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40 Showcase of Convincing Call to Action Buttons

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:25:19 +0000

40 Showcase of Convincing Call to Action Buttons

Japanese Barcode Designs are Awesome and Cool

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:05:19 +0000

Japanese Barcode Designs are Awesome and Cool

Top 15 Valentine’s Day Party Flyer Template

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:45:19 +0000

Top 15 Valentine’s Day Party Flyer Template

Spectacular Website Design Ideas Using Circles

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:05:19 +0000

Spectacular Website Design Ideas Using Circles

Best of the Week #208

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:40:45 +0000

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

Comics of the week #115

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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.124

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:38:36 +0000

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

Is Responsive Web Design Working? Showcase of 30 Sites That Prove it Does!

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:05:19 +0000

Is Responsive Web Design Working? Showcase of 30 Sites That Prove it Does!

Weekly Fresh Web Design Freebies – Vol. 4 (1-25-2011)

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Weekly Fresh Web Design Freebies – Vol. 4 (1-25-2011)

Best HTML5 Sites of the Week January 31st 2012

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Best HTML5 Sites of the Week January 31st 2012

15 Beautiful Flash Web Design Examples

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:19 +0000

15 Beautiful Flash Web Design Examples

8 Fresh & Extremely Useful jQuery Plugins

admin — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:25:19 +0000

8 Fresh & Extremely Useful jQuery Plugins

How to use checkboxes and radio buttons in Flash

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:40:33 +0000

When you are developing rich and interactive applications in flash, you need to provide the best communication between the user and the application. Flash has some very easy to implement UI components that you can use with your applications. These components will save you from the hassle of designing and… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #138

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:06 +0000

I will be posting some fresh free fonts every Friday, yes I know it’s awesome. I will look forward to bring a lot of great fonts that will sure help you improve your typography work. Check out what I selected for you on the FFFF#138 and make sure to comeback… read more

Free download: Infographic Vector Kit

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50 Irresistable Burlesque photographs of Dancers

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:45:19 +0000

50 Irresistable Burlesque photographs of Dancers

Free Bundle for Designers

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:09:59 +0000

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Today is Friday, and what better way to celebrate than by presenting you with something new. ZeroBundle.com is a website that offers an awesome free bundle of goodies for designers. It is brought to you by WebDesignerDepot and MightyDeals.com. The bundle will be available for a… read more

Free CSS3 Pricing Table.

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:05:19 +0000

Free CSS3 Pricing Table.

We’ve Run Out Of Ideas!

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:05:19 +0000

We’ve Run Out Of Ideas!

Design a Food/Cafe Website Template in Photoshop (+Free PSD)

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:25:19 +0000

Design a Food/Cafe Website Template in Photoshop (+Free PSD)

23 Free Textures for your Delight

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:50:50 +0000

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Here at WDL, we take great pride in being able to find useful freebies and share them with our readers. It saves you time, and allows you to focus on creating, instead of hunting. Here you will find 23 free textures to add to your resource… read more

How to make your type more appealing on the web

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Making the Perfect Project Pitch

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:50:38 +0000

Freelancing offers you maximum flexibility to choose the projects that best compliment your skills, passions and interests. Without doubt, this is one of the most obvious advantages in becoming a freelancer. However, in this economic climate the ability to only choose the projects that most attract you must… read more

Easily Create a Website with Moonfruit

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:00:26 +0000

Many tools and packages exist online to help people create websites with minimal effort and involvement. Of course, each one has their own strengths and weaknesses. Some are more aimed at creating blogs, while others are better for single-page info sites.

Moonfruit is another competitor in this market. It looks stylish,… read more

What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean For Web Designers?

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:45:19 +0000

What Does Google’s Page Layout Algorithm Mean For Web Designers?

WDL Premium: Vintage Inspired Infographics

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:15:11 +0000

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This week, for our WDL Premium members, we have a PSD file from WeGraphics that contains a collection of shape layers that can be edited and reused as various charts and information graphics. With this file you will be able to create stylish vintage looking infographics,… read more

Typography Mania #117

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:01:18 +0000

Typography Mania is a weekly post series that comes around every Wednesday with the best of Typography design works on the web, from type videos to images everything is full of great design and typography inspiration. Users can submit their typography designs.

Click here to check out all the previous Typography… read more

Best of Tuts+ in January 2012

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:55 +0000

Each month, we bring together a selection of the best tutorials and articles from across the whole Tuts+ network. Whether you’d like to read the top posts from your favourite site, or would like to start learning something completely new, this is the best place to start!

Psdtuts+ — Photoshop Tutorials

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Win 250 die cut business cards from UPrinting

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16 High Quality Twitter Icons That You Can Download For Free

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:07:13 +0000

Let us take you to the free collection of some high quality Twitter icons that you can download for free. This round up showcases 16 beautifully designed and eye catching Twitter icons that will for sure grab the attention of your target audience. Twitter buttons such as Follow Me and… read more

25 Examples of Super Wide Website Designs

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:25:19 +0000

25 Examples of Super Wide Website Designs

The 10 Most Blatant Design Ripoffs in Social Media

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:24:46 +0000

Pinspire vs. Pinterest

It doesn’t get more blatant than this. Pinspire is pretty much a pixel-for-pixel Pinterest clone, created… read more

30 Creative Website Designs Showcase For Your Inspiration

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:05:19 +0000

30 Creative Website Designs Showcase For Your Inspiration

Keeping Yourself Motivated Throughout the Workday

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:36:10 +0000

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Centering your attention throughout the workday can be a difficult process. You need to truly love your work and cherish the time you spend. Unfortunately not all of us can feel this way 100% of the time.

Freelancers are often given tasks related to concepts they care… read more

50+ Creative Examples of Websites Designed With HTML5

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:23:53 +0000

The web is constantly evolving. New and creative websites are being created every day, pushing the limitations of HTML in every direction. HTML4 has been around for nearly a decade and now its time to move forward. To give authors more flexibility and interoperability, HTML5 is proposed as the next… read more

Web designers, what to look for in a CMS

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.118)

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:48:40 +0000

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

Top 15 Premium Navigation Bars

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:05:19 +0000

Top 15 Premium Navigation Bars

35 Highly Advanced Yet Simple To Use jQuery Plugins

admin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:05:22 +0000

jQuery is a speedy, succinct library that make traversing HTML documents, handling events, performing animations, and adding AJAX simpler. jQuery imparts web developers the opportunity to make websites better with incredible elements without the necessity to write down dozens of lines of code.

In this compilation, you will find top 35… read more

How You Should Use Google+ for Your Business

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:00:31 +0000

Chris Brogan is the author of the new book, Google+ for Business: How Google’s Social Network Changes Everything.

As a Google+ skeptic (heck, I’m skeptical of all new social media) I was interested to learn more, so I sat down and watched this video where Michael Stelzner of Socialmediaexaminer.com interviewed… read more

20 things from 2011

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:12 +0000

20 things that happened on the internet in 2011 is an amazing image illustrating 20 facts that happened last year on the internet and you have to guess what they are. You can also check the step by steps of how it was done, and see detailed shots of this… read more

The Psychology Of Color In Design

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:12:15 +0000

Have you ever wondered why you seem to be getting hungrier while waiting to place your order at a fast food place or why you eat faster than any human should ingest that poison? Have you ever heard of a “power tie” in business?

There are things that excite the human… read more

New developer tools in Firefox 10 and 11

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:26:51 +0000

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21 Inspiring Examples of Dark Colors in Web Design

admin — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:07:37 +0000

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We all know that color is a key aspect of web design, and here at WDL we like to show you how designers are using colors in their projects. We’ve already showcased lists showing colorful websites and sites using white, so today, to keep you inspired… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 23-Jan 29, 2012

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:36:51 +0000

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Colour Combination Makes a Better Impact in Logo Designing

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:38:53 +0000

It’s undeniable. Branding is the life blood of any business. Even for small businesses, you’ve gotta build brand identity, or be ready for your company to go belly up.
A big part of many company’s brand identity is the logo. It’s like the face of your company…. read more

Cool Tattoo Fonts for Tattoo Writing Styles

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:25:19 +0000

Cool Tattoo Fonts for Tattoo Writing Styles

Best of the Week #207

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:08 +0000

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.123

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:45:52 +0000

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

Comics of the week #114

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Web Design Inspiration – Texture Must-haves

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:05:19 +0000

Web Design Inspiration – Texture Must-haves

Inspire before you Expire, Stunning Pink color Inspired Business cards

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:45:19 +0000

Inspire before you Expire, Stunning Pink color Inspired Business cards

Creative Logo Design Samples For Logo Designers

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:25:19 +0000

Creative Logo Design Samples For Logo Designers

25 Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:45:19 +0000

25 Examples of Big Backgrounds in Web Design

Web Design Tips For Visually Impaired – Making Your Site Accessible!

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:05:19 +0000

Web Design Tips For Visually Impaired – Making Your Site Accessible!

Surprisingly Beautiful Escalator Photography

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:30:01 +0000

A photographer can actually get to take some beautiful pictures out from the most common things, like escalators. I find this particularly fresh and quite nice, considering the amount of beauty found in these photographs.

If you got your own escalator pictures, we’d really love to see it. Drop us a… read more

Friday Fresh Free Fonts #137

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:12:10 +0000

15 Icon Design Photoshop Tutorials

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:57:35 +0000

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Icons are a very important element of web design and play a big role in a website. Designing the perfect icon is definitely a challenge and is always good to have resources and tips in this matter. Today we decided to gather a few Icon Design… read more

Interview with Freelance Marketer Danny Iny

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:00:10 +0000

Want to boost your profile? Add additional income streams to your freelancing business? Release your own self published book? It’s time to have a chat with author and freelance marketer Danny Iny.

He quit school at the age of fifteen to start his first freelance web design business. The only… read more

15 useful plugins for multi-author blogs

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:32:48 +0000

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Useful CSS Snippets for Your Coding Arsenal

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:01:17 +0000

CSS is a beautiful language but it can also be frustrating at times. Certain CSS solutions don’t work on certain browsers (cough Internet Explorer cough) and much of your time can be spent debugging code.

Thankfully there are lots of great CSS snippets available online that fix common problems and design… read more

10 Sources for Stock Photos

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:08:04 +0000

More often than not I find myself meeting with a prospective client and telling them one of the biggest keys to designing a stunning website are the images that you use. You can have the most elaborate interface, with parallax scrolling, fluid and responsive resizing capabilities, and the best color… read more

Logo Design: Games

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:13:44 +0000

We keep going through our weekly journey checking out great logos! We’re thinking ahead and we want to find new topics, good ones, to share with you guys. Last week we had a great post about logos with butterflies, and today it’s all about game logos!

Every week we search through… read more

9 Steps to Starting Your Freelance Web Design Business

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:00:40 +0000

So, you want to be a freelance web designer? Ah, the glamor of it all.

Your own boss, answering only to the call of your creative muse… get up, feel inspired, do some work, go for a walk, laugh knowingly with other freelancers who have also discovered The Secret… read more

7 mistakes developers make

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:26:08 +0000

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Creative Uses of Illustration in Web Design

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:00:42 +0000

Using illustration in web design has become quite trendy these days. People love to see beautifully designed illustration based websites because they stand out from the rest. Not only because of the beautiful illustrative art work and carefully crafted web designs but also because of the perfect balance struck between… read more

30 Amusing and Funny Photo Manipulations

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:22:54 +0000

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Photo manipulations are quite popular among all generations of designers and digital artists. It is also a genre often used in the advertising industry because of the effect these manipulations have on people. This sort of artwork are usually shocking and unrealistic and they are demanding… read more

10 Blogs with Excellent Responsive Web Designs

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:05:19 +0000

10 Blogs with Excellent Responsive Web Designs

WDL Premium: Retro UI Set

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:59:47 +0000

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This week for our WDL Premium Members, we have a set of retro UI elements from Vandelay Premier. The set includes a considerable number of unique elements that are sure to be useful for those who like the always trendy retro style.

Be sure to check… read more

Free New Designers And Developers Icon Set!

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:45:19 +0000

Free New Designers And Developers Icon Set!

60+ Latest Logo Designs for Logo Design Inspiration

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:21:30 +0000

A Logo is a graphical element that, together with its logotype (a uniquely set and arranged typeface) form a trademark or commercial brand. Typically, a logo’s design is for immediate recognition. The logo is one aspect of a company’s commercial brand, or economic or academic entity, and its shapes, colors,… read more

High quality WordPress templates from TemplateMonster.com

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15 Examples of Minimalist Web Designs

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:25:19 +0000

15 Examples of Minimalist Web Designs

A Showcase of Typography in Webdesign

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:26:50 +0000

Functional web typography is, of course, key to the usabilty of any website. But functional does not mean boring.
Big, loud and attention grabbing typography does have the presence and magnificence to truly grab the attention of your visitors.
It does not quite shout at your… read more

25 New Fonts for Graphic & Web Designers – Download Now

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:25:19 +0000

25 New Fonts for Graphic & Web Designers – Download Now

60+ Fresh Examples Single-Page-Website Designs

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:05:19 +0000

60+ Fresh Examples Single-Page-Website Designs

20 Examples of Minimalistic Responsive Web Designs

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:45:19 +0000

20 Examples of Minimalistic Responsive Web Designs

One Page Website: 40 Fantastic Examples

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:19:04 +0000

One of the latest trends in website design is one page websites. I really love these kinds of sites. I find that the designers use these websites like an artist or painter would use their canvas. They apply all of their artistic works on this one page to tell a… read more

Creative Coffee and Tea Logo Designs

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:45:19 +0000

Creative Coffee and Tea Logo Designs

Freebie: Colorful 3D UI Kit

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:24:24 +0000

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We have a fantastic freebie for all of you web designers out there, you’ll love this:)
Designed by Land-of-Web, the Colorful 3D UI Kit comes in .psd format and is full of beautifully designed modern web elements covering almost all aspects of web design,… read more

Tuesday Total Textures 107

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:24:33 +0000

Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I’ll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can download to use in your projects. Check out this week’s free textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture… read more

What Successful Products Teach Us About Web Design

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:01:04 +0000

Web design is a craft that is constantly evolving and yet also sometimes sabotaged. The moment a design is released, a new version is born. In the beginning, like a baby, it seems vulnerable and weak, but in time it grows up and becomes self-sufficient. Redesigning a website for its… read more

Outsourcing Sites for Freelancers

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:44:22 +0000

I’m often asked by others questions like, “Where do you get job leads?” “How do you find clients?” And, “What’s a good source for finding work online?” Those are all pretty tough questions to answer, as there are several different ways to do so. But there are certainly some resources… read more

10 New Free Fonts for Your Designs

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:20:28 +0000

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Finding the perfect font for a project is a real challenge, and that is why we like to provide our readers with as much fonts as we can. We know that having a lot of options to choose from is very helpful, so today we gathered… read more

How to make your own icon webfont

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:24:25 +0000

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The New Redesign Rules of the Web

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:31 +0000

With the ever-changing landscape that is the internet, web designers and developers are constantly tasked with redesigning some part of the web. Whether it be for our own sites or for those of a client, redesigning is a big part of working in the field right now. For whatever reasons,… read more

50 Beautiful Yet Free HTML5 And CSS3 Templates

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:06:24 +0000

HTML5 templates are getting very popular these days because all professional HTML5 templates are compatible to all browsers with its functionality and features, and with the release of HTML5 / CSS3 it has become even more popular among designers because of the additional and great features.

At the moment, HTML5 and… read more

The Perfect Office #123

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:55:37 +0000

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have?

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

60+ Fresh Examples of Modern Single-Page-Website Designs

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:54:47 +0000

As you’ve already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and… read more

Augmented Reality: the future of digital media

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:36:01 +0000

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SpriteRight: Create CSS Image Sprites the Easy Way

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:13 +0000

If you’re a web developer, then you know that manually creating image sprites is a pain. Even worse is the process of trying to position those sprites just right within your CSS. It’s a necessary evil, but don’t you wish you could skip it?

Today we’re going to take a… read more

21 Examples of Inspiring Typography in Web Design

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:03:01 +0000

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From print to packages to web design and pretty much all other media that you can think of, typography always plays a big role. Not only can good use of typography add to your design from a visual standpoint, it can also play an important role… read more

10+ Typography Web Design For Inspiration

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:05:19 +0000

10+ Typography Web Design For Inspiration

30 Three-Dimensional and Depth Perception Web Designs

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:05:19 +0000

30 Three-Dimensional and Depth Perception Web Designs

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 16-Jan 22, 2012

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How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 15:00:46 +0000

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Social networks have grown into the norm in today’s sophisticated Internet. Modern web pages have become very personalized over the past decade including a number of user interface features. One such example is the user profile picture often accompanied by each username.

Web designers don’t often… read more

36 Amazing Natural Light Photography

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:45:19 +0000

36 Amazing Natural Light Photography

Common Logo Design Mistakes you should Avoid

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:25:19 +0000

Common Logo Design Mistakes you should Avoid

Open Call For International Communities

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 03:31:42 +0000

At Smashing Magazine, we are big proponents of diversity and sharing. We encourage designers and developers worldwide to step up and use Smashing Magazine as a platform to share their opinions, ideas or techniques. Our editorial process is quite evolved, yet we are very open to users’ suggestions. In fact,… read more

Top Freelance Jobs from Job Board – Week 3, January

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:40:42 +0000

Looking for a new client? The FreelanceSwitch job board is a great resource of freelance gigs and opportunities. These opportunities are in various fields, from development to writing to design, and come from a wide range of potential clients. The job board is hand-moderated by dedicated staff and volunteers… read more

Comics of the week #113

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:43:21 +0000

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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.122

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:38:21 +0000

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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… read more

Best of the Week #206

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:49:03 +0000

1000 Business Cards For Free!

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:45:19 +0000

1000 Business Cards For Free!

Let’s Explore the Beautiful France together [Photos]

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:45:19 +0000

Let’s Explore the Beautiful France together [Photos]

A Collection of Environment Friendly Green Website Designs

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:25:19 +0000

A Collection of Environment Friendly Green Website Designs

Extracting Logos Using Levels In Adobe Fireworks

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:47:27 +0000

In all the years that I’ve been using Adobe Fireworks, I have always had to perform one task in every project: remove the background from a logo. Most of the time, it’s because the client doesn’t have the original raw file that their previous designer used to create their company’s… read more

Design for Yourself: Pros and Cons

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:00:11 +0000

You are a creative person and you want a new look for your business—whether it’s a website, business cards, or whatever. Sure, you could do the work yourself—but should you?

For some odd reason, there seems to be a discrepancy of sorts when it comes to doing the work for ourselves. Some… read more

It’s here… Say hello to ZeroBundle!

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0000

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50 Inspiring Logo Designs

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:58:12 +0000

A logo is an essential part of branding your website and marketing it offline and online. Some logo designs feature simple, beautiful typography whilst others more are fun and colourful. However, all logos should be memorable and able to integrate with your website design effortlessly.

One of the best ways of… read more

WDL Premium: Portrait Photoshop Actions from Union Actions

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:09:31 +0000

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For our WDL Premium members, we’ve got an awesome bundle of Photoshop actions for professional quality photo enhancements. This collection is called Portrait Suite and it’s from Union Actions. This suite has a lot of actions to change the look of your portrait.

Be sure to check… read more

Keep Your Digital Inspiration Organized with Sparkbox

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:00:29 +0000

A big part of design is inspiration. Graphic and web designers don’t work in a vacuum, they browse around to see what’s come before, and use other designs as references and starting points. Collecting these little pieces of inspiration and reference can quickly crowd your browser’s bookmark folder or your… read more

Giveaway – Beautiful Loish’s Exclusive Posters

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:02:36 +0000

I don’t know what about you guys, but I really feel it’s time for a kickass poster giveaway. This one is super special for me, because we’ll be giving away 2 posters by one of my all-time favorite artists, Lois van Baarle, a.k.a. Loish!

Loish is a 26 year-old illustrator from… read more

Hands On: Apple’s iBooks Author App

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:59:41 +0000

Apple is hoping its new iBooks Author app will turn educators into authors, the same way iMovie and Garageband turned amateurs into audio and video editors.

Apple launched the app at its education event in New York City in conjunction with the revamped iTunes U and partnerships with various textbook publishers…. read more

How To Integrate Facebook, Twitter And Google+ In WordPress

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:06 +0000

Integrating social media services in your website design is vital if you want to make it easy for readers to share your content. While some users are happy with the social media buttons that come built into their design template, the majority of WordPress users install a plugin to automatically… read more

Win $1,000 in PSD to HTML services!

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:25:33 +0000

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Pixel Perfection: Showcase of Inspired Pixel Art

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:01:11 +0000

For many designers, and artists alike, using the numerous tools that are available to them in whichever graphics program is their app of choice is the only way they can get their work to shine. But then there are those who operate in the complete opposite manner, shying away from… read more

Tips for Keeping Focused on Freelance Deadlines

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:30:49 +0000

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It can be a bummer when you’re stuck in a freelancing rut. Anybody who has worked this field will understand the grief of struggling to finish project deadlines in time. Often the work quality will suffer along with the accompanied mental fatigue. Rushing to the finish… read more

Your Company’s Next Battle: Web Designer vs. Graphic Designer

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:05:19 +0000

Your Company’s Next Battle: Web Designer vs. Graphic Designer

How to make a panning website in Flash

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:37:35 +0000

You might have seen a lot of panning websites in Flash. In these sites if you click on a link, the page automatically scrolls to that content. This effect looks great and is better than just plain old webpages. But believe it or not this effect is extremely easy to… read more

50+ Most Beautiful Islamic Calligraphy by Pakistani Digital Artists

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:05:19 +0000

50+ Most Beautiful Islamic Calligraphy by Pakistani Digital Artists

Stop American Censorship — a campaign from Fight for the Future

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:21:59 +0000

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Printed Web: Print Design Inspired Websites

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:05:44 +0000

It seems things are changing for website design. The minimalist style adopted by many websites is slowly being evolved into something a little more engaging. One of the main sources of inspiration for this change in the way website content is displayed has been print design, particularly newspapers and magazines…. read more

Benefits and Pitfalls of Using Code Frameworks

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:31:03 +0000

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A code framework is nothing more than a collection of pre-formatted classes and functions. There are frameworks created for practically every language out there – even including frontend web development like JavaScript and CSS. Developers would be wise to follow these trends of working on… read more

Uber: A Responsive Portfolio and Business WordPress Theme

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:36:30 +0000

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At Theme Trust, we’ve just released our first WordPress theme of 2012, and we’re quite proud of it. This one is called Uber, and it’s a responsive business and portfolio theme perfect for freelance designers, photographers, or design firms. The portfolio section in this theme, with… read more

Super Nice Apparel Illustrations by David Creighton-Pester

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:55:19 +0000

We love a good apparel illustration designer. From time to time we get to see some pretty good pieces, like these, by David Creighton-Pester. Gotta love these illustrations!

These are only a few of David’s illustrations. For more of it, you should really check out his portfolio at Society6. I hope… read more

Designing The Well-Tempered Web

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:02:06 +0000

As technology evolves, so does the art and craft of Web design. New technology creates new challenges, which require new solutions. Often we’re working in uncharted territory, where the solutions demanded really are new. Other times, we’re faced with problems of a more universal nature, problems that have a history.

Given… read more

Should designers do personal projects?

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Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.116)

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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 kepp up to date with the latest and greatest articles and… read more

Immortal Technique: A Quick Look at Minimalism

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:15:20 +0000

There’s a little bit of murmuring going on that the design technique, most affectionately referred to as minimalism, is dying and/or dead. I couldn’t disagree more. I believe that minimalism is not dead, mainly because people don’t quite realize what it is.

Unfortunately, it seems like people think of it… read more

21 Excellent Portfolios and Design Agency Websites

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:10:36 +0000

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It has been a while since we last showcased Design Related Websites here, so today we decided to check out how is it that design firms, designers, and other creative agencies are presenting their work. From design studios to brand firms and freelance designer’s portfolios, you… read more

20 Creative Web Designers Websites

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:45:19 +0000

20 Creative Web Designers Websites

How to Pick the Right Name for Your Business

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:03 +0000

Abstract or dead simple? Clever irony? Cute and playful? There are endless paths to take when brainstorming your new business name. But for many small business owners and entrepreneurs, the naming process is fraught with uncertainty and doubt.

Yet, the stakes couldn’t be higher. A business begins with a name… read more

4 Steps to Becoming a Freelance Copywriter

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:00:44 +0000

If you are reading this, chances are, you’ve already made up your mind that you want to be a copywriter.

However I do have to warn you, it isn’t easy!

Most potential copywriters wish to take up the vocation because they love writing. When you have to write… read more

Resolution Independence With SVG

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:35:00 +0000

In this article, we’ll look at Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), one of the most underused technologies in website development today.

Before diving into an example, let’s consider the state of the Web at present and where it is going. Website design has found new vigor in recent years, with the evolving technique… read more

Animals in Alphabet Illustrations

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:17:12 +0000

Casey Girard is a freelancer illustrator/designer from Massachusetts and she illustrated this amazing animals alphabet. Each letter of the alphabet was illustrated by an animal to represent it. The result is simply amazing, great illustrations and great alphabet letters.

For more from Casey Girard visit caseyg.com or @CaseyGirard

What’s new for designers – January 2012

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20 Things You Didn’t Know About Pop Art & Graphic Design

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The advent of the Pop Art movement in the 50′s didn’t just impress the wealthy, it changed the culture. So iconic and profound were the inspirations and meanings behind this movement that it’s art is still featured, studied and produced to this day.

In this article,… read more

20 Stunning Free High-Quality WordPress template designs

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:25:19 +0000

20 Stunning Free High-Quality WordPress template designs

35 Expert Website Design Tutorials Using Photoshop Techniques

admin — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:25:19 +0000

35 Expert Website Design Tutorials Using Photoshop Techniques

4 Tips to Keep Your Website Ahead of the Curve in 2012

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:29:59 +0000

This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum, where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business.

Sure, having a website for your business serves a practical need: to draw net-surfing users to your product or service. However, it’s also much more than slapping… read more

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 9-Jan 15, 2012

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5 Crucial Points Before Becoming a Freelance Web Designer

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:10:13 +0000

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A freelance career offers a plethora of opportunities and rewards for web designers like you, just itching to make it on your own. At the same time, it can lead to a lot of headache, even failure, if you don’t grasp a few basic skills… read more

23 Great Web Design Books for Under $5

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:45:19 +0000

23 Great Web Design Books for Under $5

Where Is Web Design Heading In 2012 And Beyond?

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:25:19 +0000

Where Is Web Design Heading In 2012 And Beyond?

30 Beautiful Web Design Examples from Behance and Deviantart

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:25:19 +0000

30 Beautiful Web Design Examples from Behance and Deviantart

How to use typography in web design

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:45:19 +0000

How to use typography in web design

16 Most Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:05:19 +0000

16 Most Useful Firefox Add-ons for Web Designers

35 Imaginative and Bizzarre Surreal Photos

admin — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 02:25:19 +0000

35 Imaginative and Bizzarre Surreal Photos

Comics of the week #112

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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.121

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:07:15 +0000

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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… read more

Best of the Week #205

admin — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:34:28 +0000

Geological Photography: Grand Canyon

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:34:33 +0000

One of these days I was watching on television an awesome show about geological matters, how gold was made and stuff, and I thought it would be interesting to make a quick search for geological wonders, and man, it was worth the idea.

So, I imagined it would be great to… read more

Free download: Balio Web UI Kit

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:49:39 +0000

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Creative Use of Typography in Print Ads

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:09:58 +0000

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When it comes to advertising, what’s being said can be a bit less important than how it’s said. In no case is this more true than in the case of typography based advertisements, which are common in print advertising and gaining popularity even in television… read more

40 CSS Reference Websites and Resources

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:00:08 +0000

If you want to design websites or modify your existing website design, then you need to have at least a basic knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Thankfully, CSS is a very easy language to get to a grip on, however you may find it takes a little more time… read more

Inspiration from Package Design

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:02:26 +0000

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As a package/label lover I really like to pay attention to everything surrounding package design, from textures to colors schemes, from materials to layout. I also believe that web designers can get a lot of inspiration from well designed packages. It’s incredible to see how many… read more

10 Most Creative Church Website Designs

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:45:19 +0000

10 Most Creative Church Website Designs

How to Get More Web & Graphic Design Work

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:45:19 +0000

How to Get More Web & Graphic Design Work

Introducing the RockMelt Social Browser

admin — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:25:19 +0000

Introducing the RockMelt Social Browser

Congratulations To The Winners Of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) Giveaway

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:51:03 +0000

Thanks to all of the participants of contest in which DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro (The World’s Biggest User Interface Elements Pack) were givingaway. We ran the MySQL random query and selected these comments to give them DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro.

Winners of DesignModo’s Futurico UI Pro

Tracy Robinson
Giang
Peter Steven
Monique
Gareth

Futurico UI Pro is the… read more

Inclusive Design

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:18:52 +0000

We’ve come a long way since the days of the first Macintosh and the introduction of graphical user interfaces, going from monochrome colors to millions, from estranged mice to intuitive touchscreens, from scroll bars to pinch, zoom, flick and pan. But while hardware, software and the people who use technology… read more

Treehouse: Learning to Code

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:00:13 +0000

With so much of our information being pushed to the Web, not knowing the basics of web coding is going to become more and more of a hindrance. If you don’t know what a h1, h2, or blockquote is you’re going to find yourself at a severe disadvantage in the… read more

How To Monetize Your Website With Google AdSense

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:31:44 +0000

If I had a euro for every time I heard one of those folklore stories of the guy who knew a person who talked to a guy whose roommate in college had a study group with someone’s cousin who made a website that earned him a million euros a month,… read more

We have $700 worth of services from PSD2HTML.com to giveaway

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:39:38 +0000

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If you’re a busy web designer or web developer, this week’s competition is the perfect solution for your PSD to HTML slicing needs. PSD2HTML.com are giving away $400 worth of services for the winner and $300 for the runner-up.
All you have to do… read more

10 excellent SEO plug-ins for every blog

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:11:22 +0000

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Exclusive Vector Freebie: New Social Media Icon Set

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:00:20 +0000

As we are always looking for ways to show our appreciation to our readers, and provide you all with exciting and useful web design and development related resources we have a special treat that hits both of those marks. Today we have a brand new exclusive freebie for Noupe and… read more

Usability Design for Online Web Forms

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:35:04 +0000

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Designers aren’t just creating pleasing graphics for the Internet anymore. As a web designer you need to consider other properties of user interaction and coding. UX design is possibly the most important topic to cover, and this is especially true designing web forms. All webmasters should… read more

30+ Cute 3D Cartoon character Illustrations

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 06:25:19 +0000

30+ Cute 3D Cartoon character Illustrations

Best HTML5 Sites of the Week January 10th 2012

admin — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 04:05:19 +0000

Best HTML5 Sites of the Week January 10th 2012

30 Super Oversized Footers in Modern Web Layouts

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:49:32 +0000

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Designing a working footer layout can be difficult. There are so many styles and attributes including columns, link lists, bylines, and custom illustrations. My personal favorite trend is the oversized layout style which leaves plenty of room for custom link menus.

Thus I’ve collected a wonderful set… read more

Typography Mania #114

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:53:57 +0000

Click here to check out all the previous Typography… read more

WDL Premium: Seamless Floral Patterns Vector Pack

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:56:04 +0000

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Here’s a new set of vectors for our WDL Premium Members. This pack from Designious contains 6 high quality vector patterns with floral motifs that will give your nature related designs an organic and beautiful touch.

Be sure to check out Designious for more design resources.

Here’s… read more

How to Overcome the Worst Moments in Your Career

admin — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:58:58 +0000

The web design blogs assure to any web designer the needed tips, resources and information for being able to create websites and online applications at the highest standards. Some of the most talented designers entertain the web design blogosphere and it’s a good guaranty that the huge majority of the… read more

Win a Wibiya Pro plan for one year!

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Flash Guide Layer Tutorial

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:24:12 +0000

When it comes to animation, nothing beats Flash. Flash has an arsenal of powerful tools that help to make animations easily. If you have done some animation in flash then you know that frame by frame animation gets a little hectic sometimes. There is tweening ; but it is only… read more

2012 Calendar Design Project, Round 2

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:00:23 +0000

Vectortuts+ loves Illustration and discovering new talent, so today we are proud to be showcasing Round 2 of the 2012 Calendar Design Project. Check out the 2nd and final round at the jump.

2012 Calendar Design Project, Round 2

The designs are posted in no particular order, but we thought it would… read more

I Am Not a Web Designer

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:00:22 +0000

I am not a web designer, and nor are you. Or a developer. Or a writer. Or whatever it is you think you are. You’re not – not in any meaningful way.

Full disclosure: I am actually a web designer, probably, but stick with me here.

I thought I was –… read more

Password strength verification with jQuery

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:46:50 +0000

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The Art of Creating Proposals your Clients will not Refuse

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:04:15 +0000

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The most successful and important proposal in my life was a quick win. With the ring decision aside, it was based on three fundamentally important ingredients: clarity, timeliness and problem-solving power. My intentions were clear and unambiguous, the offer was made in due time and… read more

8 Responsive jQuery Slider Plugins

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:55:04 +0000

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Whether you’re already a pro at creating responsive web sites or your just learning what it’s all about, it’s good to have some scripts handy that you can easily integrate into your site. We all know how popular image and content sliders are now, and for… read more

Showcase Of Call To Action Buttons In Web Design

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:45:19 +0000

Showcase Of Call To Action Buttons In Web Design

Useful Web Design Feedback Solutions, Contact Form

admin — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:25:19 +0000

Useful Web Design Feedback Solutions, Contact Form

The Perfect Office #121

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:27:00 +0000

Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture,… read more

Responsive design in the corporate world

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Why a Web designer Should not Ignore the Importance of HTML5 in Designing

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:44:47 +0000

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The answer to the question; why a web designer should not ignore the importance of HTML5 in designing is actually very simple. HTML5 is the language of the future when it comes to web designing. Move over Flash, HTML5 is here. But why is this language being… read more

20 Inspiring Minimalist Web Designs

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:48:11 +0000

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Minimal websites can be a pretty polemic issue, especially when we stop to think how minimal should a minimal site be? Some people think that a good minimal website is that which has few design elements as possible. While others believe that the number of elements… read more

Free Valentine’s Day Vector Images | Heart Pictures

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:05:19 +0000

Free Valentine’s Day Vector Images | Heart Pictures

50 Unique and Inspiring Website Designs 2012

admin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:45:19 +0000

50 Unique and Inspiring Website Designs 2012

Our favorite tweets of the week Jan 2-Jan 8, 2012

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Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.120

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:15:09 +0000

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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… read more

5 Best WordPress Themes for E-Commerce Websites

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:25:19 +0000

5 Best WordPress Themes for E-Commerce Websites

Comics of the week #111

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Best Free Photoshop Winter Brushes

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:25:19 +0000

Best Free Photoshop Winter Brushes

Best of the Week #204

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:51:32 +0000

40+ Simply Mindblowing Fractal Artworks

admin — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:45:19 +0000

40+ Simply Mindblowing Fractal Artworks

Amazing Sand Sculptures

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:12:27 +0000

These are crazy awesome. I know one thing: it takes a lot of talent to shape sand into a freaking awesome typography piece. To make that, the guy must be a true artist and probably half ninja. These are some amazing examples of sand sculpture done right.

If it was me,… read more

10 OMG Cool Athlete Websites

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:36:35 +0000

I have always appreciated an athlete who has their own website. Especially now days when they could call it good with a Facebook fan page, or really go above and beyond with a Twitter account. Some athlete’s are active members of charity organizations, or have their own product line, and… read more

Focal Points In Design Layout

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:04:33 +0000

Why are magazines and books always laid out the same? Even with alternative design, there is a harmony in layout or the reader’s head will explode… or they will just stop reading and skip to the next page. Successful design in publishing, advertising, web design, illustration and anything else that… read more