The day’s best and most important design- and design business-focused articles, tutorials, and resources hand-picked by Pariah Burke.
- What Your Business Can Learn From Ello
It’s a strategy Todd Berger, co-founder of the “anti-Facebook” social network Ello, calls its “world domination approach.” Ello is taking a different path—one based on a “freemium” business plan for users that gives them basic access for free, promises not to sell their data to advertisers, and allows them to pay for additional features such as upgraded profile designs.
- Meet Instagram’s Five New Filters (And Learn What They Are Best For)
Using the right filter is an important method to get noticed on Instagram. The five new filters—Slumber, Crema, Ludwig, Aden and Perpetua—are available on both the iOS and the Android app.
- 9 Enchanting Projects Using the Pantone Matching System as Design Inspiration
The projects below take the Pantone Matching System to the next level, showcasing out-of-the-box—and, frankly—pretty meta approaches to color matching.
- 30 Gifts Under $30 Gift Guide for Photographers
The ultimate gift guide for photographers where all items are under $30. Give them to loved ones during the holidays (or whatever the occasion may be). We’d like to help you out on your quest in finding the right gift. We have listed the best gifts—well, most of them, at least—from the quirky to the more serious. Check it out!
- 12 Graphic Designer Gifts for the 12 Days of Christmas
Are you currently on the quest of finding the perfect present for your graphic designer friend, colleague, or relative? Well, congratulations for you have come to the right spot! Here at YouTheDesigner, we created a gift guide featuring 12 items (12 days of Christmas, anyone?) to give a graphic designer this holiday season. You might also like to add some of these items to your own Christmas wishlist.
- 5 Snarky (but Simple) Design Tips That Will Immediately Improve Your Content
Design is an essential part of all the content you produce, from your blog posts to your Tweets. It’s also one of the most challenging, especially for those among us who aren’t designers, and can’t afford to hire one. We try our best to create things that are visually appealing but also effective in their purpose. But sometimes, we just miss the boat.