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Learn about the principles, benefits, and how to effectively implement the flat design trend in your own design projects.

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50 Perfect Examples of Flat Web Design for Inspiration

50 Perfect Examples of Flat Web Design for Inspiration

Inspiration / Web Design

Usabilia asked 100 web professionals for their opinion on the future of flat web design, and a huge 68% said that it is here to stay and not just another…

20 Inspiring Examples of Flat Illustrations in Web Design

20 Inspiring Examples of Flat Illustrations in Web Design

Inspiration / Web Design

At the moment it does seem that every newly launched site or app has adopted the flat design trend. What started just over a year ago as merely a unique…

How to Create Round, Flat and Flip-Style CSS Toggle Switches

How to Create Round, Flat and Flip-Style CSS Toggle Switches

CSS

In this tutorial, we show how to easily create some fantastic round, flat and flip-style CSS toggle switches. We’ll be using pure CSS to create some toggle switches, adding a…

Flat Design vs Minimalism

Flat Design vs Minimalism

Design / Freelance

Flat Design. It’s everywhere these days. The newest, highly influential release of iOS 7 for the iPhone has got even non-design lovers talking about it. But many people seem to…

Turn the Page on Flat Design & Bring Creativity Back to Web Design

Turn the Page on Flat Design & Bring Creativity Back to Web Design

Web Design

Remember when cars used to be different? Nowadays, it’s hard to tell a BMW from a Honda. Cars come in a limited array of colors but end up looking similar…

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

UX Design

There are many arguments for and against flat design, so in this article I wanted to take a quick look at how flat design can actually affect your bottom line….

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

Fantastic Flat Superhero Illustrations from Bunka

Inspiration

The flat design trend is fairly shaking up all aspects of the graphic design industry. We are entering a new era of simple and minimalistic modes of communication in which…

Flat or Skeuomorphic is the Wrong Question – It’s About Satisfaction

Flat or Skeuomorphic is the Wrong Question – It’s About Satisfaction

Design / Freelance

A great deal of digital ink has been spilled of late regarding the relative merits of Flat or Skeuomorphic design. On one side of the spectrum, both Microsoft and Yahoo!…

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

The Origins and Evolution of Flat Design

Web Design

Ever since Windows 7 Mobile was released in a distinctly anti-skeuomorphic format, the explosion of flat aesthetics has been obvious, evident, and pervasive. Anything with an edge is eschewed, gradients…

Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

Flat Design – The Next Step Forward in the Evolution of Web Design

Web Design

Flat design is nothing but simplicity put into practice. The fact that simple shapes such as rectangles and circles are being preferred over gradients and drop shadows shows that the…

How Flat Design Has Helped Make the Web More Accessible

How Flat Design Has Helped Make the Web More Accessible

UX Design

A look at some of the recent improvements that flat design has brought and how it has helped make the web a little bit more accessible.

A Discussion on the Flat Design Aesthetic

A Discussion on the Flat Design Aesthetic

UX Design / Web Design
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