Design News: 18th Of December 2020 Edition

The interesting news of the past week if you are a graphic designer, web designer, product designer, or pretty much anyone that has an interest in design.

How to estimate the ROI of design work?

As designers, we have two options: We can wait for business people to learn design’s value or we accelerate the process by better communicating our work’s value. Read article.

Are Websites Adding To Consumer’s Health Issues?

Is it possible to build an authoritative, lead generating, high converting website without manipulating visitors into doing what you want? If you follow social media’s lead, they’re one and the same. If you’d prefer not to trade your customers’ well-being for profit, keep reading.

The best design tool of 2020 is not what you expect

For a while, I’ve been thinking about design tools and how much the design community becomes obsessed with them, myself included, of course. And because it’s that time of the year, I decided to write about it, more specifically, pick what I think is the best design tool. Spoiler alert, it’s not what you expect. Read article.

8 Ways for Bringing Creativity to Hyperlinks with CSS & JavaScript

Some examples of link styles that go beyond the ordinary. They stand out and make for a better (or more interesting, at least) user experience. View it.

Artify Illustrations

A vast collection of illustrations featuring unique design styles and a huge variety of characters & concepts. Check it out.

A Designer’s Guide to Receiving Criticism and Managing Feedback

You’ve probably heard a lot of conversations end poorly lately. Me too. Maybe you’ve even participated in these unproductive discussions with friends, family, co-workers… it can be a real challenge, and the social fabric of the world hasn’t exactly been helpful toward connecting with others. Read post.

Five tips for starting a new design job

Some thoughts about what a designer joining a new company needs to do. Read article.