Designers
A collection of valuable articles for creative people who love to smartly make things nice to use.
Collection by Michael Musgrove
cssreference.io
CSS Reference - A free visual guide to the most popular CSS properties.
· A free visual guide to the most popular CSS properties. · Shared by 877, including Brad Brooks, Pascal Birchler, Ricardo Yasuda, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Kris Fannin, Kunal Bhatia, David Luescher, Alligator.io 🐊, Daniel Williams, Nils Hitze, Zain Fathoni, Stephen C Sanders, designshard, David Hellmann, Kam, René Clausen Nielsen, Dominik Grolimund, Mike Ivars, Helmi, Matthias Lampe
UX Collective
The ultimate guide to proper use of animation in UX
20+ min · · Nowadays it’s hard to impress or even surprise with an interface animation. It shows interactions between screens, explains how to use the… · Shared by 499, including Joe Lencioni, Gabriele, Matteo Fogli, AJ Ghergich, Fabricio Teixeira, ITNEXT, five5star // Design Graphique, laugri, designshard, Luca Longo, Michael Musgrove, Nick Babich, Alligator.io 🐊, Mohamed Azazy, von Moerenburgh, Kohei Asai, David Dias, Martin Stabe, David Hellmann, James Young
Tobias van Schneider
The best totally free web fonts & typefaces
4 min · · Quality, free web fonts are difficult to come by these days. The best place I could think to find them: Twitter. Beautiful typefaces are usually an investment, but that doesn't mean you can't find… · Shared by 285, including Brett Errington, Michael Musgrove, Rick Powell, Arne Keuning, tcherno, Victor Lee, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Manas, Chris Messina, Niklaus Gerber, José Rodrigues, mastodon.social/@renestalder, Marius Bleuer, Beni Buess
UX Collective
7 design psychology tricks every designer should know
6 min · · Being an expert in interaction designing won't be enough for a product designer! · Shared by 212, including Matthias Lampe, Johannes Dornisch, Christoph Wilke, Michael Musgrove, Raúl Rey, Nick Floro, George Waititu, Jacob du Toit, Faik Ersoy
designsystems.com
Spacing, Grids and Layouts
7 min · · Learn how to define baseline grids, column grids, spacing and layouts. · Shared by 201, including Matt, figmadesign, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jacob du Toit, tcherno, Michael Zumstein, Gabriele, Helmi, David Hellmann, Michael Musgrove, mastodon.social/@renestalder, henrik
Smashing Magazine 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈
Best Practices For Mobile Form Design
20+ min · · Users can be hesitant to fill out forms. That is why it is our goal as designers to make the process of filling out a form as easy as possible. In this article, I’ll share a number of practical techniques that are bound to help you design effective forms. · Shared by 183, including Mark Kaigwa, Chris Love - PWAs 📳📱& SEO 🔎, Daniel Bentes, Michael Musgrove, Leslie D, Thomas Eichmann, Jacob Jarnvall, Kohei Asai, Matt, fernand0, Tableless, Dirk Spannaus, Thomas Kaul, Christian P. Stobbe, Kim Schläpfer, David Hellmann, Casey Smith, Gabriele, Nick Babich
Dribbble
Why consistent writing makes you a better designer
6 min · · Believe it or not, there are many similarities between writing and design. Read about the different ways writing can help you improve your skills as a designer in your career and get some tips for… · Shared by 175, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Rick Powell, Ines Bieler, Michael Musgrove, Niklaus Gerber, Katja Evertz, CSS Weekly, Tom Connor, Neil Hart 💙, Oscar MacDonald, Oliver Reichenstein
figmadesign
The birth of Inter
10 min · · How the new open source typeface used by GitHub and Mozilla came to be · Shared by 164, including Veerle Pieters, yawniek 📯, Jitendra Vyas, Steve Schoger, Ines Bieler, Benny Schudel, Julien Bilger, Pete Skomoroch, Joe Lencioni, Michael Musgrove, David Hellmann
A List Apart
Never Show A Design You Haven’t Tested On Users
20+ min · · User testing is a necessary part of the design process, not a luxury. · Shared by 158, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Daniel Lawniczak, amandakern, Alligator.io 🐊, Matthias Sala, Balthasar Glättli🌻 🕊, Davo ⚡, Michael Musgrove, Thomas Kaul, Reto Laemmler, Courtney Bolton ★, stephtara@octodon.social, Dominik Grolimund, Greg Meyer, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Jacob Jarnvall, Stephanie A Kowalski, designshard, mastodon.social/@renestalder
HubSpot
The Ultimate Guide to Email Design
· Discover how email design can help you effectively reach your target audience, boost conversions, and build long-term relationships with prospects and customers. · Shared by 123, including sascha aßbach, Carlos Gil, Clemens, Drew McLellan (he/him), Jacob du Toit, Oscar MacDonald, Jonathan Kogan, Mike Taylor, Tony Hughes, Gail Gardner, Oliver Raduner, Michael Musgrove, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Pam Didner
InVision
A Comprehensive Reading List for and by Designers
· Being big bibliophiles here at InVision, we asked some of our favorite designers to recommend the book that inspired them the most this past year. Check out the 75 most popular answers and the top designers who recommend them, plus 5 inspiring periodicals. · Shared by 103, including Christian Hartmann, Michael Musgrove, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Courtney Bolton ★, Thomas Kaul, Dominik Grolimund, Arin Basu
blog-en.tilda.cc
Common webpage design mistakes
17+ min · · Simple layout and design tips to help you create a stunning webpage · Shared by 98, including Matt, Joona Tuunanen 🇫🇮, Bernhard Huessy, Clemens, Thomas Kaul, Selim Imoberdorf, Atul Pradhananga, David Hellmann, Dominik Grolimund, Michael Musgrove, Andreia Costa 🇵🇹, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator
framer.com
Why the Box Model is Integral to Web Design
7 min · · Understanding the technical basics of web will make design and handoff considerably smoother. · Shared by 81, including tcherno, CSS Weekly, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Musgrove, Benoist Lawniczak, Fabricio Teixeira, Boris Périsset
gradientmagic.com
Gradient Magic
· A gallery of fantastic and unique CSS Gradients. · Shared by 79, including Michael Musgrove, Alligator.io 🐊, Stef Walter, 6clicks | John Robert-Nicoud, sascha aßbach, Oliver Raduner, Mohamed Azazy, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, David Hellmann, Veerle Pieters, Moritz von Hase, henrik
CSS-Tricks
Introducing Sass Modules
10 min · · Sass just launched a major new feature you might recognize from other languages: a module system. This is a big step forward for @import. one of the · Shared by 78, including David Hellmann, Michael Zumstein, Rob Dodson, Michael Musgrove, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Rodrigo Noales
cassie.codes
Creating my logo animation
5 min · · Last week I posted my new logo animation on twitter.Amongst everyone saying a ton of lovely things, (thankyou) there was a resounding cry of "tutorial". So I'm going to try and break it down for you.… · Shared by 68, including tcherno, Veerle Pieters, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Design Shack, sascha aßbach, Michael Musgrove