Articles Tagged 'web design'
41 Awesome Design Blogs to Satisfy Your Creativity Needs
Sufyan bin UzayrAs web designers, we need to keep an eye on the latest trends in the design hemisphere. One cannot be successful unless he or she keeps himself or herself updated with the latest happenings in the design world. And when it comes to being updated, the best sources are design blogs and websites. Further more, such blogs also provide excellent tools and tips regarding web and graphic design, thereby enabling you to harness your talent to the maximum (not to mention the numerous freebies and giveaways).
A Handy Guide to Proper Web Typography for a Successful Design
Stelian SubotinBasically, typography is the art and technique of arranging typefaces for communication purposes. In other words, typography is a simple arrangement in order to transmit a message, while good typography is the attention to visual accuracy and details, even the small ones. Typography started when writing appeared. The most simple arrangement of letters was also some sort of typography. Nowadays, typography is an element we see everyday and everywhere -- Prints, Books, Newspapers and letters, TV and Web. Even the foremost websites were caring about typography, and were trying to improve it as much as possible with the resources available at that time.
Guide to User Flow – The “Foolishly Ignored” Backbone of Website Design
Salman SiddiquiUser Experience, Responsive Web Design and similar terms have made such a serious impact on the lives of web designers that they have almost forgotten the core of website design - User Flow. I hope that we, the web designers, remember that website design is not just about "how it looks" but also about "how it works"! It is easy to get sentimental with your passion - website design - which forces you to jump right into the website design phase without considering the end user expectations. Website designers concentrate so much on the information architecture of a website that they tend to forget the user flows that are the basis of all conversions benefiting the website. We can either give up on end user just for the look (and all other silly adjectives) of our website or start giving priority to User Flows in order to increase the returns from the website. So, once you have made up your mind that you will break the shackles of information architecture, aesthetic looks, user experience, responsive design and other silly terms then you can start reading further. It is time to design user flows.
An Interview with Lea Alcantara: One of the Best Female Web Designers in the World
agotaLea Alcantara is a web designer who runs her own business at Lealea Design. She was listed as one of the 50 best female web designers in the world. Her article series on The Art of Self-Branding got a lot of recognition from web designers world-wide. She also gives occasional talks on branding.
How to Design a User-Interface Element in Photoshop
In this tutorial we will be creating a small user-interface element. Most of the attention will be given to the slider, however we will do our best to improve the over-all look of the interface element. We will focus on the creation of a "filter" slider and a call to action button. We will try to achieve a nice color contrast by using a few tones of blue with a few gray tones. By adding really small details, we will improve the overall quality and look of our user interface piece. This tutorial is meant for designer of all levels, especially for beginners and intermediate level users with an approximate completion time of 20 to 40 minutes.
Cool Tips and Resources to Make Your Website Tablet-Friendly
Ryan TaftIs your website ready for the Tablet Revolution? Unless you are one of those Doomsday Preppers and you've been living in your bug out bunker for the past few weeks, you know iPad 3 just hit the market, and people are going crazy over it. It's only taken a few years, but the release of Apple's iPad, among all of the other tablets, has created a new HUGE trend that website owners need to be aware of. The Tablet Revolution, as some are referring to it, has cause many website owners to rethink their website design and layout.
How To Grow as a Designer by Building Your Own Network
Christian VasileBeing part of a web design and development community offers you many possibilities and chances for self-development. Each one of us knows about these communities and, at some point in time or another, wished or even was part of one of them. Knowing other individuals in your industry is something I recommend to everybody, as you can get a lot of help from such experts. Communities are not only created around people, but also around offline web design agencies, which give you even a better set of possibilities and a different network that you can use during your career.
Answering a Designer’s Question: Should I Choose Web or Print?
Print and web are both huge areas of design and mean a lot in today's world. Print has been with us for more than 100 years and we know pretty much everything about it, while web is a new area of design that became mainstream about 10 years ago. Before this, web design was totally unknown and only experts and developers knew its potential and helped it grow to how we know it today. Both areas of design have advanced so much in the past 10-15 years that they started to cross each others paths and while this can be beneficial, it can also create problems. We will talk about the advantages and disadvantages in this article and also about how the two areas of design differ from a designer's perspective.
The Wizard of Design – Piet Zwart (1885 – 1977)
As it happens with all geniuses ,Piet Zwart didn't get the sort of recognition that he deserved. He was a rebel during his days and did not want to follow the set rules for design back then. Working late nights and swimming against the tide were his passions. His work covered a wide spectrum of industrial design. Alongside, Piet Zwart spent a lot of time excelling in the world of photography and typography. This article is a small tribute to one of the geniuses of the design industry. A human being who gave new meaning to the world of design and didn't even ask for anything in return. I am sure that right now Piet Zwart is busy redesigning heaven!
Make Everyone Jealous with Green Themes, Palettes and Artworks
Costin GămanSoon you’ll make everyone green with envy by showing off your newfound knowledge of this month’s colour! Read on for some interesting bits of trivia, tips, puns and finally, as always, a showcase with a little something for everybody. Enough beating around the bush, let’s get to it! Other color of the month you might enjoy: December - Colour Chronicles: Bold Brown January - Colour Chronicles: Brilliant Blue February - Set Your Website on Fire with Red Themes, Photos, and Palettes
