Positioning in web design
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Positioning in web design

Understanding how positioning in the web works is crucial for responsive web design, as it allows us speak the same language with developers and helps make better design decisions. Compared to static design tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch) it's more complex as well, because the position depends on everything around it;…

A brief history of web design for designers
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A brief history of web design for designers

My interest in coding my designs was lost at the the moment I realized how much trickery had to be done to make it happen. Seemingly simple issues could be solved in so many ways. Yet it still might not have worked on some browsers. One thing that always made…

9 basic principles of responsive web design

9 basic principles of responsive web design

Responsive web design is a great solution to our multi-screen problem, but getting into it from the print perspective is difficult. No fixed page size, no millimetres or inches, no physical constraints to fight against. Designing in pixels for Desktop and Mobile only is also the past, as more and…

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FROONT version one goes live!

After months of work and a pile of feedback processed, we are thrilled to announce FROONT version one. We believe that the time has come to revise not only our tools, but the whole workflow, optimising the process of responsive web design. FROONT becomes an open web design platform making…

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The open web design manifesto

Web design is open by its nature, yet historically it is divided into static and dynamic phase. We believe time has come to blend these two, as the process and result of web design lives on the same screen. Being able to see how it performs early on improves decision…