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UI Design

The role of a UI designer is to create the aesthetic appearance of everything that the end-user interacts with (the UI or user interface), from designing the pages of a website to the screens of a mobile application.

Here you will find web and mobile UI kits, wireframe templates and apps, responsive web design packages, free icons, mockup templates, printable sketch sheets, UI tutorials, free fonts, and much more. Essentially, all the tools and resources to help you get started on your next web or mobile project quicker and easier.

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Optimizing Typography in Responsive Web Design

Each time a discussion pops up about responsive design, the common terminology and concepts that get the maximum attention include grids and images, and obviously the settings like fluid or…

Creating a Mobile Web Application with Meta Tags

Creating a Mobile Web Application with Meta Tags

Advancing trends for the mobile web are slowly blurring the line between Internet websites and native applications. Lately there have been many updates to mobile operating systems and web browsers…

Current Web Typography Trends

Current Web Typography Trends

The evolution of typography in web design has been hampered by technological limitations. The lack of browser support for CSS in the pre-2000 era, and later, unavailability of a wider…

Guidelines to Follow when Building for the App Store (iOS & Android)

Guidelines to Follow when Building for the App Store (iOS & Android)

There are a lot of factors to consider before building and submitting a mobile application. Developers have plenty of resources on the web for consulting official documentation. But there are…

Captivate your Audience with Web Typography

Captivate your Audience with Web Typography

Modern web designers are incorporating innovative new concepts for digital type. In the previous decade we have witnessed the Internet transform into a powerful tool for sharing media all around…

Focus On: Mobile App Design Trends for 2012

Focus On: Mobile App Design Trends for 2012

Mobile applications are on the rise as more consumers switch over to smartphones. Between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating system there are plenty of wonderful apps to browse through….

The Designer’s Candy Store [Infographic]

The Designer’s Candy Store [Infographic]

For graphic designers, the general goal is to create something that people notice in a good way. These designers aspire that their work is recognized as “good,” “great” or even…

Getting Started Building iPhone Apps in Xcode 4.2

Getting Started Building iPhone Apps in Xcode 4.2

The newest version of Xcode comes packaged with a few noticeable interface changes. For beginners and intermediate users it can be difficult figuring out even the most basic functionality. And…

Free Colorful 3D UI Kit (Photoshop PSD)

Free Colorful 3D UI Kit (Photoshop PSD)

The Colorful 3D UI Kit is perfect for web designers of all levels, featuring a range of beautifully designed modern web elements.

Free Freelance Designer & Developer Folder Icon Set (EPS & PNG Formats)

Free Freelance Designer & Developer Folder Icon Set (EPS & PNG Formats)

In the download package, you’ll find eight icons in both PNG and EPS formats, as well as a blank folder icon for you to create your own.

An Infographic on the History of the Modem

An Infographic on the History of the Modem

Once upon a time, transferring just a few kilobytes of data between computers in different locations was considered near science fiction fantasy, or at least a cutting edge military computer…

Free Multimedia Icon Set (14 Icons in PNG & SVG Formats)

Free Multimedia Icon Set (14 Icons in PNG & SVG Formats)

The free set is called the ‘Multimedia Icon Set’ and, as the name suggests, contains 14 multimedia icons in both PNG and AI formats.

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

An Introduction to HTML Prototyping

Since starting work as a web designer, I always have, and will always, obsess over improving my project workflow and my own design pattern, if you will. Never afraid to…

A Review of Web Design Trends from 2010

A Review of Web Design Trends from 2010

The past year has shown us some magnificent growth in the web sector. Design innovation can be seen everywhere as the community of both web designers and application developers is…

Managing Graphics & Icons in your Web Designs

Managing Graphics & Icons in your Web Designs

Projects can get overly confusing if we let them slip too far. This has become a circumstance time and again, most commonly among the freelance designers of the world. Web…

Free Political Characters Volume 2 Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)

Free Political Characters Volume 2 Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)

The download package includes both 256px and 512px sizes for each of the eight icons, as well as the Illustrator source files (ai.) for easy customization.

Free Political Characters Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)

Free Political Characters Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)

The free Political Characters icon set includes eight icons, available in both 256px and 512px sizes, and in PNG and AI formats.

Free WordPress Folder Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)

Free WordPress Folder Icon Set (AI & PNG Formats)