From Data To Decisions: UX Strategies For Real-Time Dashboards
Real-time dashboards are decision assistants, not passive displays. In environments like fleet management, healthcare, and operations, th...
Craft, Clarity, and Care: The Story and Work of Mengchu Yao
A spotlight on Tokyo-based digital designer Mengchu Yao, and her work and design philosophy that shape her creative process.
When Cells Collide: The Making of an Organic Particle Experiment with Rapier & Three.js
A behind-the-scenes look at a cellular particle experiment by Unseen Studio — from early concept and design explorations to the technical...
Integrating CSS Cascade Layers To An Existing Project
The idea behind this is to share a full, unfiltered look at integrating CSS Cascade Layers into an existing legacy codebase. In practice,...
Reality meets Emotion: The 3D Storytelling of Célia Lopez
Meet Célia, a 3D designer celebrated for her mastery of color, detail, and emotionally engaging experiences. She creates visionary works ...
Between Reality and Emotion: The 3D Storytelling of Célia Lopez
Meet Célia, a 3D designer celebrated for her mastery of color, detail, and emotionally engaging experiences. She creates visionary works ...
10+ Best WordPress Block Themes for WooCommerce in 2025
These WooCommerce block themes will give you more design flexibility with modular control over the layout and styling. Building a stun...
8 Autumn-Inspired CSS & JavaScript Effects
The colors and flavors of Autumn offer plenty of design inspiration. The innovative CSS and JavaScript snippets here will allow you to...
Design Has Never Been More Important: Inside Shopify’s Acquisition of Molly
With Molly joining Shopify, design takes center stage in shaping the future of AI and commerce.
Between Strategy and Story: Thierry Chopain’s Creative Path
Thierry Chopain, co-founder of type8 studio, is a designer focused on typography, strategy, and digital imagery, creating clear and endur...
From Zero to MCP: Simplifying AI Integrations with xmcp
Learn how xmcp, a TypeScript framework, streamlines building Model Context Protocol servers and connecting LLMs to real-world data.
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences (Part 1)
TV interface design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. It’s been guided by decades of evolution and innovation, yet st...
Designing For TV: Principles, Patterns And Practical Guidance (Part 2)
After covering in detail the underlying interaction paradigms of TV experiences in [Part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/desi...
7 Must-Know GSAP Animation Tips for Creative Developers
Discover seven practical GSAP tips that will help you create smoother, smarter, and more creative web animations with less code.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New Jitter Website
How Jitter reimagined its website to highlight collaboration, creativity, and motion design at scale.
20+ Incredible Photoshop Actions for Sketching Effects in 2025
Streamline your workflow and transform your photos into beautiful sketches with our collection of sketch photo effect actions.
Recreating Palmer’s Draggable Product Grid with GSAP
Learn how to use GSAP and its plugins to recreate a refined grid animation.
A Breeze Of Inspiration In September (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a new collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching design...
Motion Highlights #12
Your latest roundup of exceptional motion design and animation, spotlighting talent from the global creative community.
Design as Rhythm and Rebellion: The Work of Enrico Gisana
Discover the work of Enrico Gisana, where branding, typography, and motion converge through experimental design.
Prompting Is A Design Act: How To Brief, Guide And Iterate With AI
Prompting is more than giving AI some instructions. You could think of it as a design act, part creative brief and part conversation desi...
Interactive Video Projection Mapping with Three.js
Learn how to map video textures onto 3D grids of cubes with masks, motion, and interactivity using Three.js.
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences
TV interface design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. It’s been guided by decades of evolution and innovation, yet st...
Optimizing PWAs For Different Display Modes
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great way to make apps built for the web feel native, but in moving away from a browser environment, we...