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Branding 101: Creating the Visual Identity for Your Business
There are so many things to think about when first starting a business. What will your business offer? How will this…
Branding 101: Choosing the Right Business Name
When starting a new business (or even venturing into the world of freelancing for the first time), there are some…
How to Design the Perfect Developer Portfolio
As a freelance web developer, how many clients do you get from your website? If you’re like most, you’re probably lucky…
Should We Be Designing For Voice?
Voice is one aspect of technology that is getting bigger and bigger, and showing little sign of relenting. In fact,…
By WDD Staff
The Latest Research for Web Designers, August 2020
While a lot of the research for web designers that’s come out this year has to do with COVID-19, we’re starting to see…
Is Change Positive for Web Designers?
As a web designer, you’re constantly being bombarded with messages that tell you to acquire new skills, try new tools,…
In Memory of Flash: 1996-2020
We are gathered here today….
Today I write in memory of Adobe Flash (née Macromedia), something that a bunch of people…
How to Define Effective Milestones in Design Projects
When it comes to creating and launching a website, it’s important to deliver realistic time expectations to the client,…
By WDD Staff
Is it Time to Redesign Your Portfolio?
For many professionals looking for new work opportunities, they know that prospective employers are going to ask for…
5 Tips for Working with Clients When You’re at Home
For those of you working from home right now (willingly or unwillingly), you can’t allow your surroundings to have an…
The Latest Research for Web Designers, April 2020
Although life hasn’t returned to normal yet, the web design and marketing space doesn’t seem to have been too badly…
Can Web Designers Save the World?
I know this might seem like an odd question to ask. After all, it’s not like we’re living in a villain-filled Gotham…
By WDD Staff
How to Manage Your Freelance Finances During a Crisis
It’s easy to panic in the midst of a crisis. But just like anything else with your business, a well-laid plan can help…
By WDD Staff
7 Deadly Graphic Designer Sins (And 4 Ways to Atone)
As a designer, you’ve probably wished you could know exactly what your clients were thinking at one point or another.…
By WDD Staff
5 Biggest Non-Design Skills Designers Need in the 2020s
Being a great designer isn’t the only skill you need to grow your career over the next decade. Here, we take a look at…
By WDD Staff
How to Deal with Confrontational Feedback
If you’re putting your creative work out there — be it design samples on Behance, a WordPress tutorial on your blog, or…
By WDD Staff
How to Keep Designing When Tragedy Strikes
Tragedy strikes from nowhere, and it’s devastating both emotionally, and financially. It might be a motorcycle accident…
By WDD Staff
How Many Types of X Acronym Are There? And Does It Matter?
One of the problems with coining a term like “user experience” or its acronym counterpart “UX” is that it opens up the…
By WDD Staff