Design Resources & Online Design Education

We know a thing or two about design, so we’ve worked hard to bring you an online design education experience. Browse below for articles and other design resources that can help you learn graphic design skills, from beginner to advanced, and help you stay abreast on news and trends designers need to know. Be sure to visit our sister sites: HOW Design University for the best way to learn web design, marketing, typography skills and more through online graphic design courses and tutorials, and HOW Interactive Design for a regular flow of expert advice regarding interactive and web design.

2012 HOW Interactive Design Awards Best of Show

Do you have what it takes to stand with the best web designers? Enter the Interactive Design Awards to find out!
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15 Awesome Examples of Web Typography

Type-centric website designs don’t need to be barebones or boring—executed well, they can be functional and beautiful and as creative as any other site. Read more More

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Why Responsive Web Design Will Revolutionize Your Process

Just a year ago, web designers’ goal was to get all pages to render the same, no matter the user environment. But now users are accessing the web from a multitude of devices, and responsive design is poised to be a game changer. Read more More

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Web Trends: Wood in Web Design

Though I’ve observed the trend of wood in web design for years, somehow I never grow tired of it. I think the reason is simple: We connect with wood in an organic, tangible way that takes us outside the digital world. Read more More

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Tools of the Trade: Domain Search

As I prepared my session on web hosting for the 2012 HOW Interactive Design Conference I found that I had to cut some content from the presentation. Given limited time and a … Read more More

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Tools of the Trade: Google Analytics

Google Analytics boasts powerful features that can help you understand your site traffic and determine how to increase the site’s performance. Read more More

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A Beautiful Tool for Site Analysis: Chartbeat

Crunching site traffic numbers may be the most boring, soul-sapping, creativity-killing task that falls on web developers and site managers. The reality is, that site data is a powerful tool … Read more More

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3 Cool Ways to Take Photos

Camera apps are so over. While every startup in Silicon Valley is trying to be the next Instagram, these three new photo technologies are what’s up. Read more More

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Planning Your Web Design Project

The success of any web design project depends on how well you plan the design process. Unfortunately, too often planning doesn’t begin early enough—or it’s done with an unrealistic timeline … Read more More

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Explore Your Web Font Options with Typecast

The web community is abuzz with developments in online typography; you’ve no doubt heard of groundbreaking tools like Typekit  and Google Web Fonts. Here on HOWID, we’ve covered the history … Read more More

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