Top design and frontend links this week.

Be Theme - Check out these pre-built websites and see why more web designers should give them a solid try - Muffin Group  Sponsored

2019 UI and UX design trends - Last year we put together a prediction of mobile UI design trends. This year, we’re going deeper and… - Moses Kim / filed under Trend, UI Design, UX Design

Predicting the graphic design trends of 2019 - Brands are getting more and more creative with how they display their products. We started seeing this last… - Hayley Salyer / filed under Graphic Design, Trend

The real business value of design - A couple of weeks ago management consultancy McKinsey published their research into the value of design called “The… - Dennis Hambeukers / filed under Business of Design

A design system isn’t one size fits all - At Spotify, we’re investing into how we support and deliver a design system to the business. We’re starting… - Josh Mateo and Jillian Nichols / filed under Design System

Good design doesn’t just happen - A lot of factors are at play within an organisation that hinders or helps good design to happen.… - Stephen McCarthy / filed under Project Management

Design for simplicity - Recently, an article brings up my memories of mobile phones people used ten years ago. Unlike the whole… - Jieyun Yang / filed under Product Design

A recap of frontend development in 2018 - The world of frontend development moves fast. Very fast. This article will recap the most important frontend news,… - Trey Huffine / filed under Front-end

What do you name color variables? - I remember the very first time I tried Sass on a project. The first thing I wanted to… - Chris Coyier / filed under HTML & CSS

Managing flow and rhythm with CSS custom properties - An important part of designing user interfaces is creating consistent vertical rhythm between elements. Creating consistent, predictable space… - Andy Bell / filed under HTML & CSS

Checking if an input is empty with CSS - Is it possible to know if an input is empty with only CSS? I had that question when… - Zell Liew / filed under HTML & CSS

Why more web designers should give pre-built websites a solid try to discover their hidden value - One of the latest trends in web design has taken the form of a debate, and a fierce… - Muffin Group / filed under Wordpress  Sponsored

DebuCSSer - Debucsser is a simple CSS debugging tool made to be unobtrusive in your workflow. I find myself often… - Luca Gesmundo / filed under Apps & Tools, HTML & CSS

CodyHouse Components - Components, a library of HTML, CSS, JS components that work seamlessly with the framework. - CodyHouse / filed under HTML & CSS, Javascript

Refactoring UI is now available - Make your ideas look awesome, without relying on a designer. Learn how to design beautiful user interfaces by… - Steve Schoger and Adam Wathan / filed under Books, UI Design

Switch to Studio by MDS - Learn efficient design & prototyping workflows with Invision Studio - Matt D. Smith / filed under InVision, Prototyping

The attention economy is eating our brains - I start by discussing dinner but end up detailing an alien invasion by four-eyed chickens in bikinis just… - Dorian Peters / filed under Psychology