CategoryCase Studies

September 18, 2023 — This article is a peek behind the curtain of how content is managed here at Smashing Magazine. In it, you’ll get a tour of an article’s full lifecycle, from a basic outline to the sort of thing you’re reading right this second. Read more…

August 3, 2023 — Liran Cohen and the team at Bookaway, a travel booking service, dramatically improved their site’s performance by auditing Core Web Vitals. In this article, Liran shares his team’s process for auditing and monitoring Web Vitals and the effort it took to dramatically improve Bookaway’s performance — and the benefits that came with it. Read more…

June 2, 2023 — Pricing a product or service is one of the more challenging aspects of product development. Pricing is an inexact science, and chances are you will not get it right the first time. But where do you even begin? Let’s explore the important considerations that go into product pricing. Read more…

April 17, 2023 — Have you ever wondered if things could have been done differently? But not sure how? Well, then, do not fall in love with the solution, but fall in love with the problem! Here’s an article to dive deep into how design thinking could do just that. Read more…

March 2, 2023 — In this article, Elisabeth Wieser-Linhart explores its potential benefits and drawbacks and shares what considerations and steps were involved in the process of migrating the front-end interface of Storyblok’s headless content management system. Read more…

February 15, 2023 — How to apply powerful storytelling to design a compelling and memorable digital experience on a landing page. A case study of the Smart Interface Design Patterns landing page. Read more…

November 9, 2022 — Everything design systems on accessibility, enterprise design systems, Figma kits, data visualization, motion design, multi-lingual design, naming, ROI calculator and UX writing. Read more…

September 29, 2022 — In this article, Wix security experts share ten “security by design” principles that emerged from their work in keeping the Wix platform secure. If you’re a developer, these tried-and-true principles can help you build your own secure applications. Read more…

September 9, 2022 — Design systems are a crucial success factor for digital businesses, and virtually every major player works with one. Still, they can sometimes be hard to sell to management. Here’s a ready-to-use formula to calculate the ROI of any design system. Read more…

August 29, 2022 — The problem of how to design an effective toggle button that shows the selected option clearly is a long-term open question among UI/UX designers. In this second part, Eduard Kuric explains a complex list of visual cues used by toggle buttons to communicate which of their options is active. Read more…