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Google’s look, evolved
Today we’re introducing a new logo and identity family that shows you when the Google magic is working for you.
What we learned from designing 200 pitch decks
We have now worked with over 200 companies to help them impress investors and raise capital for businesses through designing pitch decks.
Old graph paper
I found an old pad of graph paper in my father's desk and was reminded of the days of plotting by hand.
Dropdowns Should Be the UI of Last Resort
All too often mobile forms make use of dropdown menus for input when simpler or more appropriate controls would work better. Here's several alternatives to drop...
Pure UI
The growing convergence of the designer and programmer roles by way of React
How I’d redesign piano sheet music
How I’d redesign piano sheet music UPDATE: five years later, I’ve finally published a follow-up to this popular article. This time, I’m trying to do the same thing, but in a plain text format …
Streams: Mail 3.0 concept
Introducing concept of Streams, aiming to fix most of email-as-a-medium flaws
Recognising a Bad User Interface at First Glance
A trained eye can often spot unfriendly software a mile away. It’s just like forming and making a first impression when you meet someone new.
Supreme Commander – Graphics Study
Total Annihilation has a special place in my heart since it was the very first RTS I played; it was with Command & Conquer and …
Roboto: Google’s signature font is now open source
The latest news from Google on open source releases, major projects, events, and outreach programs for early career developers.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Graphics Study
2015/03/12: Back online after Reddit and Slashdot killed my bandwidth with 30,000 visits in the last hours. Followed by HN. 2015/03/11: Update with …
A Pixel Artist Renounces Pixel Art
Play the Chrome dinosaur game online, free and without installing anything. Jump the cacti, duck the pterodactyls, add your score to your country and challenge friends in a battle.
The Psychology of Pricing: A Gigantic List of Strategies
Dive into the customer's mind. Read guides. Watch cool videos. Pricing, sales, design, negotiation, and more.
Firefox OS for TV: UX Overview
Introduction The user experience of Firefox OS on the television platform comes from Mozilla's vision of the Connected Home. This departure from our smart phone interface focuses on ease of ...
JavaScript libraries to draw your own diagrams
Discover the power of JavaScript for your diagramming needs! Our comprehensive guide features over 20 top JavaScript libraries to create dynamic UML, ER, BPMN diagrams (or even your own types of models), and more, right in your browser.
Replacing Photoshop with NSString
Hello! This post somehow got a lot of attention. Thanks for visiting! If you like it, it would be awesome if you’d check my app Findings, a …
The Pannini Projection – perspective images with very wide fields of view
Pannini: A New Projection for Rendering Wide Angle Perspective Images Thomas K. Sharpless, Bruno Postle and Daniel M. German; International Symposium on Computational Aesthetics, London, June 2010.
Web typography for non-designers
Although a lot of today’s web content is highly interactive and image-based, language–and thus words–is still the basic means of expression on almost every single web page.