Posts by Pat Johnson

Pat Johnson

About the author | Pat Johnson

Pat is a web designer, and he loves creating outside-the-box solutions for clients to make their brand stand out in the crowd. Pat enjoys blogging about the creative process in web design and the importance of building a solution based on requirements and research.

Why you won’t regret taking the leap to Figma for web design

web design tool icons for Photoshop, Sketch, Adobe XD, and Figma

When I made my first website during high school in 1998, I used Adobe Illustrator. I’m an early adopter, so over the years, I’ve test-driven the latest options on the market. Remember clunky programs like Dreamweaver, FrontPage, HoTMetaL, and Flash from back in the day?  Among newer solutions, like Sketch, Photoshop, XD, and Figma, the […]

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Top 10 healthcare website design trends and examples

Web designer creates a layout based on top healthcare website design trends

An excellent healthcare website design is vital because today’s patients expect their providers to deliver the care they need in-person and online. In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there was a 63-fold increase in virtual-care consultations and other telemedicine appointments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether users access your site to read up on doctors, view […]

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Top 10 popular web design trends of 2021

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Catching up on the latest design trends is always fun homework when starting a website redesign. Though different preferred treatments may come and go, one thing never goes out of style: the best site designs always put function first and solve the problem in the most effective, efficient way.

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4 reasons to compromise on design decisions

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All finished websites are the result of design compromise. Compromising on design decisions is a standard part of every project—and overall that is a good thing—but, design compromising takes a nasty turn when those trade-offs go beyond the needs of the target audiences and start to hurt the effectiveness of the overall design. As a […]

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