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Il ne fait aucun doute que le concept de durabilité est en passe de transformer l’économie mondiale. L’épuisement des ressources de la planète, les bouleversements climatiques, la fracture sociale et économique, l’évolution des préférences de consommation, l’activisme salarial, la multiplication des réglementations et la crise de confiance dans les institutions sont autant de facteurs qui poussent les entreprises à se montrer toujours plus prudentes dans leurs objectifs et dans leurs bénéfices. Et tout cela est bon pour les affaires.

En assumant sa responsabilité sociétale, une entreprise renforce la réputation de sa marque. En effet, les demandeurs d’emploi et les consommateurs d’aujourd’hui cherchent à soutenir les organisations qui défendent des valeurs importantes et qui ont une incidence positive sur la société dans son ensemble. Quant aux investisseurs, ils s’intéressent de plus en plus aux objectifs de développement durable, et en particulier à leur impact social. Enfin, les réglementations concernant les droits humains et l’environnement se développent rapidement. De quoi pousser les PDG et les dirigeants d’entreprises à adopter une approche plus durable.

 

Les personnes, la planète et la prospérité

Quand vous entendez le mot « durabilité », vous avez peut-être le réflexe de penser au recyclage ou à l’environnement. Mais le concept ne se résume pas à éliminer les bouteilles d’eau à usage unique ou à réduire la consommation des combustibles fossiles. Le développement durable, c’est bien plus que cela. C’est une approche globale qui intègre des aspects sociaux, environnementaux et économiques – en somme, qui implique les personnes, la planète et la prospérité.

Les entreprises sont de plus en plus conscientes de la nécessité de se préoccuper autant de la durabilité sociale, ou durabilité en ressources humaines, que de ses volets économique et environnemental – car ce sont ces trois facteurs indissociables qui soutiennent et stimulent la durabilité de leurs activités. Les personnes sont les éléments constitutifs de la société ; elles exercent un impact sur l’environnement et alimentent l’économie. Elles sont naturellement au cœur de toute stratégie visant à atteindre des objectifs de développement durable. Dans le monde du travail actuel, les RH ont à la fois l’opportunité et la responsabilité de s’assurer que l’humain est au centre des différentes tâches, en créant un environnement propice aussi bien à l’épanouissement des collaborateurs qu’à la prospérité de l’entreprise dans son ensemble.

People Sustainability Is Emerging as a New Strategic Business Imperative

Définir la durabilité sociale

La durabilité sociale repose sur un traitement éthique et équitable des personnes au sein d’une entreprise, de sa Supply Chain et des populations parmi lesquelles elle opère.

La durabilité environnementale et économique implique de préserver et d’utiliser avec prudence les ressources naturelles et financières ; de la même manière, la durabilité sociale nécessite de considérer les personnes et le potentiel humain comme des ressources précieuses, qui doivent être entretenues et valorisées afin de favoriser la résilience, l’agilité et la réalisation d’objectifs pérennes.

Les entreprises qui font de la durabilité sociale une priorité en générant un impact social et en créant une culture plus diversifiée et inclusive sont mieux à même de stimuler l’implication et la productivité de leurs collaborateurs. Elles sont également mieux placées pour attirer et retenir les talents. Penny Stoker, responsable des talents internationaux chez EY, nous explique en quoi la durabilité sociale est centrale dans la construction d’un monde du travail meilleur.

Identifier les six piliers de la durabilité sociale

L’équipe de recherche en RH SAP SuccessFactors a identifié six domaines qui forment les piliers de la durabilité sociale. Bien que ces piliers soient distincts les uns des autres, on peut bien entendu identifier des recoupements. Et au centre de tout, il y a évidemment la notion de culture, qui détermine tant de comportements à l’intérieur d’une entreprise aussi bien qu’en dehors. Intéressons-nous à ces piliers, sous l’angle des RH et des processus de gestion du personnel.

 

 

Santé et sécurité
A minima, vous devez garantir la sécurité physique de votre personnel, le protéger contre les risques et subvenir à ses besoins de base. Votre processus d’intégration offre-t-il aux nouvelles recrues une formation et un équipement de sécurité appropriés dès le premier jour ? Avez-vous une bonne visibilité sur l’ensemble de vos collaborateurs, et notamment sur l’endroit où ils se trouvent ? Savoir qui sont vos salariés et où ils sont, à tout moment, vous permet de réagir rapidement en cas de crise et de proposer une assistance si nécessaire.

Diversité, équité et inclusion
En la matière, il s’agit de garantir à chaque individu un traitement juste et équitable, quels que soient son identité sociale et son système de croyances, de telle sorte qu’il en retire un sentiment authentique d’appartenance. Êtes-vous en mesure d’attirer et de recruter des demandeurs d’emploi issus de milieux divers ? Disposez-vous d’un processus de sélection et d’entretien standardisé ? Votre système de rémunération est-il transparent ? Avez-vous mis en place des métriques et un suivi des objectifs en matière de diversité, d’équité et d’inclusion ?

Bien-être et équilibre
Au-delà des impératifs de santé et de sécurité de base, il s’agit de prioriser le bien-être global (psychologique, social, financier et professionnel) de vos collaborateurs en mettant à leur disposition les outils et les ressources pertinents. Proposez-vous un ensemble complet d’avantages avec des options attrayantes ? Vos collaborateurs sont-ils suffisamment en confiance pour être pleinement eux-mêmes au travail ? Encouragez-vous une culture du dialogue permanent entre les responsables et leurs équipes ?

Confiance et transparence
Dans ce domaine, il importe que les collaborateurs puissent s’exprimer, comprendre comment sont prises les principales décisions qui les concernent, et être certains que leur entreprise agit de manière éthique. Écoutez-vous régulièrement vos collaborateurs et tenez-vous compte de leurs retours ? Avez-vous mis en place des règles et des processus garantissant l’utilisation éthique des technologies intelligentes ainsi que la confidentialité et la protection des données ? Vos métriques de diversité sont-elles publiées et accessibles à tous ?

Autonomie et développement personnel
Vos collaborateurs doivent bénéficier d’informations claires, du soutien et des outils nécessaires pour développer leurs compétences et agir sur leur parcours professionnel. Proposez-vous des options de formation inclusives pour répondre aux besoins et aux préférences d’un personnel diversifié ? Veillez-vous à ce que les responsables transmettent des retours équitables et exploitables à leurs équipes ? Offrez-vous un accès équitable aux opportunités de développement ?

Objectif organisationnel et RSE
Dans ce dernier domaine, l’entreprise s’efforce activement de rendre ce qu’elle reçoit et d’exercer un impact positif sur le monde ; ses collaborateurs sont encouragés à s’impliquer et se sentent galvanisés par la mission et les valeurs du groupe. Veillez-vous à ce que les objectifs individuels soient alignés sur ceux de l’entreprise afin de donner du sens au travail accompli ? Donnez-vous à vos collaborateurs la possibilité de s’adonner à leurs passions ?

 

Que peuvent faire les entreprises pour favoriser la durabilité sociale ?

Aujourd’hui, dans la plupart des entreprises, différents acteurs mènent ce genre d’initiatives sans trop connaître les stratégies des autres ni mettre en place de collaborations. Cela dit, il faut bien commencer quelque part. La première étape, en toute logique, consiste à déterminer où vous en êtes. Disposez-vous d’une stratégie unifiée, au moins dans certains des domaines évoqués plus haut ? Entamez des discussions et lancez-vous dans l’élimination des silos organisationnels.

Accordez la priorité aux personnes. Les progrès pour la planète et la prospérité suivront. C’est cela, être une entreprise résiliente, orientée sur les résultats et sur les personnes. Une entreprise qui n’est pas seulement parée pour répondre aux besoins de gestion d’aujourd’hui, mais qui saura s’adapter à ceux de demain.

Pour en savoir plus, regardez une rediffusion du discours d’ouverture SuccessConnect « Libérez toute la puissance du potentiel humain et transformez définitivement le monde du travail ».

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Kim Lessley est directrice mondiale du marketing des solutions chez SAP SuccessFactors.

 

 

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Paris, le 20 janvier 2023 – SAP France distingué à deux reprises pour sa qualité d’employeur depuis 2023.

SAP France est fier d’annoncer son classement parmi le TOP 10 des employeurs Best Places to Work de Glassdoor 2023. Au sein de ce même classement, SAP France se hisse à la deuxième place des acteurs High Tech.

L’entreprise se distingue également de nouveau, et pour la 10ème année consécutive par son classement à Top Employer France 2023 en occupant la 8ème place.

Cette année encore, le Groupe a su se démarquer comme étant un employeur attractif et respectueux d’un environnement de travail où la culture du Talent est devenue la véritable pierre angulaire du management, SAP France ayant fait de plusieurs domaines un socle managérial pour attirer et sauvegarder ses Talents.

En offrant un environnement de travail flexible, qui contribue grandement à l’équilibre vie professionnelle / vie personnelle, et en assurant des engagements forts en matière de Diversité et d’Inclusion, dont notamment la valorisation de l’intergénérationnel et l’accompagnement des salariés aidants, SAP France ne cesse d’améliorer les conditions de travail de l’ensemble de ses équipes.

L’expérimentation de « New ways of Work » démontre à nouveau cette volonté d’aller toujours plus loin pour offrir aux Talents une culture et des engagements alignés avec leurs besoins et leur temps.

Autre facteur souligné des salariés, l’engagement de SAP France en tant qu’entreprise responsable, avec notamment son programme de QVT, sa politique de Mécénat et de mentoring de startups sociales.

En qualité de géant de la Tech Européenne, nous devons montrer l’exemple. Nous devons transmettre et partager nos technologies business avec des entreprises qui en ont besoin. Nous devons offrir à nos Talents un environnement de travail qui puisse prendre en compte les évolutions sociétales, tout en étant à même de travailler l’individualité de chacun. Je m’étais engagé il y a quelques mois à offrir un environnement de confiance au business comme aux équipes SAP France. Ces distinctions prouvent que nous sommes sur la bonne voie, et qu’il nous faut continuer à privilégier une culture responsable du Talent”, indique Olivier Nollent, Président Directeur Général de SAP France.

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Création d'un Processus de Retouche de Portrait pour les photographes

En tant que photographe, vous voulez vous assurer que vos images de portrait sont à leur meilleur. La création d’un processus de retouche de portrait est une partie importante de la réalisation de cet objectif. La retouche peut vous aider à créer des images époustouflantes qui épateront vos clients et les rendront satisfaits des résultats.

La première étape de la création d’un processus de retouche de portrait consiste à déterminer le type de retouche que vous souhaitez effectuer. Voulez-vous vous concentrer sur la retouche de la peau, la correction des couleurs ou autre chose? Une fois que vous avez déterminé le type de retouche que vous souhaitez effectuer, il est temps de démarrer le processus.

L’étape suivante consiste à décider quels outils vous utiliserez pour la retouche. Il existe de nombreux outils différents disponibles pour la retouche de portraits, tels que Photoshop, Lightroom et d’autres logiciels de retouche d’images. Vous devez choisir les outils qui fonctionnent le mieux pour vous et votre flux de travail.

Une fois que vous avez choisi les outils que vous utiliserez, il est temps de commencer le processus de retouche proprement dit. Commencez par faire de petits ajustements à l’image. Cela peut inclure le réglage de l’exposition, du contraste ou de la balance des couleurs. Vous pouvez également utiliser des outils tels que l’esquive et la gravure pour apporter des modifications subtiles à l’image.

En ce qui concerne la retouche de la peau, il existe plusieurs techniques que vous pouvez utiliser. Vous pouvez utiliser le pinceau cicatrisant pour éliminer les imperfections ou l’outil Tampon de clonage pour supprimer les objets indésirables de l’image. Vous pouvez également utiliser la séparation des fréquences pour lisser les tons de peau et réduire les rides.

Une fois que vous avez terminé de faire des ajustements à l’image, il est temps de l’enregistrer. Assurez-vous d’enregistrer l’image dans un format adapté à l’impression, tel que TIFF ou JPEG. Vous devez également enregistrer une copie de l’image d’origine au cas où vous auriez besoin de revenir en arrière et de faire d’autres ajustements plus tard.

La création d’un processus de retouche de portrait est une partie importante de la production d’images époustouflantes que vos clients adoreront. En suivant ces étapes, vous pouvez vous assurer que vos images sont à leur meilleur et que vos clients sont satisfaits des résultats.

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It’s the start of a new year, and product designers are already launching thousands of new apps, tools, and resources.

In January’s edition of our monthly roundup of the most exciting new downloads for designers and developers, there’s everything from full-blown applications to helpful little side projects. Enjoy!

Observable

Observable lets you explore, analyze, and explain data as a team to uncover insights, and make better decisions. Build fresh data visualizations with drag-and-drop components or JavaScript.

Blocs

Blocs is a no-code website builder based on Bootstrap 5. It has a whole heap of templates, so all you need to do is pick one, customize it, and add your content.

blogstatic

blogstatic is a fantastic no-code blogging platform with a minimal UI that lets you focus on nothing but your content. There’s built-in SEO, plus themes and hosting is included.

Lessmail

Lessmail is an excellent way to clean out your inbox for the new year. Unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters, delete old messages and focus on the mail you want.

Ultimate Side Projects Playbook

Is 2023 the year you’ll launch a web-conquering side project? Give yourself the best chance with the free Ultimate Side Projects Playbook to guide you through the process.

Ashore

Get your web designs, prototypes, and other creative work sign-off fast using Ashore. Upload your files, share them with stakeholders, and track when your designs are approved.

Frase

Frase is an AI tool for researching, writing, and optimizing content with high-quality SEO keywords. Write anything from content briefs to blog posts in a fraction of the usual time.

Uiverse

Uiverse is a collection of UI elements designed by the community that you can use on your site for free or even submit your own designs for others to use.

Rive

Rive is an excellent app for building fast, small, interactive animations and motion graphics for the web. Animations built-in Rive can run on the web or in native apps.

Vuestic UI

Vuestic UI is an excellent UI framework for Vue. All aspects are fully customizable, and Vuestic UI seamlessly integrates with other component libraries for even more options.

Localfonts.xyz

Localfonts.xyz is a simple way to browse the fonts installed on your local machine in your browser. It’s a fast solution for choosing fonts for your designs.

PixelBin

PixelBin is a tool for optimizing and delivering images. It uses AI to transform your assets and allows you to use larger, higher-quality images without bloated load times.

EarlyBird

EarlyBird is a no-code landing page generator perfect for teams launching an early-stage website. You can get your product online fast and start validating it with real users.

RippleUI

RippleUI is a toolkit for UI design that improves on the Tailwind approach by simplifying classes to reduce the amount of code you need. In addition, it includes components and utility classes to speed up your web development.

No Code AI Model Builder

If you want to build your own AI models but you don’t know how to code, you can use No-Code AI Model Builder to generate AI models in minutes.

Templatify

Save hours creating social media templates with Templatify, a collection of 201 templates for Twitter and Instagram. There are dark and light versions, and a full video tutorial shows you how to customize them.

Detangle

Detangle beats small print by using the power of AI to generate human-readable summaries of legal documents so you can understand what you’re signing.

Mesher

CSS Hero’s Mesher creates incredible multicolor gradients that can be customized and exported to CSS for use in your projects.

OldestSearch.com

OldestSearch.com is a fascinating look at the web that was. Enter any search term, and it will return the oldest matching links available on Google Search.

Detect GPT

Detect GPT is a helpful Chrome extension that scans the content of web pages and determines if the content has been auto-generated by AI. It’s very handy for checking the validity of blog posts.

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This article is meant to be a starting point for sharing observations, experiences, and ideas to begin and build a conversation, exchange experiences, discuss, and shape a product vision we can work towards as a community.

Our initial product vision and definition reads as follows:

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Today, I’ll show you how to detect whether an HTTP request was submitted via HTML form or with JavaScript to the server.

The examples in this post are based on Nuxt.js and include references to a few global functions (defineEventHandler, getRequestHeaders, sendRedirect). It’s not important that you know how they work. Just focus on the concept. I’ll explicitly highlight the important bits

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Welcome to our annual guessing game of what the next twelve months will bring.

As ever, the design world isn’t isolated from the world in which it exists, so when events shape our lives, they impact our work, the work clients ask for, and the work that inspires us. According to Collins Dictionary, the word of the year for 2022 was permacrisis. And frankly, 2023 doesn’t look any less turbulent, with some good and some bad things already on the horizon.

Russia seems all but certain to retreat to Crimea and claim its objectives in Ukraine have been achieved; Ukraine may not accept that end, but it will probably be enough to end sanctions against Russia, which will significantly impact the economy worldwide. Brazil may have been forced to watch Argentina lift the FIFA World Cup, but it has a new (old) president and fresh hope for the survival of the Amazon rainforest. Crypto has weathered a series of storms (although there may be more to come), and historical precedence suggests the bear market has run its course; 2023 will see stagnation, with an upward trend taking hold toward the end of the year. The former Pope has died, potentially paving the way for the retirement of the current Pope and the election of a new Pope, bringing with it either renewed liberalism or renewed conservatism to the world’s largest religion. Oh, and the IMF thinks a third of the world will be in recession at some point in 2023; the UK and Russia already are, and policymakers in the US are looking nervous.

And that’s just the obvious. Of course, there will be surprises, too, because there always are.

Against this backdrop, designers must not only navigate a problematic jobs market but produce designs that respond to the needs and desires of their clients’ users.

How Did I Do in 2022?

Before diving into this year’s predictions, let’s take a look at how I thought 2022 would play out.

I predicted that 2022 would be the year of blockchain, with decentralized data storage taking over. Well, I got the decentralized part right, but not so much the blockchain aspect (feel free to tell me I’m wrong on Mastodon because I’m not checking Twitter anymore). I’ll call that half a point.

I said design would be positive, playful, and accessible. I think design did emerge from its obsession with corporate minimalism, but positive and playful? Unfortunately, I’m calling that a miss.

I said everything would be green. Again, that’s a miss. If there was a color for 2022, it was a pink-purple gradient.

I predicted hero text would replace hero images, and in the third quarter of 2022, that’s exactly the trend we saw; tick.

Finally, I suggested that illustration would adopt a grainy texture. Well, some designers did, but it was hardly a dominant trend, so I’m going to have to call that a miss.

So for my 2022 predictions, I scored 30%. Way worse than last year’s clean sweep. Let’s see if we can’t beat that in 2023…

1. We’ll Stop Freaking Out Over AI

By now, you’ve probably tried AI, freaked out, and Googled how to start a small holding in the mountains.

The truth is that AI is just a tool. And a good one at that. AI is really good at derivative work. But it’s entirely incapable of improvising, holding opinions, having an agenda, or thinking outside the box.

AI will not replace your job — unless your job is deleting the background from photos, in which case it already has. Since when did Stephen King get replaced by a spellchecker?

If you haven’t tried an AI tool yet, I’d encourage you to try it. It does the small repetitive tasks well.

2. We’ll Embrace the Real World

One of the reasons AI can’t be creative is that it doesn’t have the same number of input sensors we have. We can smell, hear, feel, and experience the world in a multitude of different ways.

Most of us spent a year in lockdown working remotely. Then rushed back to the office, only to discover that our teamwork didn’t actually improve. With the worsening economic outlook, big companies are looking to budget, and the simplest way to cut costs is to ask staff to work remotely.

When your commute is a five-second walk to the spare bedroom, you find yourself with more free time. Sure, you could probably learn Python, but wouldn’t you be happier learning to paddleboard?

As we open ourselves to new experiences, our design work will inevitably become more diverse and natural.

3. We’ll Reject Brutalism

It had a good run, but Brutalism isn’t a good fit for most UI projects. The trend of 2021–22 will vanish as quickly and as unexpectedly as it arrived.

4. We’ll Reject Darkmode

It has had a good run, and dark mode is a perfect fit for most UI projects. But we’re all kinda sick of it.

I hope I’m wrong about this one; not only is dark mode genuinely better for both your eyes and the environment, but the rich, warm blackness is the perfect antidote to sterile white corpo-minimalism.

Dark mode options are built into our OS, so it’s doubtful that it’s going to vanish anytime soon. However, dark mode as a design trend for its own sake is probably on the wane.

Typically trends come and go in symmetrical waves. Dark mode has been a dominant trend for years, so it should take as long to vanish completely.

5. We’ll Embrace Personal Retro

Every year we get the exciting job of guessing which decade the zeitgeist will rip off next. Will 2023 be the year of ’80s retro, ’90s retro, ’00s retro, or maybe (somebody shoot me) ’10s retro?

The retro trends we’ve seen over the last few years have been poor pastiches of their associated decades. If last year’s ’90s retro was inspired by the ’90s, it was a ’90s someone else was living.

In 2023 we’ll move beyond someone else’s ideas of what the past was like, to a personal vision of what came before. One in which the sunbleached colors of eternal Summers in the suburbs dominate.

6. We’ll Fall For Borecore

We’re all guilty of designing with our egos from time to time, and there is a tendency to hit users between the eyes with the biggest type, the loudest gradient, and the flashiest animation.

If you truly want to impress users in 2023, stop inserting pop-ups, adverts, cookie notices, and the other extraneous detritus that stops them from doing whatever it is they arrived on your site for. Impressing users in 2023 means clean typography, low-distraction art direction, and helpful content. Boring design just isn’t as boring as it used to be.

In 2023, the best thing designers can do for their users is get out of the way.

Happy New year! We hope it’s a good one.

 

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I never liked being on-call (slight understatement) or asking others to shoulder some of the load. Sometimes it feels like it’s a penalty for being more involved and knowledgeable about our code and infrastructure. And it definitely is a big distraction from core development and innovation.

But there really is no way to avoid it once you have a live product or website with paying customers. Somebody needs to be available just in case something goes wrong.

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Choosing the right typefaces for your website can elevate a design from dour to delightful. The right typeface gives personality to your brand voice and can make sure your content gets read.

And so, every month, we put together a roundup of the best new fonts for web designers. In this roundup of the year, we look back at the past twelve months and showcase our forty favorite fonts of 2022. Enjoy!

Tellumo

Tellumo is an elegant geometric sans-serif that oozes positivity. It comes with a standard set of caps and an alternative set of swash caps.

DT Random Display

DT Random Display is an original approach to typeface design. It’s perfect for posters or a branding project with a courageous client.

Rebrand

Rebrand is a sans-serif packed with character. There are display and text versions, each with seven weights.

Aiglon

Aiglon is a monolinear semi-geometric sans-serif. It is simple and forthright, without being dull or forgettable.

Shorai Sans

Shorai Sans is a blend of geometric sans-serif and calligraphic brushstrokes. As well as Latin glyphs, there’s a complete set of Japanese characters.

Monden

Monden is a high-contrast serif with a clever little kick on the lowercase h, m, and n that adds richness to body text.

Canora

Canora is a calligraphic typeface with two styles: Frente leans to the right, and Verso leans to the left.

Epicene

Epicene is a beautifully baroque typeface with some intriguing details. There are two families, a display version and a text version.

Sangbleu

Sangbleu is a super-family of typefaces with five complementary styles: Empire, Kingdom, Republic, Versailles, and Sunrise.

Forme

Forme is a typically British grotesque typeface with the bonus of having an equally functional Arabic sibling.

Aprello

Aprello is a robust sans-serif that’s ideal for branding projects. There are six weights, each with an italic and a variable font version.

Selva

Selva is an elegant serif typeface in the Scotch tradition. It has a vast number of weights and a particularly attractive italic.

GT Planar

GT Planar is a unique typeface with both italic and retalic styles that slant up to 45 degrees in each direction.

Veqay

Veqay is an elegant stencil typeface with organic shapes, making it ideal for certain branding and editorial design.

Apta

Apta is a clean sans-serif with excellent proportions. Unusually it comes in three versions, a geometric style, a humanist style, and a combination style.

Antodits

Antodits is an energetic script face that has the feel of graffiti. This is a great display font for headlines.

Delvard

Delvard is a family of three typefaces, Display, Subhead, and Text. It’s a beautiful serif with script-like strokes.

Rosales

Rosales integrates a humanist style with geometric forms and calligraphic alternatives to create a unique typeface.

Fisterra

Fisterra is an informal serif with two different styles: Morte, with emphasizes curves, and Fora, which emphasizes sharp lines.

Connection

Connection is a precisely drawn typeface with beautiful detail courtesy of a calligraphic influence.

Ping Round

Ping Round is a simple sans-serif drawn with as few strokes as possible, resulting in some characterful letterforms.

Mule

Mule is a hard-working serif with friendly, engaging letterforms. It has a great rhythm, making it ideal for extended text.

Arnika

Arnika is a contemporary typeface with a large x-height. The flares on its strokes put it mid-way between a serif and a sans-serif.

Kingsad

Kingsad is a sans-serif designed for branding. The generous curves and wide letterforms make it best suited to short text.

Apice

Apice is an elegant script font perfect for posters, branding, and editorial design. It’s a variable font with a setting to control stroke contrast.

The Future

The Future is a reworking of the ideas behind Futura. It has a great mix of Western and Japanese typographic traditions.

Mallory

Mallory is an Art Nouveau-inspired display face. It has graceful sweeping curves and strong contrast.

Fabbrica

Fabbrica is a functional sans-serif that performs exceptionally well at small sizes and especially well on screen.

Gills & Co

Gills & Co is another of this year’s crop of Art Nouveau-inspired typefaces. It’s ideal for editorial design.

Satiata

Satiata is an energetic typeface that almost dances across the screen. Best used for branding or display type.

Fold

Fold is a no-nonsense sans-serif that’s plan spoken and trustworthy. It has four weights with corresponding italics.

Bells Morten

Bells Morten is a display font inspired by vintage signage. It’s bold and all-caps, with sharp flared serifs.

Mori

Mori is a versatile sans-serif inspired by contemporary Japanese design. It’s ideal for branding and editorial design.

Nitido

Nitido is a humanist sans-serif designed as a companion for the popular Nitida font family. It’s beautifully suited to branding work.

Lithops

Lithops is a fantastic display face for posters, T-shirts, and editorial design, with a pattern making up the letters that’s reminiscent of seaweed.

Rapidissima

Rapidissima is a companion typeface to Rapida. While Rapida is a careful usable serif, Rapidissima is an exploration of speed.

Firelli

Firelli is a warm, contemporary slab serif with a range of weights. It’s an excellent choice for display and body type.

OBO Star

OBO Star is a semi-monospaced typeface, meaning that most of the characters use the same space.

Nagel

Nagel is a uniwidth sans-serif with a low stroke contrast and some bold detailing. It’s ideally suited to short texts and branding.

Practico Slab UI

Practico Slab UI is a workhorse slab serif that blends European and American mid-century styles. It’s available as a variable font.

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Finding a good web design agency is challenging, especially if you’re doing it for the first time. With so many options, it’s challenging to determine which best meets your needs.

The obvious place to start looking for a web design agency is by asking friends, family, and colleagues for personal recommendations, but bear in mind that they may not be qualified to judge your options objectively, and you’ll need to carry out due diligence on any web design agency recommended to you.

The process of researching and evaluating different design agencies can be time-consuming and complex. To make it easier, you must start with a clear understanding of your goals and expectations.

Begin by making a long list of web design agencies and freelance designers that might fit the bill. Then whittle it down to a shortlist by discounting anyone whose portfolio you don’t like — while design is about more than just subjective opinions, it’s also vital that you end up with a website you like and are proud to show off as part of your brand identity.

Now you have your shortlist, there are several key questions to pose to each potential candidate to ensure that they are the right fit for you. Here are the ten questions you should be asking to put you on track to finding your perfect website design partnership.

1. What types of website design services do you offer?

The first thing to realize is that there are many different kinds of websites, and as such, there are also many different kinds of website design services.

The types of website design services offered by web design agencies range from basic site creation to complex ecommerce solutions.

Basic web design services usually include developing and implementing a CMS (Content Management System) such as WordPress, Joomla, or Craft. Agencies may also provide more advanced services such as custom website design, SEO optimization, and web hosting.

Different agencies and freelancers specialize in various types of sites, so you must compare their solutions with your requirements.

2. Do you have any case studies of past projects I can review?

Experience matters when choosing a web design agency. Ask potential candidates about the years they have been in business and the types of projects they’ve worked on. New doesn’t necessarily mean low quality — plenty of great agencies are founded by experienced designers whose portfolios are owned by their previous employers.

However, it is easier to ensure a web design agency is a good fit for your project if you can review case studies of previous jobs. Case studies will provide valuable insights into their approach and techniques and how successful their clients have been.

3. Where are you based?

When it comes to web design agencies, there are pros and cons to hiring a local or remote team. On the one hand, working with a local agency can provide many advantages, such as in-person interaction and access to their resources. On the other hand, working with a remote team may offer greater flexibility, cost savings, and access to a global talent pool.

It’s essential to ask about an agency’s location to understand their services’ advantages and disadvantages.

Effective team communication is essential for any project, so you should check the working hours of any agency you select — you don’t want to wait overnight for answers to urgent queries.

4. Do you specialize in any particular industries or platforms?

Web design agencies may specialize in various industries and platforms, depending on the specific needs of their clients. For example, some might specialize in ecommerce solutions such as Shopify or WooCommerce, while others might focus on frameworks such as Vue or React.

Additionally, web design agencies may specialize in creating custom websites for specific industries, such as healthcare or finance.

Suppose you can locate a web design agency with previous experience developing websites for clients similar to you. In that case, they will be better placed to anticipate challenges specific to your project.

5. What is your process for designing websites?

Before hiring a web design agency, it’s essential to understand their approach to website design. For example, some agencies may take a more traditional “design and build” approach where they create the entire site from start to finish, while others may prefer to work with an existing template and make customizations.

Some design agencies use a traditional waterfall approach, while others adopt an agile methodology. Waterfall is a sequential process in which each step happens in isolation, whereas agile is an interactive approach with frequent testing and feedback.

Knowing how an agency prefers to work will help you establish realistic expectations about how they will integrate into your company culture.

5. Do you offer any additional services, such as SEO or hosting?

Website design agencies may offer a range of additional services, depending on the needs of their clients. Beyond website design and development, many agencies also provide SEO (search engine optimization) and web hosting services.

All reputable web design agencies will ensure that your website meets the minimum standard for technical SEO. But some agencies will also adapt your content to incorporate keywords and phrases related to your industry to help you increase website traffic once the site is launched.

When it comes to web hosting, your web design agency will help you choose the best type of hosting for your needs, but some agencies also provide hosting and will set up and manage a server for you.

6. How will the project be managed, and what is your timeline for completion?

When it comes to website design projects, timeline management is critical to ensure that your new website is delivered on time and within budget. Managing a website project requires careful planning and execution to keep everything on track.

You should also ask how the project will be managed throughout its lifecycle so that you can schedule your in-house timetables.

7. What type of maintenance can I expect after launching the website?

Launching your new website begins a long-term relationship with your web design agency. It’s essential to ask about their post-launch support process to ensure you have all the help and guidance you need. The agency should be able to provide comprehensive maintenance services such as bug fixing, content updates, and security checks.

Additionally, you should understand the process for making changes and requests after the website launch. Find out how quickly they can respond to your inquiries and the cost of any needed updates. This will help you plan your budget accordingly and avoid any unexpected fees.

9. How much will the project cost?

Speaking of costs, it’s vitally important to establish ballpark figures before you shortlist an agency. Like any industry, there is a wide range of different price points, dependent not just on the project but the marketability of the web design agency.

Make sure you ask for a comprehensive quote that outlines all the costs involved. Ask for a payment schedule so you know how much you’re expected to pay upfront. Check on any additional fees, such as maintenance or hosting.

Never adjust your project to secure a web design agency outside your budget. If you can’t afford a particular provider, strike them off your shortlist and move on to the next candidate.

10. What do you need from me?

As a client, there are several steps you need to take to ensure that your website design project runs smoothly. You will need to supply a detailed brief if nothing else.

You should be prepared to schedule regular feedback sessions so your agency can stay on track. You’ll probably need to supply brand materials such as logos, style guides, and any text, images, and videos you want to be included. The agency may want you to sign a contract, agree on a payment schedule, and pay an initial deposit.

Conclusion

Hiring a web design agency is challenging, especially if you don’t have the technical knowledge to assess an agency’s past work objectively.

By asking the questions above, you’ll get a solid sense of what the company is like to work for, how well they fit your corporate culture, and whether their proposed solution is within your budget.

The more questions you ask, the better informed you’ll be, and the more likely your website design project will succeed. Good luck!

 

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