Monthly Archive:
May, 2010
May 30, 2010 - 21 CommentsCSS,Web Apps,Web Design
In recent years, screen resolutions are getting both bigger (large monitors) and smaller (in the mobile sense), as such, a static or fixed web layout may no longer be deemed completely viable. Maybe its time to change. Liquid, fluid and elastic layouts, have as many supporters as fixed layouts, despite what ever your feelings are [...]
May 29, 2010 - 13 CommentsInspiration,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 the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]
May 27, 2010 - 14 CommentsInspiration,Typography
Typography is the Jan Brady of graphic design – it doesn’t generate the rabid excitement of color nor cooing over flashy images. But typography can’t be ignored – in its basic form it’s what spells out a message, in its true and full form it can be used for optimum readability, impact, or even an [...]
May 27, 2010 - 19 CommentsGraphic Design,Illustrator,Vector
Retro(ism) is a cool, cultured and at times humorous representation of pop culture design from the 1930s through to the 1980s. Whereas design trends come and go, retro as a style has remained and will always be “evergreen” (ironic that), and will always be popular with designers due to its distinctive and bold representation of [...]
May 26, 2010 - 31 CommentsAjax,Javascript,Web Design
With all the talk of CSS3 at the moment, its easy to overlook the impact Javascript, especially jQuery, can have on the appearance of the basic web button. As such, we have collected 20 useful CSS buttons techniques that have all been improved and enhanced by the sooper-dooper power of jQuery. You may also like: [...]
May 24, 2010 - 3 CommentsGraphic Design,Twitter News,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 [...]
May 24, 2010 - 9 CommentsIllustrator,Inspiration,Photography,Vector
Film poster art in general, is a combination of a carefully selected layout, beautiful typography, imaginative illustration, creative photography and precise color selection. They do not only give you an insight or a glimpse into the film they are promoting, throughout the decades, they allow a keyholes view into the social values, political views and [...]
May 21, 2010 - 5 CommentsInspiration,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 the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]
May 21, 2010 - 25 CommentsCSS,Web Design
As CSS3 gathers momentum, more and more new techniques and ideas are being published every other day. Each seems to explore exciting never seen before avenues, and ALL push CSSes boundaries ever further away. It really is an exciting time for web design.
May 20, 2010 - 11 CommentsFireworks Extensions,Mobile,Toolbox,Web Apps,Web Design
Adobe Fireworks’ features and work-flow undeniably make it the industry pioneer and leader for web graphic prototyping and rapid web site building. Even though, with each new version, Adobe have slowly over-loaded it with new features – some of these have proved to be useful and popular, while others have simply been pointless – but [...]
May 19, 2010 - 34 CommentsColor,Inspiration,Web Design
Good color choices should never be taken for granted in web design. A bad color selection or combination can have the same negative effective as poorly layed-out content or can create the same frustration as an excessively slow loading page. So, underestimate the power of color at your own peril. Even with a myriad of [...]
May 17, 2010 - 5 CommentsGraphic Design,Twitter News,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 [...]
May 17, 2010 - 25 CommentsAjax,Frameworks,Javascript,Web Design
Almost all of the rich web applications that we currently see on the web today rely on a subtle set of UI controls, libraries or frameworks (or toolkits) that not only greatly simplify application development, they also provide a consistent, reliable, and highly interactive User Interface. What more could you ask for? Currently, there are [...]
May 15, 2010 - 4 CommentsInspiration,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 the selection of sites as much as we do, feel free to comment and let [...]
May 14, 2010 - 38 CommentsFree Icons,Icon Design,Mobile,Web Apps,Web Design
We simply love creative icon design, we really really do. As such in this post we have collected a rich list of 30 fresh icon sets specifically for designers and developers.
You will find some mini icons, pictograms, wireframe icons, ecommerce icons, toolbar icons, mobile app icons… the list goes on and on.
Ajax,Javascript,Popular,Web Apps,Web Design
Every seasoned developer has one and every young and upcoming developer should be thinking of building one – a good and concise collection of UI controls, components and plugins that you can always rely on in times of need. Of course, there are plenty of great UI frameworks, kits and libraries that you could use, [...]
May 12, 2010 - 15 CommentsCMS (Content Management),Flash Design,Frameworks,Web Design
Despite the rumors, Flash websites are still very much popular. Flash does provide a unique and rich user experience with its amazing animations, unique effects, its somewhat genius interactivity. Yes, Flash can be beautiful, but it is also very difficult to learn and is certainly very difficult to easily update (especially for clients) and maintain. [...]











