Refusing Bad Business: A Luxury You Can’t NOT Afford

As someone who’s worked on both sides of the freelancer-client fence, I give a lot of “insider” advice to designers on dealing with their clients. One of the most common problems I hear is that designers would love to be able to turn down their worst clients – the ones who pay late, don’t pay at all, or who just generally cause way more trouble than they’re worth. But the…

Creative Depth in Web Design

Breathing life into digital design can be a tough call. A flat surface will always command less attention compared to the one that creates a 3D-feel. Adding depth to a flat page is a way to combat this. It creates a sense of realism and immediately adds interest. It’s also a helpful technique to emphasize particular elements within the page, such as interfaces or headlines, and helps create a hierarchy…

30 Free Ornaments, Frames & Borders Vector Resources

The ornamental, frame, and borders resources on this page vary in complexity and potential uses – some of them are so sophisticated that they can be used on their own, while others are simple and would make a great subtle addition to the other elements of your design. I’ve also included a couple of brush packs as well, because they are always useful.

The Remote Designer – Jumping into the Cloud

Freelance work can be one of the most liberating work, especially when moving from agency or in-house, you will ever undertake in your career. And while it has plenty of benefits, especially when developing a career, it has no shortage of it’s own challenges. The ability to set your own schedule and work when/where you want is liberating, but it can also be more difficult to connect with clients, maintain…

Weekly Web Design Inspiration – N.177

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

[Expired] We Have 5 x $50 Vouchers from Sendicate to Giveaway – Comment to Enter

For this weeks competition five lucky readers could win a $50 coupons from our friends over at Sendicate, an email marketing and newsletter app that was created for designers and developers.

205 Killer Photoshop Actions – only $17 (normally $238!)

Photoshop can do some magical things. By combining all sorts of tools, you can literally make thousands of variations to a single photo. And with Photoshop action sets, you can do it all with pretty much just a click.

Twitter Bootstrap GUI & Wireframe Toolbox

In this post we have collected a selection of GUI and wireframe templates that have all been designed for when you are working with Bootstrap, making it very easy to pass your designs on to the developer. They are all in various formats (psd, ai, png…) and available for all popular applications like Photoshop, Fireworks, Illustrator and Omnigraffle.

Using WordPress as a REST API for a Mobile App

Often when making mobile apps you will need your app to get the latest content from your website, or if there is not a website already with content some way of putting new or timely content into the mobile app. Of course you do not want to have to update your app via iTunes, the Play Store or whatever, as you have to wait on people to upgrade before they…

Remarkable and Unique Examples of Symmetry in Web Design

Perfect symmetry means having two sides of an item that when folded together will form half of a single object or shape, meeting perfectly together in the centre. In web design, perfect symmentry is rare. Most websites will have their logo in the top left of the screen, navigation bar at the top, sidebar to the right and the main content area to the left of the page. However, when you…

Flat Design and Accessibility

The internet has changed a lot over the last few years, and so has the way we view things online. As such, in this article, we will be taking a look at some of the recent accessibility improvements that Flat Design has brought and helping make the internet that little bit more open and accessible to everyone.

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.170)

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy :)

Subscription Model in Your Web Design Business

Regular supply of work is vital for the health of your budget. When you don’t have projects lined up, you may enjoy the free time you have but at some point you will begin to feel the monetary pressure. We have all been through the phases when no decent project is around but when this happens frequently, life gets very stressful. One of the ways to solve this problem is…

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