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The Toptal Design Blog is a hub for advanced design studies by professional designers in the Toptal network on all facets of digital design, ranging from detailed design tutorials to in-depth coverage of new design trends, techniques, and technologies.

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Toptalauthors are vetted experts in their fields and write on topics in which they have demonstrated experience. All of our content is peer reviewed and validated by Toptal experts in the same field.

Meaningful Design and the Art of Delightful UX

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.

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Kaushik Ghosh

Kaushik Ghosh

Kaushik is an experienced UX architect and UI designer for many global IT heavyweights, including Microsoft, Intel, Intuit, T-Mobile, Cisco.

Art vs Design – A Timeless Debate

Two Toptal designers engage in a lively debate about aesthetics, objectivity, and the definition of art and design.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

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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Typeface Styles for Web and Print Design

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.

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Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.

UI Design Best Practices and Common Mistakes

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. 🔊

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

How to Conduct an Effective Design Sprint

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.

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Ondřej Dostál

Ondřej Dostál

For the past five years, Ondřej has worked as a designer, specializing in helping companies with their UX and UI designs, mostly mobile.

Who Knew Adobe CC Could Wireframe?

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.

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Ivana Miličić

Ivana Miličić

Ivana is a visual designer with over 15 years of experience, an Adobe Certified Instructor, and Algebra University College Asst. Lecturer.

Product Strategy: A Guide to Core Concepts and Processes

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.

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Tanya Junell

Tanya Junell

Tanya is a product design and UX strategist bringing human-centered design solutions to high-growth edtech, lifestyle, and financial brands.

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Paula Barcante

Paula is an award-winning UX/UI designer, advisor, and illustrator with more than six years of hands-on experience in making complex interfaces delightful and user friendly. She has made a significant impact in large corporations, such as Amazon, Zillow, Google, as well as startups. Her mission is to create efficient, beautiful, innovative, and high-quality experiences for the greater good of society.
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