Dan Mall

“It only took 5 years, but I've finally launched a new [personal] site.”

Responsive Line Breaks

Avoiding widows and orphans as much as possible.

Design Flexibility

The design process in the public story of a new site.

The Post-PSD Era

A problem of expectations.

SVG Workflow for Designers

Creating quick vector assets with really small file sizes.

Prequalifying Clients

Questions to ask when onboarding new clients.

Understanding Letters

Guidelines for readable letterforms.

Sigh, JavaScript

The best sites, only accessible to some.

Progressive Enhancement. Still Alive & Kickin’.

Is progressive enhancement still a necessity?

Now with Responsive!

Retrofitting a web site for responsive web design.

The Responsive Mobile Entertainment Weekly

A collaboration between two great teams.

TechCrunch: A Responsive Redesign

A deep look into the redesign process.

How to Get the Work You Want

“There’s little excuse for not being able to do the work you want.”

On Creative Direction

Creative direction as compared to art direction and design.

Visual Inventory

A design deliverable for the post-PSD era of responsive design.

Question About Using Photoshop in Responsive Workflows

“Don’t be afraid to use Photoshop for the big picture stuff.”

Get Comfortable

Public speaking, summed up in one phrase.

Creative Cloud Libraries

Designing smart responsive systems with Photoshop libraries.

How to Make a Performance Budget

Designing with performance-based constraints

“There's a nap for that.”

Pricing

How much should I charge for my work?

“Style guides should describe rationale, not rules.”

“If you take more than an hour to prototype, you’re not prototyping, you’re building.”

Content & Display Patterns

The key to a more scalable, modular design system.

Researching Design Systems

Things a design system should have guidelines for.

A new calendar approach for 2017

Inspired by the ideas from the book ‘Unsubscribe’.

Stealing Your Way to Original Designs

The 3 steps for apprentices: imitate, remix, invent.

“When you hire a professional, you pay a lot now. When you hire an amateur, you pay a lot later.”

Typography in Design Systems

A typographic system that’s optimized for guessability.