20 Useful Free PDF ebooks for Designers and Bloggers
September 2, 2010 - No Comments
Darn Good Read,Graphic Design,Web Design

Over the years I have a saved a decent sized library of useful design and blogging related PDF ebooks, I love them. I have voraciously collected them, and all stored on my mobile for whenever the chance of quick read arises. In this post I would like to share my favorite 20 (freely available) ebooks [...]

Illustrator Template Toolbox for Web, Mobile and App Developers
September 1, 2010 - 6 Comments.
Graphic Design,Icon Design,Illustrator,Mobile,Web Apps,Web Design

For today’s post we have an extensive selection of UI templates, all in Illustrator format, and all perfect if you are a web, mobile or app designer who prefers to use Adobe Illustrator rather than the more commonly used Photoshop. It was mildly surprising how difficult this post was to put together, I really did [...]

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.53)
August 30, 2010 - 5 Comments.
Graphic Design,Twitter News,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

50 Refreshing CSS Tutorials, Techniques and Resources
August 29, 2010 - 10 Comments.
CSS,Tutorial,Web Apps,Web Design

In this CSS (2 & 3) round-up article we have focused on highlighting as many varied techniques covering as many aspects of web, mobile and application development as possible. And believe me, it wasn’t easy! Due to CSS3s current popularity, the volume of new tutorials and fresh ideas has jumped skywards. We simply could not [...]

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.56
August 28, 2010 - 7 Comments.
Inspiration,Web Design,Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]

The Best Free to use Posterous Themes
August 26, 2010 - 5 Comments.
Blogging Platforms,Web Apps,Web Design

Don't mistake Posterous as another micro-blogging service, it is much, much bigger than that. There are no limits to what you can do with it and there are seemingly no limits to what you can post to it – photos (auto resizing), audio files and links, documents and video (auto conversion)… You could use it [...]

Typography as Art
August 26, 2010 - 9 Comments.
Inspiration,Typography

Typography is one of the cornerstones of good graphic design. Selecting and manipulating typefaces is an art unto itself. Therefore it’s no surprise that classic typography regularly makes its way into famous paintings and sculptures. Below are some inspirational images of typography used in the fine arts to help give you a fresh point of [...]

Wix Competition: Win One of Three $150 Premium Unlimited Plans
August 25, 2010 - 121 Comments.
Web Design

Today we have great pleasure in offering our readers the chance to win one of three Premium Unlimited Plans, worth $150 each, from our friends Wix. We do have a lot of love for Wix, they were our first long term sponsor and do hope that our readers will show there appreciation by entering this [...]

20 Web Dev Events, 20 Beautifully Crafted Web Designs
August 24, 2010 - 13 Comments.
Inspiration,Web Design

The initial idea for this article was to highlight all web design related events and conferences up until the end of 2010. As the article evolved, the primary focus and direction changed – no longer were we only highlighting some important and essential conferences, we soon realized we were privy to some truly inspirational and [...]

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.52)
August 23, 2010 - 2 Comments.
CMS (Content Management),Javascript,Twitter News,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]

50 Awesome New jQuery Plugins
August 22, 2010 - 34 Comments.
Ajax,Javascript,Mobile,Web Apps,Web Design

The jQuery community never ever fails to let you down. Its constantly evolving, constantly improving and, thankfully, constantly releasing a tidal wave of fresh and powerful freely available plugins for every possible requirement. Today we round-up the best and most powerful jQuery plugins from the last few months. You will find a comprehensive selection of [...]

Weekly Web Design and Development Inspiration – N.55
August 21, 2010 - 12 Comments.
Inspiration,Web Design,Weekly Web Design Inspiration

This is our selection of our favorite web designs from the past week or so, some sites we discovered, but the most of them have been recommended by our readers. Thanks for all your recommendations, and we hope you like this selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]

Google Docs Templates for Web Designers and Developers
August 20, 2010 - 28 Comments.
Web Apps,Web Design

“> If I am honest, I don’t really know how popular Google Docs is within the freelance community, but I have found that I have been using it a lot more recently. To the extent that I seem to have more documents stored online that I do on my hard drive and its one of [...]

30 Creative and Inspiring Golf Logos
August 19, 2010 - 19 Comments.
Inspiration,Logo

Sport logos are fantastic to work with – some of the world’s greatest brands are sport-related (think Nike, Adidas, ESPN and Everlast). Golf is a popular sport with wealthy and successful people – as such, golf businesses (such as golf clubs, golf courses and golf websites) can be extremely lucrative. With such a savvy client [...]

10 MooTools Image and Content Sliders
August 19, 2010 - 7 Comments.
Ajax,CSS,Javascript,Web Design

With CSS3 stealing all of the design headlines recently, and with jQuery as popular as it is, it is very easy to forget about any other image and content slider/gallery options you may have. And as such, in this post, we take a look at the best of what MooTools can offer. As you will [...]

Useful and Free Pictogram Dingbat Fonts
August 17, 2010 - 13 Comments.
Fonts,Graphic Design,Icon Design

Pictograms are essentially a graphical idea, sign or simple instruction that has been stripped down to its bare and basic details, yet is still recognizable as the original idea. There versatility and simplicity offers an universally easy to understand language that can be seen in anything from road signs and posters, to icons and logos, [...]

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.50)
August 16, 2010 - 6 Comments.
CSS,Graphic Design,Twitter News,Web Apps,Web Design

This is our weekly column in which we share our favorites posts, articles and resources with our readers all from the previous week. If you would like to be kept up to date with loads of fresh design news and resources, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or even by subscribing to our [...]