
How to Make a Website on Your Own If You Aren’t a Web Designer
Find out how to create a website on your own without even finding out what the code looks like, how Photoshop or Illustrator work

Modular grid: complete beginner’s guide
Wanna make user-friendly, pleasantly aesthetic websites? Use modular grids. The modular grid is an instrument for organizing visual space. Let’s look at why t

Effective UI Texts: Words to Avoid in Writing
All the common words to avoid in writing. Knowing this can make your UI texts accurate and easy to understand for every person.

How to Become a Graphic Designer: The Ultimate Guide
Kickstart your graphic design career with an in-depth guide to graphic design courses, books, and detailed information on graphic designer salary.

Mobile Design Techniques
Remove unnecessary elements in your app and, instead, apply the following mobile design techniques: typography, colors, animation.

How to Design a Mobile App Without Paying A Dime
How do you bridge the gap from developing an app to designing it? If you’re on a budget, here’s how to design a mobile app - without paying a dime!

How To Retain User Engagement After Website Redesign
5 case studies of website redesign failures that will teach you how to retain user engagement when you roll out a new website design.

From Axure to Principle
90% of startups without prototypes fail. With prototypes, only 89% do. Jokes aside, I used to create prototypes for the last 18 years. My personal path was from

How Much Do Free Images Really Cost?
Table of Contents [hide] 1 What Do You Need Free Images For? 2 What Is a Copyright? 3 Copyright Infringement – How Much Being Careless Can Cost? 4 Are Yo

Blind method of hiring a software developer
One of the software developers started smelling of cheese. I once tried something that a waiter called “the smelliest cheese in France,” so I know what I’

Career Tips: How to Become a UX Designer
In this post, Icons8 founder Ivan Braun shares his experience with a bunch of useful tips and links for newbies in UX design.

Best Practices for Website Header Design
The article lets you look a bit closer at the functions of a website header and recommendations for its design. Packed with UI design examples.

Essential Guide to SVG Icons – When to Use and How to Edit
Are you a beginning front-end developer? Would you like to get the most out of vector icons? Then this guide is for you!

What to Do If Someone Steals From You 7 Times a Day
The Icons8 team share their experience on authorship abuse, infringements, and unpleasant side of creative business as stealing design results