When having the right UX tools is the crucial difference between having a highly effective design workflow and one that’s slow and unproductive, it’s important to stay up to date with the latest tools.
A six-time winner in international design contests, Olha comes to Toptal with more than five years of experience in web and UI/UX design.
Following some basic mobile app design best practices and avoiding the most common mistakes will help designers create apps that live past the crucial 90-day mark when 71% are abandoned.
Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.
Users form mental models around how products should work through use. In order to design for maximum usability, designers need to understand and leverage users’ mental models.
Scott has more than a decade of experience in UX/UI design and front-end development and is a Google Analytics certified professional.
Creating meaningful designs, capturing customer attention, and influencing their behavior is something that designers and marketers will agree is one of the most difficult things to achieve.
Kaushik is an experienced UX architect and UI designer for many global IT heavyweights, including Microsoft, Intel, Intuit, T-Mobile, Cisco.
No matter what design discipline you are working in—whether it’s visual design, UX, or traditional print—typefaces are essential elements of virtually every bit of design produced.
Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.
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The most progressive and interesting designers steer clear of visually stale design solutions and ditch restrictive rules by learning UI design best practices and avoiding common design mistakes. 🔊
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
A design sprint is a methodology used to validate ideas through design, prototyping, user testing, and collaboration in only five days, offering a more structured, effective approach to creative thinking.
For the past five years, Ondřej has worked as a designer, specializing in helping companies with their UX and UI designs, mostly mobile.
Wireframing is a major step in designing any user interface, whether a website, application, or software product. Apps in the Adobe CC suite can be used to create wireframes for an efficient workflow.
Ivana is a visual designer with over 15 years of experience, an Adobe Certified Instructor, and Algebra University College Asst. Lecturer.
In this age of lean startups, designers often find themselves in stretch roles where they are in charge not only of a product’s design but also of coming up with the type of product to build.
Tanya is a product design and UX strategist bringing human-centered design solutions to high-growth edtech, lifestyle, and financial brands.
Great emotional design creates a bond between the consumer and the brand—creating an emotional connection to your target market translates into conversions and sales as well as online and offline interactions.
Danielle is a seasoned UX/UI product designer. She has worked with industry leaders like Royal Bank of Canada, Nucleus Intercom, and Chegg.
A lion’s share of websites and apps in the online media space are powered by content management systems (CMS). The optimal way to design for these applications is putting content first, style second.
Ian has served as a designer and creative technologist, with a refined skill set in designing dynamic, content-driven web applications.
Visual design experiments often become popular design trends and suddenly they are seen everywhere. Here are a number of hot graphic design trends and some of the top tutorials on how to create them.
Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.
UI and UX are two design terms that often get used in the wrong context. Designers who call themselves “UI designers,” or design for trends rather than users, could be harming their reputation.
Daniel is a designer and developer by background, but also a 3x author, a collaborator with Adobe and InVision, and a design blog editor.
Polished design wireframes are great but don’t reveal the work that goes into research and content organization. See how a thorough approach to early project planning leads to successful website redesign.
Alex has led a design agency that provided UX/UI design, branding, marketing, and development services for clients in various industries.
UX testing is a crucial step in the design process but is often overlooked for tight budgets or deadlines. You do not need a formal lab to do quality research—just the right tools and a clear plan.
Ruaridh is an award-winning UX/UI designer and creative director with 14 years of experience designing for a variety of well-known brands.
Human cognition is complex, and many factors play into instant impressions. Design psychology is coming to the forefront as more and more companies are using neuroscience to design better user experiences. 🔊
Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.
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