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Web Design: UI, UX, colour, type & branding

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AI for Design & UX

AI-Generated Color Palettes: Check Contrast Before Shipping

Convert AI palette suggestions into dependable interface colour roles. Check text, controls and interaction states, then document combinations that designers and developers can safely reuse.

Inside this article
  • Turn swatches into semantic roles
  • Normalise values before measuring
  • Check the pairs that users encounter
  • Review controls and state changes
Maya LindqvistMaya LindqvistRead the article
AI for Design & UX

AI UX Writing: Buttons, Errors and Empty States

Draft clearer buttons, errors and empty states with AI, then verify every promise against product behaviour, accessibility requirements and real interface constraints.

Maya LindqvistMaya Lindqvist
AI for Design & UX

AI Wireframe Generators Compared: Sketch to Lo-Fi Flow

Compare AI wireframing workflows with a repeatable brief, then test flow coverage, editable exports and revision effort before choosing a tool for your team.

Piotr KowalskiPiotr Kowalski
Branding & Business

Developer Portfolio Sites That Attract High-Paying Clients

Turn your developer portfolio into a credible sales tool with focused positioning, evidence-rich case studies, polished branding, and a clear inquiry path.

Piotr KowalskiPiotr Kowalski
UX & Research

Loading UX and Perceived Performance Research

Plan a practical waiting-experience study, collect reliable evidence, and turn findings into focused product improvements while keeping assumptions and research limits visible.

Inside this article
  • Define the decision and scope
  • Prepare the evidence and study materials
  • Pilot the process and protect participants
  • Analyze patterns with their context intact
Theo OkaforTheo OkaforRead the article
Branding & Business

How to Monetize a Tech Blog: Ads, Sponsors and Affiliates

Choose a sustainable tech-blog revenue mix with clear disclosures, realistic unit economics, sponsor boundaries, and safeguards for reader trust and page speed.

Arjun RamanArjun Raman
Motion & Animation

@starting-style: Animate Dialogs and Popovers in CSS

Create reliable entry and exit transitions for native dialogs and popovers, including discrete display changes, top-layer behavior, fallbacks, and motion preferences.

Aiko TanakaAiko Tanaka
Motion & Animation

Rive vs Lottie vs CSS: Choosing Animation Tools

Compare CSS, Lottie, and Rive by interaction model, delivery cost, accessibility, and handoff requirements, then choose the smallest reliable system for your product animation.

Aiko TanakaAiko Tanaka
Icons & Illustration

Spot Illustrations for Empty States and Onboarding

Plan useful spot illustrations for empty states and onboarding with clear metaphors, restrained compositions and responsive assets that support the next action.

Inside this article
  • Define the job before drawing the scene
  • Distinguish empty-state causes
  • Build a restrained visual composition
  • Design onboarding as a related sequence
Mateo FernándezMateo FernándezRead the article
Branding & Business

Logo Variations: Full Color, Mono and Reversed Versions

Create a practical selection system for full-colour, monochrome and reversed logos, with background rules, supplier checks and clear examples for everyday brand use.

Piotr KowalskiPiotr Kowalski
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Branding & Business

How to Organize Design Assets: Icons, Fonts and Mockups

Create a searchable asset library with clear naming, license records, source files, and optimized exports so every icon, font, and mockup is ready to reuse.

Piotr KowalskiPiotr Kowalski
Typography & Colour

Dark Mode Typography: Adjust Weight, Contrast and Size

Tune dark-mode typography without blindly thinning every font. Compare text contrast, stroke weight, size and spacing using realistic reading samples and device checks.

Noor HaddadNoor Haddad