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Proxima Vara Font Released
Proxima Vara, a variable font version of the enormously popular Proxima Nova type family, has just been released.
By Ben Moss
D&AD Partners With Google To Expand Design Education
D&AD Shift is a free design school program for creatives over the age of 18, who do not already have a degree-level…
By Ben Moss
Try the New Material Design Capabilities for WordPress
If you like to build websites with WordPress, then you’re in for a treat.
Now, for the first time, you don’t need to…
By Simon Sterne
Variable Font Reveals The Full Horror of The Climate Crisis
Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat has developed a variable font, that is designed to make the effects of human-driven…
By Ben Moss
Is Twitter Rebrand a Glimpse at the Future of Design?
The CMO at Twitter, Leslie Berland, has announced a substantial rebrand intended to reflect the experience of using the…
By Ben Moss
Celebrating 20 Years of Wikipedia
20 years ago, Wikipedia was started with the ambitious aim of creating a free encyclopedia for the whole…
By Ben Moss
The Latest Research for Web Designers, September 2020
In today’s look at the latest research for web designers, we’re going to look at studies and reports from Payoneer,…
Adobe CC Updates to Boost Workflow and Collaboration
Adobe has just announced the June update to its Creative Cloud suite, with a raft of changes, many of which are…
By Ben Moss
The Latest Research for Web Designers, March 2020
While it’s important to know about the latest research and surveys impacting web design, I think it’s just as important…
By WDD Staff
Android Fans Rejoice, Vivaldi Has Arrived
It’s time for me to go all fanboy on you guys, because Vivaldi is on Android, ya’ll! Vivaldi the browser, that is. You…
By WDD Staff
Meeting the New Twitter.com
Today, instead of ranting about politics, music, or film, the Twitterverse will be ranting about Twitter; more…
By Ben Moss
Firefox Mobile Introduces Left-Handed Browsing
Firefox’s mobile browser’s nightly release has become the first browser to implement a left-handed option in its…
By Ben Moss
Behance Redesigns its Portfolios
There’s been a fairly big update to Behance, also known as DeviantArt for designers. Heck, I remember when I used DA…
GitHub Now Offering Unlimited Private Repos to Free Users
GitHub has made its first really big change since Microsoft acquired it a while back, and it’s a good one for…
WordPress 5.0 Is Here (and Yes, So Is Gutenberg)
WordPess 5.0 (codenamed “Bebo”) is officially out and prowling among the servers.
This, then, is when we find out how…
Pantone Announces Color of the Year: Living Coral
Pantone’s annual quest to dominate the “and finally…” portion of the pre-festive news has kicked off, with the…
By Ben Moss
Foundation 6.5 Released
After an extended wait, Zurb have finally released the much anticipated version 6.5 of its popular Foundation…
Previewing the WordPress Twenty Nineteen Theme
Winter is coming, and so is WordPress 5.0. From some of the chatter about Gutenberg—the new content editor in…
