Each week we’re collecting a summary of cool links from around the web, staff picks for products, and the latest design industry news. Here’s a recap of the exiting new things launched last week!
- Goldee Light Controller:Â a new smart light controller system that’s getting kickstarted currently.
- IcoMelon:Â a new svg icons library for the web.
- UseIconic Blog:Â a detailed post with thoughts on designing icons across different sizes.
- FF Quixo:Â a blog post detailing the making of a new brush font via Behance.
- 24 Ways:Â a great redesign of this popular web design/dev articles and tutorials site.
- Oak.is: Animated SVGs:Â 2 technique examples of animating SVGs as featured on Sprout, which reduced page load time from 9 seconds to 412 ms.
- OriDomi 1.0: “origami for the web†– an open source JavaScript library to ´fold’ flat web elements.
- Sketchtips:Â ideas for your favorite app design projects.
- JPEG Mini App:Â reduce the size of your jpegs up to 5x.
- Responsive Comments:Â a client-side solution to conditional loading in RWD.
- Google’s 9 Principles of Innovation:Â their product building mantras.
- Paygarden:Â a new platform that helps folks redeem unused gift cards.
- Worn Wear:Â stories created by/for Patagonia.
- Jeff Rogers’ New Site:Â brand new portfolio site from a talented illustrator and designer.
- Passionately:Â a series of interviews with creatives by Kyle and Claire.
- MailChimp – Subscriber Engagement Over Time:Â an in-depth article about email marketing strategies based on 2-year+ analytics.
- Sean Wes – Learn:Â Sean’s producing great educational content in a packaged promo to teach lettering and type design.
- Frank Chimero – What Screens Want:Â a microsite published based on a talk that Frank gave at Build about designing for the screen.
This easy-to-use kit will help you innovate your product design concept quickly. Gerren picked it this week because it’s fantastic for helping designers create smart UX and wireframes from a diverse kit of well-constructed elements.
Are you on the lookout for jaw-dropping images that can be used in a lot of ways? Look no more, ‘Open skies,’ is what you’ve been looking for. It’s Chris’s pick this week from the marketplace, and it isn’t hard to see why. It’s versatile and has room for text too!
Getting married, or just need a romantic and sweet theme for your blog? Sarah’s favorite item in the marketplace this week is the ‘Me + You’ WordPress Wedding theme. It’s a flexible design that’s fully responsive and loaded with tons of back-end features to help you customize the site to suit your needs.
Who doesn’t love badges for decoration and branding? This set of over 250 vector decorative elements is Brian’s favorite this week on Creative Market. There are so many different ways to use these elements, this pack is a definitely a must-have.
Maryam is a fan of JACK FY – a display font that’s a little bit jazzy by FONTYOU. It’s a fun font that you can use for headlines, or even the bride and groom’s name on a wedding invitation suite.
Love color? If so, you’ll love Josh’s staff pick this week. This bundle of geometric patterns is perfect to use for backgrounds.
- Skillshare: Digitizing Calligraphy with Molly Thorpe:Â Create a flourished, vectorized calligraphic logotype by learning how to sketch, add flourishes and then vectorize the piece in Illustrator.
- DesignPanoply: How to Create a Vintage, Cross Processed Photo Effect with John Shaver: Learn how to create popular vintage photo effects via Photoshop Video Academy.
- Method & Craft: Optimizing Textured Artwork for PNG Export with Phil Coffman: Explore the nuances of setting up textured, raster artwork as an optimized PNG-8 for web implementation.
- SpoonGraphics: Logo Design Walkthrough for Vivid Ways with Chris Spooner: Learn the full process of creating a logo from concept through final Illustrator vector execution.
- Skillshare: Intro to Photoshop with Meg Lewis: This handy class is for new design enthusiasts who want to learn the basics of Photoshop by putting together a mood board project.
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