A case study about redesigning the item element of the hotel search result list on trivago’s website. — A few months ago, we at trivago — the hotel metasearch website — established the first version of the styleguide and the pattern library by using the Atomic Design methodology. This was a reference for redesigning the company’s products, including the hotel search website — the trivago’s core product.

Few weeks ago I received another e-mail in which someone was asking me about pixelated image effect that can be seen on my portfolio website. …

Graphs are effective techniques for communicating quantitative information with graphical means. But to achieve effectiveness, five things must be carefully considered. — We use graphs for visual communication in business, statistics, research, and other areas, where quantitative data represents the key source of the communication. Graphs communicate quantitative information that is derived from quantitative and categorical data.

Tabbed browsing and “_blank” go perfectly together. If users like tabs why would you do it differently? — A few days ago I saw a post of Smashing Magazine on their Facebook fan page. It said (link): “Are you actually still using target=“_blank” in your projects? Isn’t forcing links to open in new windows way too outdated these days?”. I went through some comments on that Smashing’s post…