This month I wrote for Zero To Mastery’s blog. Here are my top takeaways for Designers from Config 2021; Figma’s two-day virtual conference.

Neumorphism is a design trend that has been discussed and written about since the tail end of 2019 but, so far, it seems to be a trend that exists pretty much exclusively on Dribbble. It has been sitting with me since writing my trends post back in February because it’s just well… too pretty to ignore. Perhaps by looking at its pros and cons it might become clearer where and how it can be used to bring maximum joy to the designer without losing the user. 

Now that we’re in our sixth week of lockdown I’ve been thinking about, not just how to stay productive but how to stay sane during this time. We’re at the point where lockdown fatigue seems to be setting in across the country so here are some ideas on how to minimise this.

As designers we accept the importance of design principles on a basic level but we don’t often use them to make individual visual identities work harder. They’re sort of just a given. But they could be so much more.

Out of all the recent articles about trends I have read these are the ideas that I am actually curious about. They are the ones that can and should have an impact on the way we design for users in 2020. Here are my 2020 design trend highlights…

This month I contributed to a Computer Arts magazine piece about future trends. I don’t usually advocate concentrating too much on design trends but there are some interesting ideas here!

Designers are a multi talented bunch of people — from digital to print design, branding to illustration and everything in between.

At previous events the focus has been more on development and engineering so I was very happy to attend a couple of workshops and talks this year that highlighted the importance of user-centred design.

In October some of the ladies from TheTin went to the Women of Silicon Roundabout event in Kings Cross.

With more and more aspects of our daily lives happening on screen, it’s never been more important as designers to make sure all of the content we create takes into account the needs of as many users as possible.