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When the brief says modern, give it a little more personality

“Modern” needs context. Describe the impression in a real setting, turn it into repeatable type, colour and motion choices and review it on a usable page.

#Branding

Designing a dark mode that still feels like your brand

Dark mode is more than a black background. Check there’s a real need, rebuild the palette by role, review images and make the preference behave like a choice.

#Accessibility

Your brand voice has to handle the error messages too

A playful voice can stay human when things go wrong. Lead with the useful sentence, be precise about what worked and dial down the personality when recovery matters.

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The right website photograph can do some of the explaining

Stock smiles at a laptop explain nothing. Give each image a reason to be there and review the whole collection, not just the favorite photograph.

#Images

Luxury website design: give the work some breathing room

A premium site can be quiet and still clear. Build around what deserves attention, let space describe relationships and carry the calm style into the inquiry.

#Luxury

When a brand refresh should keep the familiar bits

A refresh needn’t make customers feel lost. Keep the signals people recognize, refine the system around them and change more only when the story no longer fits.

#Brand refresh

Has the business grown beyond the story its website tells?

People may know your best-known service but not the rest. Check which service gets explained first, whether the evidence fits and if navigation carries both.

#Branding

PayPal’s refresh has a lesson for the least glamorous page on your website

PayPal’s 2024 refresh reaches past the logo into type, color and motion. The lesson: give receipts, forms and other ordinary screens a place in the design.

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One brand should not need six slightly different button styles

Button styles pile up like mugs in a cupboard. Keep variations that explain the action, put the decisions in theme.json and check the next page, not just today’s.

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What Decathlon’s rebrand can teach a much smaller website

A rebrand is more than a new logo. Translate the direction into one real page, give type, images and voice practical roles and carry them into the working screens.

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