Here’s one thing that never made sense to me: people make websites so others can find out more about them, but most “About Us” pages absolutely suck. They’re either really long and boring or really short and mysterious. Not many people understand the best way to go about these pages.
As each day goes by the world gets their hands on more and more mobile internet devices; which means the demand for mobile web solutions will increase. By 2015 more data will be transferred and viewed by smart phones than actual PCs.
These days most major corporations have either provided a separate mobile website to serve their mobile audience or have provided a responsive web solution to cater to the variety of screen sizes.
As a web developer who is tasked with developing a mobile web solution it’s important to have as many testing tools as possible. Having multiple mobile testing tools available is never a bad thing.
Below are some 5 tools I’ve found that can help in mobile web development testing; not only are these good tools for phones but for tablets and desktop resolutions as well.
I only recently heard about the term “Flat design”, but I’ve definitely noticed lots of website and interface designs springing up with this design style. Flat design is a label the community has adopted for designs leaving behind drop shadows, subtle textures and gradients in favour of solid colours, clean layouts and sharp typography, somewhat similar to the design of Windows 8 and the Metro UI. This post showcases 20 great website designs that all exhibit popular traits of the flat design trend.
So, you’re a graphic designer, and you have some amazing skills and talent to offer a potential employer. How do you stand out from all the other graphic designers applying for the position as well though? How do you create a resume that will actually get you a call back? Here are seven great tips that will help your resume shine.
Once or twice a week I like to come up with articles that really expose my viewers to the various types of tutorials that they need to get their latest design projects off the ground. In this post, you’ll find everything from Creating a Man of Steel Symbol in Illustrator and Photoshop to Painting a multi-layered surreal portrait . If you are looking for a great source of inspiration, this compilation of Adobe Photoshop CS6 tutorials is a must see. So what are you waiting for…why not try one out?
The first thing I want to tell you – Skeuomorphism isn’t dead and there’s nothing wrong with skeuomorphism in itself.
You can’t say “Skeuomorphism is a bad taste”. This phrase doesn’t make sense. In the same way you can say that pink is a disgusting color. Skeuomorphism is “a design feature that is carried forth from the original version of a product in order to make people feel comfortable with the new device..”
There are a lot of websites, UI elements and icons designed in this style. And I like them so much! Look at the collection below to find some skeuomorphism inspiration.
Either if you like to admit it or not, domain names are the soul of every online business. You may have good content and everything else, but without a good brand behind it, you will struggle way more than you should have.
With that being said, it would be great if before starting a new project, you will focus on finding a good, easy to remember, easy to brand domain name for your online business.
Ali knocks out Cleveland 'Big Cat' Williams in three rounds at the Houston Astrodome to defend his heavyweight title in November 1966. The bout drew a record indoor crowd of 35,460.
In 2012 we could see the growth of the trend of big images in web design. Throughout the year we could see more and more big and beautiful images appearing in nice and clean designs. If you check out our Best of Web Design in 2012 list you will notice that this trend was quiet strong in 2012. Since we believe that the big images trend will stay strong in 2013, and also because we believe that images can give a lot of personality and style to a design, we decided to gather a list of fresh examples of sites taking advantage of beautiful images. From big thumbnails to huge background photography, you will find a lot of great examples here. Enjoy!
Negative space logos are always awesome if they are executed well. They quickly communicate the business message to the audience and remain for a long period of time in your mind. Just one small logo design can tell you much more than you imagine.
This kind of logos with hidden messages are memorable and interesting to discover the meaning behind their design. The key is the minimal and simplistic execution with a little bit of ingenuity when it comes to insert the hidden expression.
A well known negative space logo design is the NBC logo. The peacock in the negative area with the head flipped to the right suggest looking forward to the future, not back to the past. Also the 6 feathers suggest NBC’s six divisions. One simple shape with a lot of meanings. You’ll see more in this new 2013 logo collection below.
Take a closer look at these 45 amazing examples of negative space logos and get inspired. We hope that you find them clever enough to make you play with the negative space technique.
It's really cool to see how some artists can explore different mediums to the extreme ways. I never thought that colored pencils could be a good media for realistic portraits until I saw the work of Mario Freire, it creeps me out a lot.
Here are 50 incredible examples of amazing Photo manipulated images from extremely talented, creative and gifted artists from around the world. This is probably one of the most popular and most used areas in which Adobe Photoshop is used extensively.
When we talk about marketing there are multiple ways of promoting your product or business, one of these are brochures. A good brochure is not just a piece of paper or tiny book, telling something about the product you would like to promote. No, it should be an eye catching and unique designed “piece of art” that, ones you’ve seen it, you will never forget again. It is your business card, it tells who “you” are and what your company does. An example, when your company creates wheels, a round shaped brochure will be a nice start, you can also try to add some chrome color effects. Brochure ideas are limitless.
Silicon Valley has gazillions of successful entrepreneurs and brilliant innovators.
You can’t walk down the street in Palo Alto or Mt. View without bumping into two or three top executives who started out in a little garage shop, research lab, or college dorm room.
Funny thing is, they all seem to have unique outward qualities, some more eccentric than others. Marissa Mayer is a high-fashion workaholic. Mark Zuckerberg is obsessed with the product. Larry Page is a geeky introvert. Larry Ellison is an adrenaline freak that races yachts, flies planes, and buys entire islands.
All that may be true, but it’s a big mistake to think that defines them.
The summer Olympics are gone, but the Winter ones are near and with both of them we get to see some inspired artists making great sports illustrations! These are some examples of great pieces done by Tomasz Usyk.
Creativity is the designer’s fuel, and like any fuel, can sometimes run low. Here are 7 great places (and ways) to keep the creativity tank full.
What inspires that creativity? It all depends on the individual, whom may be inspired from the work of their favorite artist to their own personal past failures. Everyone has something, but here are seven sources of inspiration all designers can put to good use.
Smartphones and other handheld devices contribute substantially to the overall viewership of any website. Latest estimates show that it is not long before the mobile Internet users are slated to have more stake in the website usage from their desktop and laptop counterparts.
In such a scenario it would be a cardinal sin to ignore the mobile users when it comes to development of a website. Thus one of the most important stages is making a website mobile friendly is to test it for different smartphone platforms and other handheld devices. Let us take a look the importance of mobile phone emulators when it comes to designing websites.
“My loyalty to Country and Team is beyond reproach.” --Navy SEAL Creed
When you think of strong leaders, you probably think of people who are decisive, bold, confident, and fearless. You’re not wrong. Good leaders have all of these qualities. But how many good leaders are also loyal? I don’t know, but I know that every great leader is.
Loyalty is one of the core values taught in the Navy SEAL training program. Instructors teach you from the first day that your team is everything to you. You succeed with them, and you fail without them. And you never leave anyone behind.
The awe-inspiring typography designs created by some hard-working and dedicated designers. Typographic poster is the design of glyph which is the looks of characters. Designers of typefaces are called type designers, and often typographers.
Today we’re rounded up 50 great examples of awe-inspiring typography designs for inspiration. I found these design really inspiring and i m sure you never seen before, hope you will be inspired.
Graffiti art is a beautiful practice of presenting your creativity on a large level. Although Graffiti is not allowed at some parts of world because it is considered as vandalism. Graffiti art started getting hold since 1960′s but it’s in recent years it has acquired more popularity and is considered as an art form.
Here’s 30 Marvelous graffiti and street art images that have inspired me, and I would like to share them with you. Let your eyes feast!
