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Prevailing Trends in Flat Design

The flat design revolution has been gaining momentum with surprising speed over the last few years. But the flat design style won’t stay stagnant. Flat design is evolving. > The current step of flat design evolution is all about drawing focus Let’s pinpoint the characteristics of this evolution. Effective

Best Practices For Video

With increased internet speeds, videos are becoming more popular, especially considering they extend time spent on site/in app. Today video is everywhere. We’re watching it on our desktops, tablets and phones. > The old saying “a picture is worth more than thousand words” is even more true with video

Best Practices for Hero Images

When users come to your page, they’ll have some kind of reaction. Whether it’s positive or negative, in large part, is determined by what they see. Since vision is the strongest human sense, hero images are one of the fastest ways to grab a user’s attention. Bold,

Best Practices for Long Scrolling

The days of “above the fold” are over. Long scrolling and infinitely scrolling sites are becoming more and more common lately, and it’s no mere trend or coincidence. The technique that allows user to scroll the chunks of content without any interruption or additional interaction (information simply appear as

Best Practices for Onboarding

Getting people to sign up for the product is tough. It requires a lot of time, energy, and money, yet many products are losing most of those hard-won users immediately after their first-time experience. According to the Andrew Chen research [https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/losing-80-mobile-users-normal-why-best-apps-do-better-andrew-chen] : > The average app loses

Best Practices for Flat Design

Flat design can be seen as the more sophisticated cousin of minimalism [https://babich.biz/best-practices-for-minimalist-design/] — all design elements are centered on idea of simplicity. However, the simplicity of flat design is hard to achieve — everything should be designed with the same goal in mind to create a cohesive visual

Best Practices for Minimalist Design

With the growing use of mobile devices, minimalism is on the rise. Minimalism brings additional benefits to apps and websites, in the shape of faster loading times and better compatibility between screen sizes. Beautiful minimalist apps combined with great usability are really impressive: an easily navigated, simple app is a

How To Communicate Hidden Gestures in Mobile App

Gestures, those little movements of finger and thumb that allow user to interact with an app. Touch interfaces provide many opportunities to use natural gestures like tap, swipe and pinch to get things done, but unlike graphical user interface controls, these interactions are often hidden from users, so unless users

Vibrant Colors For Apps and Sites

Color is one of the most powerful tools in the designer’s toolkit. Color can draw attention, set a mood, influence users’ emotions, perceptions and actions. When it comes to web & mobile app design, this is definitely the time of vibrant colors. Designers use vibrant colors to make people focus

Best Practices for Imagery

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. It takes users just a few seconds to evaluate a new site or app, good designer knows that and try to convey complex stories and ideas visually. This makes images a critical component for connecting with users and converting