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A great article with insight on how Sketch redesigned their icon for macOS Big Sur. Read more

The new logo I created for Printway this week which relates more to their products/services. They have been in business for a while, so I wanted to design a logo that was bold and with presence. Read more

Interesting idea on creating full-bleed layouts using css grid - not something I ever thought off using for this type of layout, but definitely a great idea! Read more

One of the most requested features for Shopify has been subcriptions, and finally there is something available, albeit through their APIS. Read more

A great article about using flex-basis and flex-wrap instead of media queries when creating components. Read more

Here’s my list of music for July 2020, with Headswim and Kula Shaker getting on there. Read more

After 25 years inspiring the creative industry, Computer Arts magazine has bid farewell, all thanks to Coronavirus. Read more

I’ve been a dribbble account user for over a year now, and a casual “browser” for quite some time. It’s great for collecting inspiration and ideas, but lately, I’ve been looking less and less at it. Read more

The BBC Sport website just marked their 20th anniversary by publishing this article describing the all the design changes the site has gone through. Read more

Here’s my list of music for June 2020 with Elbow being on repeat a lot; reminding me of walking through the streets of Manchester, and Elbow’s own branded beer! Read more

I’ve been using Sketch for a few years now, and their free cloud offering was a very welcome addition. But, the last few months have been testing my patience and have been making me revisit the way I work with Sketch. So today, I finally gave in and signed up with Marvel. Read more

A nice little article about how some of the web design trends we all knew have come full circle, like having our own blogs on our personal websites, static websites and using WYSIWYG tools. Read more

There hasn’t been any new music that’s caught my attention lately, so I’ve been listening to a lot of old albums this month. One of my particular favourites is “OK” by Talvin Singh which came out while I was at university…a very long time ago. Read more

It’s been six months since I quit Twitter (and LinkedIn) and so far I’ve had no inclinations to go back. In fact, it’s been refreshing, and stress-free not having to use twitter. I don’t miss it at all. Read more

All of Dieter Rams’s “Ten Principles for Good Design” are just as important today than when he said this back in the late 70’s. He asked himself the key question “is my design good design?”, which lead to his ten principles. Read more

I’ve used min() and max() in CSS many times, but I wasn’t aware of clamp(), which looks amazing for typography! This youtube video by Kevin Powell shows a great example of them in use. Read more

I recently took part in a global survey by Hello Bonsai about the effects of Covid-19 on freelancers and independent designers/developers like myself. Here are the results. Read more

I recently read a blog post by Shopit Commerce about how Shopify limits its features based on their plans. It was a pointless post that focuses on the “issues” with using Shopify, in order to magnify their own offering. But, it made me think about all the good features Shopify does have. Read more

Over the last few months, I’ve had the opportunity to work on a uniquely challenging Shopify project in which I had to create a “customise your product” section using only the options available in Shopify. Read more

I listen to all kinds of musical genres when I’m designing or coding, so I thought it would be cool to post a list of albums I’ve been listening to every month. Read more