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50+ articles to make you a better web designer

This post is a collection of some of the best articles on various topics related to web design. These are excellent, thought-provoking articles that may be able to help you in your design career.

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who would vote this down?

A nice set of articles all, and each one helpful or at least thought provoking.

#1: mark on 08/18 at 01:37 AM

oh crap, ok i read marks comment after checking out designm page, and for some messed up reason voted down! Who cares about the yay nay thing tbh, it’s a great article, cool find Nathan, sorry for the accidental blooper there! I owe you 1+ :)

#2: Moni on 08/19 at 08:52 PM

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