Toptal Design Expert
Toptal Design Blog
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.
Featured in
Card Sorting: Better Information Architecture by Aligning with Users' Mental Models
Users shouldn’t need insider knowledge to find what they’re looking for on the web. Card sorting lets designers create intuitive UX by organizing content the way customers do in their minds.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
Exploring the Reasons for Design Thinking Criticism
Design thinking has become both a buzzword and a useful business tool. It has been hailed as revolutionary while also called a failed experiment as evidenced by increasing criticism.
Shane Ketterman
Shane comes from a background in architecture and design, information technology, and content marketing, and practices UX research.
World-class articles, delivered weekly.
Subscription implies consent to our privacy policy
Mobile E-commerce Best Practices for UX (With Infographic)
E-commerce sites and apps that are not mindful of mobile e-ommerce best practices will be left in the dust and stand to lose billions. But successful mobile e-commerce experiences can be achieved by following these mobile e-commerce UX design best practices (with infographic).
Miklos Philips
Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.
New Web Order: An Overview of Content-first Design
Designers do not simply decorate, they create an experience of moving through content. There are various strategies available that align the client and team in creating content that will result in better designs.
Robert Suckley
Rob is a digital designer with more than 15 years of experience in designing UX and UI that prioritizes both business goals and end-user needs.
Logo History 101 – A Walkthrough of Lasting Impressions
Join us on a journey through the annals of design history and test your knowledge of famous logos along the way.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
A Complete Overview of the Best Data Visualization Tools
When dealing with data sets that include hundreds of thousands or millions of data points, automating the process of data visualization makes a designer’s job significantly easier.
Cameron Chapman
Cameron is the former Head of Content at Uxcel, where she was an instructional designer of UX design courses, skill assessments, and other educational design content. She has more than 20 years experience in the design education space, contributing to Toptal’s Design blog, Smashing Magazine, Web Designer News, CodeVisually, and Webdesigner Depot.
E-commerce UX: An Overview of Best Practices (with Infographic)
74% of businesses believe that UX is important for improving sales, yet billions are lost due to shopping cart and checkout abandonment—when it comes to e-commerce UX, shoppers still tend to be considered last.
Miklos Philips
Miklos is a lead UX designer and strategist with more than 18 years of experience in a wide variety of projects across multiple industries.
Most-read Articles
Customer Journey Maps: What They Are and How to Build One
World-class articles, delivered weekly.
Toptal Designers
- Adobe Creative Suite Experts
- Agile Designers
- AI Designers
- Art Direction Experts
- Augmented Reality Designers
- Axure Experts
- Brand Designers
- Creative Directors
- Dashboard Designers
- Digital Product Designers
- E-commerce Website Designers
- Full-Stack Designers
- Information Architecture Experts
- Interactive Designers
- Mobile App Designers
- Mockup Designers
- Presentation Designers
- Prototype Designers
- SaaS Designers
- Sketch Experts
- Squarespace Designers
- User Flow Designers
- User Research Designers
- Virtual Reality Designers
- Visual Designers
- Wireframing Experts
- View More Freelance Designers
Join the Toptal® community.