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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.

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.

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!

Business / 16 Sep 2022

What Is a Design Brief: Templates, Examples & More

Anyone who’s ever submitted a proposal or tried to snag a design project has probably been asked to submit or create a design brief for the project. It’s a fairly standard practice but can often be intimidating, particularly if you aren’t used to it.

A good design brief is a tool that can help you and design clients get on the same page for projects and help them move along more smoothly.

You’ll outline deliverables and timelines so that clients are comfortable with your process.

Let’s break it down with some best practices, examples, and templates.

Trends / 15 Sep 2022

Design Trend: Neon Colors

The web is a little brighter right now. Neon colors are making a comeback. And we’re all for it!

From bright, neon yellow to other popping hues, this design trend is showing up all over the place on a variety of project types. What’s nice about neons is they have an upbeat happy feel – something the world seems to need.

Here’s a look at the neon colors design trend, with examples, and best practices for use.

Ditch the monochrome, get out your neon colour palette, and join us on a journey into the bright and vivid!

Figma Templates / 14 Sep 2022

20+ Best Figma Dashboard Templates (Admin Dashboard UI Kits & More)

Designing an admin dashboard is a sophisticated process that requires careful planning and, most importantly, teamwork.

Communication between the designers and developers is crucial to crafting the perfect dashboard UI that delivers the best user experience.

Although, most developers and designers often fail to communicate their ideas with each other. A great way to make this process easier is to use templates. With pre-made dashboard templates, you can show your ideas and concepts in visual form, even if you’re a developer without design experience.

Today we have a big collection of Figma dashboard templates for you. These templates are ideal for sharing your ideas with the team. As well as for designers to get a head start in your dashboard UI projects. Have a look.

Figma Templates / 13 Sep 2022

15+ Best Figma Persona Templates (For User Personas)

User personas are an important part of the user experience design (UXD) process. They provide insights that lead to making key design decisions that contribute to delivering the perfect user experience.

There’s a lot of work that goes into researching data to create user personas. But in UXD, that’s only one part of the process. You also need to present the data in a beautiful way to make it more appealing to clients during presentations. This is where persona templates come in handy.

With Figma persona templates, you can create stylish profile-like designs to showcase all your gathered data for a user persona in a more professional way.

All the work for these user persona templates has already been done for you. All you have to do is copy and paste the user data into the template. Pick a template and get started.

Accessibility / 12 Sep 2022

Pros and Cons of Live Chat in a Web Design

Live chat has become the go-to customer service solution for many websites. Users can log in and immediately “talk” with someone about whatever they need help with.

Live chats can be text-based or include a video call. The key reason it is used is to connect with customers immediately and help provide a better customer service experience. But there’s a catch – not all live chat is actually a conversation with a person.

Here’s a look at the pros and cons of live chat in your web design projects.

Mockup Templates / 3 Sep 2022

30+ Postcard Mockup Templates (Free & Pro)

Regardless of whether you’re designing a postcard for travel and tourism or business and marketing, there’s no denying that everyone loves receiving one of those small colored cards in the mail – as long as it looks good, of course! But how to make sure your design will look as good in someone’s mailbox as it does on your computer screen?

Mockups are the answer, and we’ve done the research for you and rounded up the very best postcard mockup templates from a range of graphic design sources.

We’ve included both free and premium options with a range of different styles and designs, to make sure there’s something for everyone – and they’re all ready to download instantly.

After Effects Templates / 1 Sep 2022

What Is Motion Graphics? Examples & Templates

Something weird has been happening in the world of design. Those static graphic designs you’ve been using on web and mobile designs have been coming to life.

No need to worry. It’s all because of this new style of animated designs that is taking over called motion graphics.

Motion graphics is considered to be the future of graphic design. It’s so popular that almost every website and mobile app now utilize some form of motion graphics on its user interfaces. Not just to make the designs look good but also to make them more interactive and encourage user engagement.

But what are motion graphics? How can you use them to make your designs better and more effective? Let’s find out.