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Do You Really Understand CSS radial-gradients? – Take a deeper look into this exciting and useful CSS effect.
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Magic, Utility, and Redesigning Material.io – Explore the components of Material Design 3.
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CSS Animated Grid Layouts – How to add smooth transitions between grid states.
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What Can WordPress Do to Appeal to the DIY Market? – Ideas for introducing new users to the platform and making it easier to use.
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Drag and Drop UX Best Practices – An in-depth guide to creating beautiful and intuitive interfaces.
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Typographic Hierarchies – A look at the six variables of typography.
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2022 Design Tools Survey – Share your insights and help design companies build better tools.
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The 10 Top Free Wedding Presets for Lightroom – Enhance those special photos with these incredible presets.
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Highly Customizable Background Gradients – Learn the secrets behind some seriously complex gradients.
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Linen – An open-source Slack alternative that’s built for community support.
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The Component Gallery – Use this handy reference to find interface components.
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Interactive Elements That You Can Build with HTML & CSS – Why JavaScript is no longer a requirement for interactivity.
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Tylify for Figma – Create seamless patterns with this Figma plugin.
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Dazzle Icons – A free icon library with over 1,600 options across four styles.
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The Keys to Becoming a Self-Reliant Freelance Designer – Tips for handling design, development, and beyond.
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Essays as Design Theory – Why essayistic writing is an excellent format for design theory and design research.
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Introducing the M3 Design Kit for Figma – Google has made a Material Design 3 kit available for Figma users.
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Things Strong Developers Do That Drive Their Team Crazy – How empathy and patience can help keep everyone on the same page.
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