This essay is excerpted from the ebook Web Design Trends 2015 & 2016 by Jerry Cao, Kamil Zieba, and Matt Ellis of UXPin, a UX design platform. Flat design rose in popularity pretty quickly back in ...

Despite its sudden popularity, flat design is not just some fly-by-night trend. It’s a substantial approach to Web design that’s rooted in practicality, and necessity. The balance between aesthetics ...

There were doubters when flat design started emerging, but this design trend isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Flat design is only getting started and is more popular than ever when it comes to ...

Skeuomorphism, at a basic level, means borrowing design concepts inherent to an old technology or approach while implementing new design. Examples include a “yellow pad” background representing notes ...

When we talk about Jony Ive’s massive overhaul of Apple’s mobile operating system in iOS 7, we tend to think about it in terms of a mere facelift. First unveiled in June and inspired by the work of ...

It is a fact: flat design is one of today’s popular trends. It is now found anywhere – especially on Windows and Android, the most used desktop and mobile operating systems respectively. The latter ...

The iOS7’s UI is not fully flat; however, it is much flatter than the previous versions of the operating system. The company has moved away from glossy and beveled icons with strong drop shadows.

What if you could transform your design projects with a single, versatile toolkit? Enter the world of flat graphic design, a style celebrated for its bold simplicity and unparalleled clarity. In the ...

Traditionally, printed circuit board (PCB) design engineers – and, more recently, designers of System-in-Package (SiP) assemblies – have captured their hardware designs using pages in a flat schematic ...