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Responsive design has been around for a few years now, and we can’t see it disappearing off the radar anytime soon. With that in mind, here’s a list of 40 of the most interesting articles and resources we’ve found to help you improve your responsive design skills and knowledge. Whether you’re just starting out or [...]

Issue 240 of the fantastic .net magazine is out right now, featuring an article from our very own Jonathan Brealey. Jonathan’s article, entitled “Getting back to the roots”, highlights the importance of local grass roots web design and web development events in the UK and how they can help trigger inspiration, build your professional network, [...]

Recently, we asked you what the best Facebook pages are for designers and developers were, and so we put together a list of your (and our!) favourites. All the pages below are packed with tips, advice and inspiration for designers and developers…if there’re any on here you haven’t liked yet, now’s the time. Skillshare Skillshare [...]

The people have spoken and the nominees for the .net young designer of the year award have been announced. The line-up consists of the some of the most supremely talented web designers under the age of 25 from all around the world. As we’re sponsoring the category, we thought we’d give you a run-down of [...]

As you may have seen on Twitter, last week we headed off to New Adventures in Web Design (NACONF), a conference we’ve sponsored since it began back in 2011. Run by Simon Collison, New Adventures has always been an excellent source of inspiration for all kinds of web professionals, and it’s a firm favourite in [...]

We’re sponsoring this year’s New Adventures conference, and with a nod to the speakers’ topics, we’ve put together a mini-series of posts aimed at web designers. Enjoy! Whether you’re always on the look out for new fonts and the latest techniques or you simply like a good typeface and reading up on typography, we’ve got [...]

We’re sponsoring this year’s New Adventures conference, and with a nod to the speakers’ topics, we’ve put together a mini-series of posts aimed at web designers. Enjoy! Improving your design process makes all the difference to your efficiency, your clients’ happiness, and your own motivation. The more time you can save with design shortcuts the [...]

This competition is now closed As sponsors of the fantastic New Adventures in Web Design Conference 2013, we have two tickets up for grabs this week. As one of the biggest web design events of the year, NAConf brings together some of the biggest names from the industry, and this year is no exception. Jessica [...]

In October, we launched the Heart Internet web design survey 2012 with the aim of gathering valuable information about the web design industry from the people who make it what it is. After studying the results of our online survey (conducted amongst 500 web designers on DesignShack.net), we decided to put the key findings into [...]

A good ecommerce template can be hard to find, so we’ve done the hard work for you and found some of the best free templates available on the web for WordPress, Magento, OpenCart, Prestashop and Zen Cart. As well as all the ecommerce one-click installs we offer, we have plenty of free apps covering everything [...]