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Software / 26 Oct 2021

Top Tools Every UI/UX Designer Should Know

Wondering which tools successful UXers use to design top-notch digital products?

From ideation to developer handoff, UX designers rely on a variety of programs to execute each phase of the product development process. If you’re getting started with UX design, you’ll need to know what these tools can do for you and when to use them.

Fledgling UXers can build hands-on experience with essential design tools through a bootcamp course like Springboard’s UI/UX Design Career Track. With a diverse lineup of UX tools in your pocket, you’ll be able to optimize your deliverables at each stage of the design process.

Read on to learn more about the top tools you’ll need to master to create wireframes, prototypes, and more.

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!

Business Card Templates / 20 Oct 2021

30+ Minimal Business Card Design Templates for 2025

A business card is more than just a piece of paper containing your contact information. It’s actually part of your brand identity that represents your work, skills, and who you are as a person.

If you’re not sure what type of business card is suitable for your brand, you can never go wrong with a minimalist business card design. Minimalist designs are a great way of showing off professionalism, your openness to new ideas, freedom to be creative, and how you’re different from others.

Crafting such a thoughtful minimal design is not easy. That’s why we’ve handpicked a collection of minimal business card templates for you to download. These templates are easy to edit and you can customize them all by yourself.

UX Design / 18 Oct 2021

How to Design a Paywall That Visitors Will Pay to Pass Through

Everything you create online has to have value for the user if you want them to engage with it. This is most important when you are asking visitors to give you something in exchange for content.

Whether your paywall asks for direct payment or just an exchange, such as pay with a tweet, the method you use in creating a paywall can be a factor in the success of subscribers or paid entries.

Here, we’ll look at different paywall options and value propositions you can use to help encourage visitors to pay to play on your website or mobile app.

Background Textures / 15 Oct 2021

25+ Best Floral & Flower Background Textures 2025

When it comes to designing wedding invitations and greeting cards, a floral background is a must-have flourish that helps you bring out the beauty in your designs. In this collection, we bring you some of the best floral and flower backgrounds you can use with such special design projects.

A background surrounded with beautiful flowers is not just a great way to make your designs look prettier but it’s also an effective way to present your creative designs like fonts, logos, and even to use with PowerPoint presentations.

We handpicked these floral and flower backgrounds with various styles and designs so that you can use them with different types of wedding invitations, greeting cards, blog headers, presentations, and social media post designs. See if you can find a background for your next project.

Business / 14 Oct 2021

Are QR Codes Making a Comeback? (+ How to Use Them Well)

QR codes – once dead by all practical standards – are back in a major way. The little block of squares that link your mobile device to a website has become the new norm in the (post) pandemic world of “contactless” everything. Scan and buy. Scan and sign up. Scan to pay now.

So, what do you need to know to use QR codes well now that users are more readily accepting this web technology?

Let’s dive back into QR codes.

Reviews / 13 Oct 2021

Indy: A Freelancing Platform With Everything in One Place

Freelancers rely on tools to help make work-life easier. That’s especially true for tools that relate to running your business – the less creative part of the job.

Indy is an all-in-one freelancing platform packed with the tools you need to get work done. It helps you out with everything from contracts and invoices, to calendars, chats, and proposals. All with a slick interface, and a seamless way of working with clients.

Here’s a look at how it works.

Adobe XD Templates / 12 Oct 2021

10+ Best Adobe XD Plugins 2025

Are you looking for ways to supercharge your workflow and make the most of your Adobe XD experience? Then you must try these Adobe XD plugins.

In this post, we look at some of the best Adobe XD plugins you can use to add cool new features to the UI/UX design software to improve productivity and simply get work done better, faster.

Adobe XD in itself is a great app. It’s not only free to use but offers a smooth platform for user experience and interface design. Even though the app is not perfect, you can make it much more useful and effective with just a few third-party plugins.

Check out the Adobe XD plugins we’ve handpicked below and see if you could find a plugin you’d find useful for your projects. They are all free to use.

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!

App Templates / 8 Oct 2021

20+ Best iOS App Templates (IPhone & Mobile Design Templates) 2025

Today we’re bringing you a collection of the best iOS app templates with modern and creative designs to help you find complete pre-built app solutions for your projects.

Whether you’re working on iOS app design for a startup, eCommerce store, website, or even making your own app to sell on the App Store, you’ll find plenty of fully coded app designs and concepts in this collection.

The best part is you can download and use each template on this list to quickly get started on your app designs. Some templates can even be used as frameworks to build unique iOS apps. They are fully customizable and comes with affordable price tags.

Software / 8 Oct 2021

How to Design for All Screen Sizes With Elementor’s Custom Breakpoint

Elementor has been making waves in the world of WordPress website design since its launch in 2016. Part of what makes this platform so appealing to creators is a constantly evolving set of features. As the web continues to transform, so too does the Elementor landscape.

Recently, in September 2021, Elementor released the latest version of its platform (3.4), which features a slew of updates to the feature set. Perhaps the most compelling change is the addition of new custom breakpoints – something Elementor fans have requested for a long time.

Elementor 3.4 updates your two existing breakpoint options to a total of 7 different solutions, two each for mobile and tablet users, and one each for desktop, widescreens, and laptops. Designers can now customize these designs however they choose to suit any screen size, making websites responsive, adaptive, and streamlined for any device.

UX Design / 7 Oct 2021

7 Ways Your UX Needs to Extend Beyond Your Website (And How to Do It)

User experience is a conversation that’s part of every website or app design conversation. It’s likely one of the first things you talk about when making choices about functionality, customer journeys, and visuals.

But do you talk about UX in the greater picture of designing your entire brand?

Your website or app UX needs to extend beyond the website and to everything else you produce in order to create a more consistent and unified brand presence. Thinking about user experience for all designed elements can help users connect brand materials visually and impact how people feel about your organization.

It’s time to start thinking about UX as a visual (and functional) extension of customer experience. (The examples here provide a good UX as a starting point that can extend to other parts of the brand design that you might already know. Think about how you connect their web user experiences to other elements you know them for.)