Have you ever considered what your favourite scrollbar design is? It’s the kind of UI and UX design that often gets overlooked, because we use it so casually.  Web curator and coder Sébastien Matos has created an interactive journey into scrollbar design, meaning you can visit his page and fiddle with over 30 years of UI design.

Speculative design is not about predicting the future, but about exploring different ways that the future could be. By doing so, it can help us to better understand the present and make better decisions about the future.

Seeing creativity as a system simplifies the creative process & allows for better management of creative energy over time.

Pink Floyd recently released a new version of its iconic logo to celebrate its 50 year anniversary. Though some of the elements had been redesigned, irate folk on social media got cross about one ‘change’ in particular – and it was a part of the logo that had always been there.

With its amazing background animation and sharp typography, Crosswire will capture any designer’s heart.

Discover the most interesting, useful and awesome websites from the depths of the internet.

Our lives and our design work are constantly in motion. This report is an opportunity for reflection and projection, a pit-stop along the way, to help you charge up and plan for the year ahead.

Often a typeface is chosen based on what appeals to the designer and is a good fit for the project. Web accessibility is often an afterthought, once the fun task of typeface selection has already been done.

Finding a zest that will help you stand out from the crowd of competitors is a challenge. A powerful toolkit and cutting-edge UI/UX design are essential, however, they will look bland without a unique approach.

At the same time, I’ve noticed a streak of designers pushing back against what’s perceived as the homogenization and modernization of design, whether it’s word-marks, logos, cars, or park-benches.