In the world of UX design, creating a great design or prototype is just the beginning. To ensure your product truly meets user needs, the next critical step is testing it with real users. That’s where UX testing and research tools come into play — they help you gather meaningful insights, validate your designs, and improve the user experience effectively.
Happy new year! To welcome in 2025 we’re clearing the proverbial decks with some delightful design that shows us how to clarify, organise and declutter. We’re learning what the master of information design Edward Tufte meant by his term chartjunk and ogling a masterful 19th century tool chest that has to be seen to be believed.
This article provides a detailed overview of average annual salaries for web designers at different experience levels (beginner and advanced) in various countries. All figures are presented in U.S. dollars for consistency.
Searching for the most flexible front-end workflows and toolkits, it’s easy to forget how powerful some of the fundamentals on the web have become these days. This post is a journey through new front-end features and what they are capable of.
Staying relevant in the ever-changing world of design is always an uphill battle for designers. But it’s a good kind of challenge that makes you better each year.
The biggest trend that can be observed in the design space is how designers are more and more focussing on the craft of visualisation. Gone seem the days of user research, exploration and concepting.
Although we are often bound by corporate design and conservative expectations, trend spotting can be fun and inspiring if we don’t take it too seriously. My subjective outlook features colors, technology, and legislation relevant to web design and web development in 2025.
This week’s Design Lobster is exploring the nuanced Japanese design concept of Shibui (渋い)—a refreshing antidote to instant gratification and spectacle. Plus a 1971 pocket lighter that Dieter Rams helped to design with a subtle detail that is very much in the same spirit.
The role of AI for web design has evolved significantly, transforming how websites are built and enhancing their functionality. No longer limited to basic automation, AI is now deeply integrated into the web design process, offering designers a powerful tool to create more dynamic, responsive, and personalized websites.
In this article, I’ve listed 7AI tools across 4 different categories to help you land design jobs in 2025.
