Design
Material Design and the Mystery Meat Navigation Problem
"Make it pretty!" - Material Designer
Seriously though, everyone says 'icons are universal' but that is literally the opposite of what is true… How am I supposed to interpret your minimalist icon for 'File Tax Return with HMRC'?!
Wales' New Pet
Wales has a new typeface, new branding, and above all else, a shiny new dragon!
"So what did you do this weekend?" "Oh, just redesigned Wales" shocked, awed silence
Startups
Why Our Super Bowl Ad Failed – Medium
Potato - with Advertisement written on it…
They forgot to mention the product, spend all the money, and are now going out of business.
Learn
An Animated Guide to Flexbox
Because if you're a designer, you can't fully grasp a concept until it's explained to you in GIF form.
That being said, if you didn't get our previous guide to Flexbox, this one is even better. Yay Flexbox!
How to Design for Color Blindness
Up to 8 people in every 100 coming to your site could be colour blind.
What do they see? Suddenly that subtly shaded green and red scheme begins to look a lot worse - or completely monochromatic.
Tools
Diverse UI
Terry Crews says; "That design looks awful white…"
But in all seriousness - sometimes you want to reflect the diversity of the population in your design, this helps you do that!
Noun Project - NOW IN COLOUR 😱 😱 😱
OMFG it's like a rainbow in my EYES!
So, noun project introduced a feature where you can download all your icons in a specific or preset colour…