Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More First, a recap: Ambient animations are the kind of passive movements you might not notice at first. However, they bring a design to life in subtle ways. Elements might subtly transition between colours, move slowly, or gradually shift position. Elements can […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I have made a lot of mistakes with AI over the past couple of years. I have wasted hours trying to get it to do things it simply cannot do. I have fed it terrible prompts and received terrible output. And […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In the early days of my career, I believed that nothing wins an argument more effectively than strong and unbiased research. Surely facts speak for themselves, I thought. If I just get enough data, just enough evidence, just enough clarity on […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Last year, a study found that cars are steadily getting less colourful. In the US, around 80% of cars are now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004. This trend has been attributed to cost savings and consumer […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I’ve written quite a lot recently about how I prepare and optimise SVG code to use as static graphics or in animations. I love working with SVG, but there’s always been something about them that bugs me. To illustrate how I […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In Part 1 of this series, we explored the “lopsided horse” problem born from mockup-centric design and demonstrated how the seductive promise of vibe coding often leads to structural flaws. The main question remains: How might we close the gap between […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More As September comes to a close and October takes over, we are in the midst of a time of transition. The air in the morning feels crisper, the leaves are changing colors, and winding down with a warm cup of tea […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In “A Week In The Life Of An AI-Augmented Designer”, Kate stumbled her way through an AI-augmented sprint (coffee was chugged, mistakes were made). In “Prompting Is A Design Act”, we introduced WIRE+FRAME, a framework to structure prompts like designers structure […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More There is a spectrum of opinions on how dramatically all creative professions will be changed by the coming wave of agentic AI, from the very skeptical to the wildly optimistic and even apocalyptic. I think that even if you are on […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Unlike timeline-based animations, which tell stories across a sequence of events, or interaction animations that are triggered when someone touches something, ambient animations are the kind of passive movements you might not notice at first. But, they make a design look […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Misuse and misplaced trust of AI is becoming an unfortunate common event. For example, lawyers trying to leverage the power of generative AI for research submit court filings citing multiple compelling legal precedents. The problem? The AI had confidently, eloquently, and […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More As responsible digital professionals, we are becoming increasingly aware of the environmental impact of our work and need to find effective and pragmatic ways to reduce it. James Chudley shares a new decarbonising approach that will help you to minimise the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More From competitive SEO research and monitoring prices to training AI and parsing local geographic data, real-time search results power smarter apps. Tools like SerpApi make it easy to pull, customize, and integrate this data directly into your app or website. SerpApi […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More For too long, personas have been something that many of us just created, despite the considerable work that goes into them, only to find they have limited usefulness. Paul Boag shows how to breathe new life into this stale UX asset […]
Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Join us at Medium Day on September 19th for a behind the scenes look at recent feature updates. As any practicing designer knows, shipping feature updates isn’t always straightforward. Our team is excited to share this peek into the processes and philosophies behind our design decisions, followed by a […]
Source: Medium.design - Medium | Read More Join us at Medium Day on September 19th for a behind the scenes look at recent feature updates. As any practicing designer knows, shipping feature updates isn’t always straightforward. Our team is excited to share this peek into the processes and philosophies behind our design decisions, followed by […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Elastic and bounce effects have long been among the most desirable but time-consuming techniques in motion design. Expressive Animator streamlines the process, making it possible to produce lively animations in seconds, bypassing the tedious work of manual keyframe editing. In the […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More I once worked with a fleet operations team that monitored dozens of vehicles in multiple cities. Their dashboard showed fuel consumption, live GPS locations, and real-time driver updates. Yet the team struggled to see what needed urgent attention. The problem was […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More You can always get a fantastic overview of things in Stephenie Eckles’ article, “Getting Started With CSS Cascade Layers”. But let’s talk about the experience of integrating cascade layers into real-world code, the good, the bad, and the spaghetti. I could […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Having covered the developmental history and legacy of TV in Part 1, let’s now delve into more practical matters. As a quick reminder, the “10-foot experience” and its reliance on the six core buttons of any remote form the basis of […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More September is just around the corner, and that means it’s time for some new wallpapers! For more than 14 years already, our monthly wallpapers series has been the perfect occasion for artists and designers to challenge their creative skills and take […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More In “A Week In The Life Of An AI-Augmented Designer”, we followed Kate’s weeklong journey of her first AI-augmented design sprint. She had three realizations through the process: AI isn’t a co-pilot (yet); it’s more like a smart, eager intern.One with […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Television sets have been the staple of our living rooms for decades. We watch, we interact, and we control, but how often do we design for them? TV design flew under my “radar” for years, until one day I found myself […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great way to make apps built for the web feel native, but in moving away from a browser environment, we can introduce usability issues. Declan covers how we can modify our app depending on what […]
Source: Articles on Smashing Magazine — For Web Designers And Developers | Read More If you are new to using AI in design or curious about integrating AI into your UX process without losing your human touch, this article offers a grounded, day-by-day look at introducing AI into your design workflow. Artificial Intelligence isn’t new, […]