The Beautiful Web
A reflection on the 'Beautiful Web' of homemade, authentic websites driven by passion and personal expression, contrasting with commercial web trends.
A reflection on the 'Beautiful Web' of homemade, authentic websites driven by passion and personal expression, contrasting with commercial web trends.
A front-end developer revisits an 8-year-old CSS shadow prototype and challenges others to improve it with modern techniques.
A developer details the major design refresh of their personal website, focusing on a monospace font, named CSS grid lines, and multi-page view transitions.
A developer reflects on getting sidetracked by an experimental, interactive web design project before returning to a simpler, content-focused approach.
A personal foreword for the 5th edition of 'Learning Web Design,' reflecting on how the author's first web design book changed the writer's career and life.
A detailed look at Hel, a 3-axis variable font designed with deliberate, gritty distortion for creative and DIY web design.
A closed apprenticeship opportunity for a junior, remote, multi-disciplinary role in web design, front-end development, and creative digital work.
Wholegrain Digital critiques a BBC report on web sustainability, defending community-developed guidelines for eco-friendly web design.
Set Studio redesigned their agency website and refreshed their newsletter, The Index, to better communicate their value to clients.
A web professional explores key principles of good vs. bad web design, focusing on usability, mobile responsiveness, and performance.
A developer introduces Spiekermann, a free, versatile WordPress theme for blogs and portfolios, featuring unique typography and design.
A casual podcast discussing CSS Masonry syntax proposals and the iterative design process in architecture, drawing parallels to software development.
A designer and developer shares the process and reasoning behind a personal website redesign, focusing on branding and self-representation.
A nostalgic look at the HTML <area> element and image maps, comparing them to Tamagotchis and discussing early 2000s web design practices.
A technical guide on how to layer multiple CSS gradients to create visual effects, including a marker highlight effect for text.
A guide to generating custom shades of grey using the CSS color-mix() function for web design and UI development.
A curated list of February 2024 bookmarks on web development, CSS, sustainability, and AI criticism from various authors and sources.
A clever CSS technique for creating rounded gradient borders that work with semi-transparent or blurred backgrounds, using masks and pseudo-elements.
A developer's exploration of font selection for websites and coding, covering criteria, cost, and specific monospaced fonts for programming.
Explains how to dynamically change CSS custom properties (variables) using Tailwind CSS utility classes for responsive layouts.