designer’s block when you can’t figure out the best way to arrange the content on your page.

Layouts / 4 Jul 2023

15+ Creative Website Header Design Examples + Tips

The website header, also referred to as the above the fold section, is arguably the most important part of a website. Mainly because it’s the first part of the website visitors see when they arrive on the website.

When it comes to websites, first impressions matter a lot. And the header section plays a major role in it. In fact, according to a study, the majority of website visitors only stay about 15 seconds on a website before they leave.

The header design of your website will play a key role in whether you can convince a visitor to stay longer than 15 seconds.

With the right header design, you can influence visitors to keep browsing the website. You can also design a header in a way that persuades visitors into taking action as well.

To help you find inspiration and learn a few tricks about effective header design, we handpicked some of the best website header design examples for your inspiration. These designs will surely help you make your own headers stand out from the crowd.

Graphics / 23 May 2022

Brutalism: A New Trend in Web Design

Some designs aren’t polished and clean. They are rough, jarring and ragged. Yet they still work and communicate effectively. This class of websites makes up the raw trend called brutalism.

While it is somewhat new to web concepts, it’s been around for decades as a popular technique for posters and art in the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Today’s brutalism is starkly different from what you are used to seeing … and that’s why it’s likely to catch your attention. Let’s take a look at what it is (and I’ll share why I’m already over it!)

Layouts / 6 Dec 2021

How Many Wireframes Do You Need? (Guide to Effective Wireframing)

Too often new website design projects start with a little wireframe overload.

Creating dozens of wireframes to show a client at the start of the project doesn’t necessarily create better understanding; it can be downright overwhelming.

Like with many other aspects of design, wireframing is an art where, in many cases, less is more.

Here’s a look at how to wireframe more effectively and a guide to how many wireframes you actually need (plus, some ideas on which ones are the most important, and which you can probably miss!)

How to Design a Logo / 22 Oct 2021

What’s a Logo Grid, and Why Should You Use One?

So you need to design a logo. Where do you start? Shapes? Typography? A grid?

A logo grid or construction guide is a popular starting point for many designers looking to create a logo. The use of a grid system, especially for a design that might often render at extreme sizes – very large or small – can help you create something that has visual harmony, an organized aesthetic and purposeful design.

Are you in the middle of a logo design project? Learn about logo grids, typography, logo types and more in our in-depth guide on how to design a logo!

Graphics / 11 Oct 2021

7 Ways to Design for the Unexpected

What just happened? Why doesn’t that work? Does this look funny to you?

These are all questions you don’t want users to ask when interacting with your website design. But inevitably, they will. The unexpected happens all the time online. From users changing settings on their devices to slow browsing speeds, your role is to expect these unexpected challenges and offer a design solution… before they happen!

From dark mode to people taking an unexpected path through your website or app, we’re exploring lots of unexpected scenarios so you can plan for them in advance!