At some point in a designer’s career, the age-old question is asked: “Should designers code?” My direct answer for people who design software interfaces is yes.

Unleash your creativity with out-of-this-world web design inspiration from across the web

2024 is well underway and shaping up to be an interesting year. So, to help you keep your focus on working hard and getting stuff done, we’ve collected another bunch of helpful bits and pieces from across the web.

As you can see, even the checkmark wasn’t always there. But one thing remained constant: checkboxes were square.

The Search is a flexible tool. It can work very differently depending on the context. To understand the topic better, we have outlined a list of principles according to which search can operate.

Always enabled buttons have long been among the “best practices” of UX design, but there are still disabled buttons in interfaces here and there. In 2021, my colleagues at «Open Investments» asked me to make a presentation with a theoretical proof of the “buttons should always be enabled” concept.

Check out our first batch of exceptionally good website designs in 2024.

AI promises a major upheaval in typography, with designers finding themselves navigating both opportunities and challenges. How will it impact quality, design roles, and our use of type in the future? As we explore this new frontier, we realise that we are at a juncture as significant as Gutenberg’s press, set to redefine how we interact with text and visual communication.

Hatch’s new tool wants to make creative web design even easier

These three design trends are sure to help you generate some hot ideas in one of the coldest months of the year.