Essential Tools for Crowdsourcing Answers to Your Questions

These days, you can ask everyone, anywhere anything, anytime.

Since the advent of the social internet, gone are the days when seeking advice required thorough investigation of forums, IRC channels, and databases. Now, we have the power to ask anyone, anywhere anything, anytime by using crowdsourcing question and answer tools. Crowdsourcing… read more

Impossible is nothing – 40 Creative Interior Design Objects

Impossible is nothing – 40 Creative Interior Design Objects

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Mind Blowing Web Design – 20 Examples

Mind Blowing Web Design – 20 Examples

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Smashing Book #3: Redesign the Web

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How to Use Textures in Your Designs the Right Way

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Textures are a wonderful tool to use for all kinds of design. Not only can textures make something look more interesting, they also add a sense of material realism that people can connect to. There are very few materials in the “real world” that do not have… read more

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.131)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)
If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the… read more

40 Fresh Business Card Print Design

40 Fresh Business Card Print Design

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Presets – Spring Color, Flare & Haze

This week, Laura (from Pretty Presets) was kind enough to donate some more free presets for me to give away. The images below show the before/after samples of the 2 presets included in the download below (from the Spring Color, Flare & Haze Collection). If you like ‘em, she–™s got… read more

Color Psychology: What Color Says About You

There’s a reason you see a smattering of women in red business suits in the crowd when you watch the State of the Union address on TV. Red is a power color, and these are powerful women!

The colors you choose to wear and even brand yourself with say a… read more

How Web Developers and Designers can Work Together

Within any field of application production you often find the workload split between design and development. It’s a simpler process to let the designer handle creating the user interface while the developer codes it into reality. This is the case for desktop applications, mobile apps, and especially websites.

In this article… read more

Refining Your Design In Adobe Fireworks

While certainly not as well known as Photoshop, Adobe Fireworks is a great tool for creating user interfaces, website designs and mock-ups, wireframes, icons and much more. However, most designers who have been using Photoshop for years may find Fireworks a bit awkward at first. Fireworks does have a slightly… read more

26 Resources for WordPress Tutorials Themes and Plugins

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Freelancing seems like one of the most lucrative job titles. And it’s true that setting your own hours and working on interesting projects can be a lot of fun. But there is also the matter of looming deadlines and touchy clients you need to keep satiated.

One… read more

Tablet Story – Making A Website Tablet Friendly, Known and The Unknown facts

Remember the joy and happiness when you first got your hands on the magic iPad. Yeah, iPad has undoubtedly changed the way we used to browse the web. It is slim, sexy and simply irresistible and therefore, it is no wonder it is admired and adopted by millions of people… read more

Decibel: Lossless Audio and Beyond

Like many among us, I am not accustomed to paying for a music player. I am happy with iTunes and Winamp in both Windows and Mac. Still, if you are looking forward to pushing the boundaries in playback quality and revolutionary user interfaces, there are a handful choices available in… read more

Adobe CS6 Available For Purchase, Creative Cloud Coming May 11th

Adobe has announced the immediate availability of Creative Suite 6, the next reincarnation of its popular graphic and web design software. The company’s official store has been updated with all the new products and users can either purchase the software outright ready for download or upgrade from previous versions of… read more

How to speed up your website

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50 Fresh and Free Texture Packs To Spice Up Your Designs

All designers should have a healthy collection of resources in their toolbox. Always ready for any possible scenario. So, just to help your collection we have for you today 50 fresh, free and fantastic texture packs that are freely available to download.

You may also like:
50 Fantastic… read more

World of Watercolor: Beautiful Watercolor Effects in Web Design and Tutorials

Using watercolor in web design is not a new thing that designers are implementing, by any means. In fact, it has been used in web design for years. In no small part due to the fact that digital watercolor effects are inspiring and attention-grabbing, and on top of that, easy… read more

25+ Free And Useful PSD Files For Designers

25+ Free And Useful PSD Files For Designers

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20 Inspiring Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

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One way to easily define the tone and mood of a website is to use a big background image. However, when doing this, you need to consider that big images often have a lot going on, so it’s important to take a minmal approach with other… read more

Graphical Display of Polaroids and Digital Cameras

Graphical Display of Polaroids and Digital Cameras

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Amazing Showcase of Yellow in Webdesign

Amazing Showcase of Yellow in Webdesign

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30 Very Useful Illustrator CS5 Tutorials

Tutorials can often be your greatest source of inspiration when trying to design that project you have been putting off. In this post, I have rounded up an amazing collection of high quality Adobe Illustrator cs5 Tutorials from around the web. You’ll find everything from How To Create a Grainy… read more

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – April 2012

Illustrator Tutorials Roundup – April 2012

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Huntsy: A Smart Dashboard for Your Job Search

Ask any job seeker, and he’ll tell you that looking for a job is, in and of itself, a job. It’s time-consuming to prep your cover letter, tweak your resume, follow up and plan your interview, especially when you’re applying for multiple positions. Sure, you could make an intense, color-coded… read more

Photoshop Tutorial Roundup – April 2012

Photoshop Tutorial Roundup – April 2012

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3D Printing Gives Amputees Custom-Designed Legs [VIDEO]

A San Francisco company called Bespoke Innovations is using 3D printing and modeling technology to give prosthetic limbs new life as custom-designed, wearable pieces of art.

Here’s how it works: First, the company 3D scans both customers’ natural and prosthetic legs. A 3D computer model is created, maintaining as… read more

50 Great User Interface Kits for Web Designers

50 Great User Interface Kits for Web Designers

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What Beer Can Teach Us About Design

What Beer Can Teach Us About Design

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Klout CEO Hints at Redesign, Local Feature, Brand Page Update

Klout has had a busy few weeks, unleashing an iPhone app, brand pages and a new API. But more changes are on deck.

Klout CEO Joe Fernandez hinted at those developments on stage and backstage at Mashable Connect in Orlando.

The San Francisco-based startup will announce this month four more partners… read more

Icon Designs In Websites: 12 Tips To Make The Most Of Them

Icon Designs In Websites: 12 Tips To Make The Most Of Them

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25+ New Examples of HTML5 and CSS3 Websites

25+ New Examples of HTML5 and CSS3 Websites

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Weekly Web Developers Kit – vol. 8 (5-4-2012)

Weekly Web Developers Kit – vol. 8 (5-4-2012)

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Daily Inspiration #1127

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Stars of Front-end Development. JS Lovers.

Stars of Front-end Development. JS Lovers.

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18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers

18 New and Free Fonts For Web Designers

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10 Fantastic Examples of Vintage Postcard Designs

10 Fantastic Examples of Vintage Postcard Designs

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Unique 3D portraits using the screw art, by Andrew Myers

Unique 3D portraits using the screw art, by Andrew Myers

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50 Stunning design portfolios you MUST see before (re)designing yours

50 Stunning design portfolios you MUST see before (re)designing yours

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32+ Awesome Examples of Typography in Web Design

32+ Awesome Examples of Typography in Web Design

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Our favorite tweets of the week Apr 30 – May 6, 2012

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8 Amazing Tree Vector Resources

8 Amazing Tree Vector Resources

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Design Critique: Josh Dick’s Portfolio Site

Design Critique: Josh Dick’s Portfolio Site

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Amazing Apps for Designers on Android

Amazing Apps for Designers on Android

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CSS filter effects in action

CSS filter effects in action

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Realistic Patterned Vintage Card and Ribbon

Realistic Patterned Vintage Card and Ribbon

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Reasons to Become a Freelancer

For me personally becoming a freelancer was one of the best ideas I’ve ever had. Being a freelancer beats all jobs I have had in the past and maybe more that 99% of all potential jobs I could realistically expect to have. And I certainly can’t complain of… read more

30 Logos Including Animals

30 Logos Including Animals

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25 Inspiring Logos with Innovative Use of Typography

25 Inspiring Logos with Innovative Use of Typography

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Wallpaper of the Week 202 by Timothée Mathelin

The wallpaper of this week is an image created by Timothée Mathelin also known as “shift”. Timothée is a freelancer graphic designer from France and has been featured on Abduzeedo other times.

For more information visit http://www.futurorg.com/

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Best WordPress Plugins For Social Media

Best WordPress Plugins For Social Media

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5 Tips To Improve Your Photography

5 Tips To Improve Your Photography

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Outstanding Composition Of Still Life Photography

Outstanding Composition Of Still Life Photography

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Creative Advertising In These 90+ Epic, Smart & Beautiful Ads

Creative Advertising In These 90+ Epic, Smart & Beautiful Ads

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GIF Logos Pros and Cons: 5 Examples for Design Inspiration

GIF Logos Pros and Cons: 5 Examples for Design Inspiration

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Brand new free fonts that Are surely very useful in your upcoming designs

Brand new free fonts that Are surely very useful in your upcoming designs

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32 Amazing Twitter Infographics

32 Amazing Twitter Infographics

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Talent Markets – Your Freelance Design Career Firestarters

Talent Markets – Your Freelance Design Career Firestarters

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Creating Bulletproof Email Buttons

Creating Bulletproof Email Buttons

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10 Free Cute Vector Tree Illustrations

10 Free Cute Vector Tree Illustrations

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10 Easy Ways to Get Your Creative Magic Back

10 Easy Ways to Get Your Creative Magic Back

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Free Set of Hand-Drawn Icons

Free Set of Hand-Drawn Icons

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Shapeways CEO: 3D Printing Will Fuel Creative Commerce

Although 3D printing has been around since the ’80s, it only recently moved out of specialty prototyping shops. As the technology becomes more accessible — allowing anybody to design anything they want — it could revolutionize the way products are made and distributed.

“We think it will give rise to a… read more

Use Red Patterns and Create an Eye-Catching Design

Use Red Patterns and Create an Eye-Catching Design

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European Space Probe to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Icy Moons [VIDEO]

The European Space Agency (ESA) announced this week that it’s spending $1.3 billion on a 2022 mission to explore Jupiter’s largest moons. Watch the video above to see why scientists are hopeful that the Jovian system is a sweet spot for extraterrestrial life.

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) will… read more

47 Digital Media Resources You May Have Missed

Mashable won a Webby Award for our business coverage, so how on earth could you let yourself miss our latest digital media resources? Just kidding — for whatever reason you couldn’t keep up this week, check out our features roundup for the best social media, business and tech resources.

This week,… read more

Cool Workspace Designs That Will Make The Working Hours a Joy

Cool Workspace Designs That Will Make The Working Hours a Joy

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6 Sizzling Must-Have Gadgets for Summer

For the Summer Gadget Series, our Mashable tech experts road-tested some of the hottest tech toys around to spice up your arsenal of vacation must-haves.

On this list is a little something for every kind of weekend warrior. Whether you’re into high-velocity white water rafting, taking in the sights of… read more

30 Productive Marketplaces To Buy and Sell Stock Images

30 Productive Marketplaces To Buy and Sell Stock Images

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Architectural Photography Tips

Architectural Photography Tips

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25 Creative Typography Print Ads

25 Creative Typography Print Ads

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Why Marketing Is Broken and How to Fix It

The marketing world needs to stop being so afraid and start solving problems, according to Cindy Gallop, an entrepreneur and consultant whose prescription for growth calls for synthesizing creativity and data collection.

Gallop, who spoke at Mashable Connect Saturday morning, critiqued the current state of marketing, which she believes is driven… read more

30 Awe-Inspiring Nighttime Photographs

30 Awe-Inspiring Nighttime Photographs

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Alcoholic Spray Promises a Few Seconds of Instant Intoxication [VIDEO]

The product featured in the above video may be the perfect accessory for a Saturday night. Meet the “Spray That Makes You Drunk” — WA|AH Quantum Sensations — created by scientist David Edwards and designer Philippe Starck.

The WA|AH spray lets users skip breakfast, lunch and dinner and go straight… read more

Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

Web Designers are Using the Behance Network to Increase Visibility

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A Free 3D Silver Social Media Icon Set

A Free 3D Silver Social Media Icon Set

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Why the Future of Social Is in the Palm of Your Hand

When I leave the house in the morning, the first thing I check is that I have my phone with me. It’s not my keys nor my wallet, but my phone that I’m most worried about forgetting.

My mobile device has become my lifeline in a lot of ways — and… read more

Amazing Logo Designs With Fluid Shapes

Amazing Logo Designs With Fluid Shapes

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Music, Fashion and Still Life Photographer John Latham

Music, Fashion and Still Life Photographer John Latham

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All about Pinterest: Novice guide to hot new social network

All about Pinterest: Novice guide to hot new social network

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Beauty of Monochromatic Backgrounds

Beauty of Monochromatic Backgrounds

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Here’s the Best Time to Share on Pinterest

If you’re doing most of your sharing on Pinterest from the office, you’re doing it wrong. The best time to share things on Pinterest is Saturday morning, according to data from Bitly, the URL shortening service.

Hilary Mason, Bitly’s chief scientist, revealed the nugget during a talk at Mashable Connect in… read more

Fonts of Famous Brands Free Downlaod

Fonts of Famous Brands Free Downlaod

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40+ Great Animated Gifs

40+ Great Animated Gifs

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Best of the Week #221

It’s time for our best news of this week. We have a lot of graphic and web design, a bit of architecture, ads, tech news, awesome reads and other crazy stuff! So take a look at the links we’ve selected for your inspiration and to keep you updated about what’s… read more

Video Pick: Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is.

View engaging conference lectures, interesting how to discussions, and high quality freelance advice via video here on FreelanceSwitch.

This week we look at Designing books is no laughing matter. OK, it is. presented by graphic designer Chip Kidd. In this video we learn about the art of book cover design…. read more

CodeBox: Manage Your Snippets Effectively and Efficiently

A snippet, in terms of coding, is a small piece of code that you can use over and over again in various projects. So as a developer (or designer for that matter), it’s useful to have your snippets readily available while you’re working on your next big project.

This is where… read more

10+ Fresh and Useful Pure CSS3 Tutorials [No Javascript] | gonzoblog.nl

10+ Fresh and Useful Pure CSS3 Tutorials [No Javascript] | gonzoblog.nl

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25+ Beautiful Macro Photography

25+ Beautiful Macro Photography

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Comics of the week #128

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You! Be Informed! #0003

Another week has ended, and now it’s time for another roundup of design news! We spent the week poring through our RSS readers and sharing links we found interesting, and I hope you find them useful. Read on and learn a thing or two about the current goings on in… read more

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.137

This is our weekly selection of our favorite web designs from the past week, thanks to everybody for their recommendations. Feel free to comment and let us know what you think.

Have you tried StylesInspiration yet? It is our web design showcase that aims to not only… read more

Daily Inspiration #1126

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don’t forget to… read more

Marcelo Schultz: Artist Of The Day

Marcelo Schultz is our featured artist of the day on Designrfix.com. In this series of posts, we will spotlight talented artists ranging from illustrators to graphic artists all the way to industrial designers. These daily posts will serve two purposes; first, is to showcase the works of these accomplished artists and… read more

Beautiful Houses: NaCl Residence in Maryland

The idea in this series is to show beautiful and inspiring houses. Houses that are remarkable for its design, elegance, elements, concept or simply because they are beautiful. So if you like architecture, interior design and beautifully designed houses, you are at the right spot. Check out this week beautiful… read more

40+ Beautiful And Creative Letterpress Designs

This time we are presenting a beautiful collection of some impressive and stunning letterpress designs for you that you can use to give your designs a fresh feel and finish. Letter press designs are different from other designs since the textures and shading used in these designs are slightly different.

Letterpress… read more

How to Make the Most out of a Conference or Expo

An expo or a conference is a great way to network with other people who work in your industry, as well as a great place to reach a target market.

I co-own and edit a wedding magazine, so I’ve been to my fair share of bridal expos. And I’ve learned… read more

Tomahawk: A Full-Featured Open Source iTunes Alternative

Since being introduced in 2001, iTunes’ features have expanded well beyond its name. Once a simple music player, it has evolved beyond the realm of tunes and into a hub for just about all the media on our Macs. It also features an enormous digital content store, and is the… read more

Create a Sketchy Hand-Drawn Camera Illustration in Illustrator

In this tutorial, we’re going to use Illustrator (and a bit of Photoshop) to create an image that looks roughly hand-drawn on textured paper. We’ll be creating a camera illustration in this rough sketchy style.

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To begin with let’s have a look at the image we’ll be… read more

You Design It, They Do It

What if someone came to you and said, “I’ve designed this great website, but people don’t stay on it. Why?” How would you respond? Would you ask them whether they have done extensive A/B testing? Would you recommend testing the usability of the website?

People like to test a number of… read more