QC & Origami Crash Course – Exclusive HUI discount

The Quartz Composer & Origami video crash course giveaway was a success! Out of 80 comments in the past week we had to choose only five. But if you didn’t win, read below for details about how to redeem an exclusive $25 discount on the course. Let’s get a round of applause for the winners: […]

Why iOS notifications are ruining my marriage (and UX solutions)

The other day I was in a taxi on my way to a meeting and Whatsapping with my wife while doing some Homebudget work on my iPhone. Suddenly, a stupid Whatsapp notification banner popped down from the top of my screen. It was just when I was about to hit “Save” on the “add an […]

PNG Hat is out – and we got 3 copies for you

We’ve teamed up with the team over at Source to give away 3 copies of their new photoshop plugin –PNG hat! This plugin takes care of your export and slicing needs, so basically its the perfect companion to CSS Hat ( Source are the makers of CSS hat and Enigma64).

Why designers should stop coding (written by a unicorn)

I’ll start by saying that there’s a difference between “should not code” and “should not know how to code.” Designers are in a never-ending debate: should we be responsible only for our designs or also coding for production? In recent years the coding side has won out, as almost every bay area job listing for designers […]

The Lean Experience Map

Of all the articles on user experience design this past year, Adaptive Path’s PDF manifesto on experience mapping stands out like a Windows Phone at an Apple fanboy convention.  Since service design was so hot in 2013 and since many user experience designers were hungry for a new research tool, the Guide to Experience Mapping […]

Free photoshop script: Export your vector layers from PS to SVG in a single click!

Finally a solution to one of the biggest and most annoying workflow setbacks in every interaction designer’s day. Here’s a free script that we created that will save you a lot of time slicing and restore your sanity. What this Photoshop script does: This script, once activated, exports all vector layers named with “.svg” at the end […]