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Snap is a free UI kit for Sketch containing over 50 screens and dozens of useful elements such as buttons icons and forms. Check out the prototype and download link below: Download UI Kit

Static comps with explicit pixel values are not reflective of the raw materials that make up the web

In June 2012, while working at CNN.com, I was tasked with designing the user experience of election night. The next five months of my life would be dedicated to that single night—but success to me had nothing to do with who won. I was concerned with findability, data visualization, a shape-shifting canvas, and how the hell mouse-over flyouts were going… Read More →

Citysets is a fantastic icon set for Sketch and Illustrator by talented Bryn Taylor, based on New York, London, Paris and Sydney. Containing 80 icons in AI, SVG and Sketch formats, it’s perfect for both web and mobile projects. Click the link below to download: Download icons You can see more of Bryn’s work on Dribbble.

Typically, when a product design falls flat, people want to insert a design process to fix the bad design. However, much like the Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant, a one-size-fits-all design process does not exist. Don’t force a process on a design team that everyone must follow. Every designer has their own unique way of solving design problems. “Bad product… Read More →

There are many “right” ways to design an application, so I want to be clear that this is my workflow (and the one I recommend), but it’s not mandatory. I know other designers who just jump right into Photoshop (or code) and produce great work. But if you find yourself having trouble visualizing a design or workflow in your head,… Read More →

We’ve teamed up with the super talented Budi Tanrim to provide you 90 free solid and line icons for Sketch and Illustrator. Grab the sets by clicking the download button below: Download icons

Communication enables process and progress. The reason the human race have developed to our current state is because we can communicate with one another. Over time, the way we do this has changed drastically. From hieroglyphics on cave walls to phone calls to messages. The latter has stuck over time but has appeared in different forms as technology has advanced…. Read More →

We’ve got a neat banking themed UI kit for Sketch for you to download, completely free! It contains over 50 screens with dozens of icons and buttons to help inspire your next project. Want to quickly make the artboards into a prototype? Grab the Marvel Sketch plugin to send artboards to your projects in a couple of clicks. Click the… Read More →

Because automatic alignment sometimes just doesn’t work. I found myself using geometry while designing user interfaces quite often, so I decided to share a simple example I was working on the other day. Aligning interface elements in Photoshop is pretty easy as it comes with the pre-defined aligning options. And for the 95% those are all you really need. What… Read More →

Encouragement for UX Designers lost in bad process and structure. “Bad design is seldom caused by bad designers. Most often it’s bad organizational structure.” – Don Norman at DMI Conference Through several years of being a UX Designer in consulting/agency and in-house teams, I can confidently say I have seen great design be shut down because of bad structure and… Read More →

“When we build things – we must think of the things our life doesn’t necessitate. Because someones life does.”

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