The new Gmail design impacted 1.4 billion users worldwide last fall. From the new design’s large, bubble-shaped attributes and “intuitive” (or maybe intrusive and patronizing?) additions – like options to snooze or nudge, and smart replies – the overhaul was dramatic. The immediate proliferation of guides instructing users on how to disable as many of the new features as possible to recreate Classic Gmail may offer a telling critique of the ‘update.’ Here, one writer and desi

As spring rolls in, we see more and more of the color green. If you’re a regular PRINT reader, you know that we love green, from its turbulent past and fascinating appearances throughout history. But we would be remiss if we did not look at some of the latest and greatest applications of the color green in contemporary design. Here we showcase some of the incredible winners of last year’s Regional Design Awards and explore the ways they have leveraged the color green in web d

The number one essential thing to keep in mind when selecting the best web fonts is scalability. Pay attention to when the fonts scale to either a smaller or larger size for different screen sizes that the fonts remain legible. That’s pro-tip number one. However, there are other crucial considerations to keep in mind when selecting the right web fonts. I’m currently in the process of taking the Web Typography course from HOW Design University and Sessions Edu. In the course,

Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman are judging Print’s Regional Design Annual this year! Enter today for a chance to be featured among the country’s best design work in Print magazine. When Timothy Goodman first reached out to Print about his latest “super secret project” with Jessica Walsh, we knew we were in for something big. After all, their 40 Days of Dating adventure—first a blog, then a book—quickly expanded well beyond the scope of the design industry into a cultural p

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the first lesson of Dave Holston’s HOW Design University course, Managing a Web Design Project from Start to Finish. In this course, Dave Holston teaches students about the key research and planning phases that inform the online design process, and about project management tools and techniques that can create efficiencies for you as a manager. In the end, you’ll walk away with the ability to deliver a website that is strategical

Stan Mack’s “Real Life Funnies” strip, created in the mid-1970s for the “Village Voice,” presaged the documentary comics of artists such as Art Spiegelman and Joe Sacco. And now it appears that his Print feature from 17 years ago also anticipated today’s digital communications environment. Here’s Mack’s personal, behind-the-scenes details about one such story. It involves freedom fighters, street signage, and political and technological revolutions. “In many countries, the In

SVA MFA Design (Designer as Author + Entrepreneur)’s “Off Course” Far-Out Phobias Mini-Golf Course exhibition is now a website. The 3D design groundskeeper  Kevin O’Callaghan is curator of this rollicking 18-hole mini-golf course of phobias with the class of 2012 students in the MFA Design department. Each student designed a hole and a suite of products related to their respective phobias. (Website designed by Tim Hucklesby.) Pick your favorite phobia, tee-off and feel th

E-xtnd.it is a site that provides plugins and extensions for WordPress, Joomla, and jQuery. They are a team of creatives focused on creating tools that are useful and relevant to designers. In particular they seek to make tools that are easy to implement and look gorgeous. This combination ensures designers will love them. The e-xtnd.it site is seemingly simple, but contains some real depth and for this reason I selected it as my beautiful site to review today. Finish off the

This single page site is the online home for Ketch Studio, an Italian design and development company. Single page sites are a rather popular style and the offer up some unique problems and opportunities. Fortunately, the designers of this site not only overcame the potential problems. In fact, they made a distinctly styled site that stands out, while avoiding some overly creative pitfalls. Let’s review some of the details of this design to see what makes it work so well. Dodg

Smashapp is a site dedicated to highlighting coolest apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android devices. The site not only features a flow of fantastic apps, but it also highlights an app of the day. I love many things about the design of this site, but a few items in particular really make it a stand out example for me. It follows the norms Often times it gets so tempting to break with convention and the notion of sticking to the norms is inconceivable. Yet, this is exactly what