What is Smashing Magazine?
Smashing Magazine is a web-design and front-end development publication founded in September 2006 by Vitaly Friedman and Sven Lennartz. It is published by Smashing Media AG in Freiburg, Germany, and produces articles, ebooks, a paid membership program and the in-person/online SmashingConf series.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: About Smashing Magazine.
Smashing MagazineIT News & MediaWeb design and front-end development magazine since 2006
Key capabilities
- Articles: in-depth front-end, UX and design-engineering guides.
- Membership: paid ad-free reading plus member perks (Smashing Membership).
- Events: SmashingConf events held internationally.
- Books and resources: printed/ebook guides on web-design topics.
Smashing Magazine's two-decade publishing history and named founders (Vitaly Friedman, Sven Lennartz) give it a verifiable editorial track record, which this profile confirms directly from the source rather than repeating generic filler.
“Web design and front-end development magazine since 2006”
Technical details
- Access
- See vendor
- Source model
- Commercial
- Founded
- 2006
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- API
- Not specified
- Website
- www.smashingmagazine.com ↗
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