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Pretty cool throwback illustration items with matching colors and type treatment. If you’re going to go in a direction like this with your design you need to make sure it’s cohesive and that it convinces, I think this design does that - it could likely be taken further but I think it’s enough to make [...]


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Does Anyone Want Normal Websites?

By Amber Weinberg
(Photo Credit: Daquella Manera) I?ve noticed an interesting trend in the past few months ? simply put, the number of normal website requests I?ve been receiving have plummeted. Now, I?m a front-end and WordPress developer, so normal sites for me are simple 5 page brochure sites, with or without a blog, a few pieces of [...]


Asbo teenager turns life around

A Bath teenager who once received an Asbo for causing 50,000 of graffiti damage has set up his own company and is now encouraging other youngsters to keep on the right side of the law.


A 6-Step General Process for Producing a Website

When it comes to building a website, it helps to have a process to follow, especially if you are just getting started as a web designer. Good guidelines can help you work better by keeping forgetfulness to a minimum. Every designer or company will develop unique components to their web design process over time, but the [...]


50 Superb Examples of Animal Photography


  
   Taking a picture of an animal can be very challenging and it requires lots of tolerance, good understanding of animal?s behavior and willpower. Understanding of animal behavior really counts as it can help you in preparing for the good shot as you can predict well how likely an animal is going to react. In [...]


Giveaway 2x 500 Business Cards by UPrinting

UPrinting is a leading online printing company that provides high quality printing at the most affordable prices. For over 25 years, UPrinting has been a trusted leader in online printing, featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous Free File Review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment. UPrinting offers convenient marketing support services [...]


CSS Design: Jon R Coulter

A simple design with strong visual appeal and nice use of contrast.

I really like the dark color scheme and the design of both the header and footer.





This design was featured on the 2nd August 2010 . It falls under the category of Blog, and has a layout style of Other.

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Beautiful Digital Illustration Art by I Chen Lin ? I.D. 43

I Chen Lin is a multi tasking illustrator who has shown his potentialities for many times. His works speaks for him. In painting style he blend cartoon and realistic style and let the work bring an eastern color, present mysterious and colorful effect. Check out some of his beautiful work.


Oldy But Goody: Are Cookies Dangerous?

Cookies have been around on the web for a long time. And when they first came out there was a huge backlash about the dangers of HTTP cookies and how they would invade your privacy. But the reality is that cookies aren't dangerous and they only invade your privacy if you let them.


How to Build a Custom HTML5 Video Player with jQuery

As professional web designers, we want to create a video player that looks consistent across browsers. Each browser however provides its own different look and feel for the player, from the minimal approach of Firefox and Chrome, to the more shiny controls of Opera and Safari. If we want our controls to look the same [...]


jQuery quickie: Slot machine navigation


Navigation is one of the things you'll see on every website. I wanted to give this part a little bit extra life, and when I saw a movie yesterday that included slot machines, it suddenly hit me. Using jQuery and some basic CSS and HTML, we could add some sweet slot machine style animation to a normally boring kind of navigation. So, for today, we'll be creating a slot machine style navigation that you could use on your website.

Slot machine navigation

Since it's not such an advanced technique, this is also a jQuery quickie. These relatively simple tutorials will also give you a good understanding of jQuery. Simply check out the demo or download the source to see what we're going to make.

Demo Slot machine navigation   Download Slot machine navigation

Already wondering how it works? Check out how you can create this slot machine yourself. Of course, this could easily be transported to be used with social media buttons (instead of the main navigation of your site).

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The Studio reopens in Chester

By NANCY TULLIS Article Photos CHESTER - "When I look through the lens of my cameras, I don't see just a single picture," said photographer Jodi Comm.


How To Create The Expendables Winged Skull Poster Art

When I saw the bad-ass poster design for the upcoming movie The Expendables, I just had to open up Photoshop and have a go at recreating it. Follow this step by step guide on how to create the menacing winged skull design for yourself, complete with an overkill of weaponry surrounding a sinister looking skull [...]


Coding a Stylish Blog Design Layout in HTML & CSS

Last week we went through the process of designing a stylish blog layout in Photoshop. Now let’s take our visual concept and cut it into slices for use with neat HTML and CSS code. All our browser testing will be done on this coded concept before converting the design into a full WordPress theme. At [...]


25 Nature Related Web Designs to Inspire You

A while ago we published a list with 50 Green Web Designs to Inspire You, and the post was a hit. This time we decided to focus on green websites, but green by meaning nature related websites - eco-friendly stuff, organic food, reusable energy, etc. So today you will get inspired not only by web design but also by eco-friendly ideas, which is simply great! I hope you enjoy.


25 Inspiring & Creative Office Designs

Today I would like to share some interesting, inspiring and creative office designs collection. No Related Post


[design] Guiding The Eye: What Comics And Graphic Design Have In Common

An author someone was reading to me once put it in the terms of a military campaign.


25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know

This industry moves fast — really fast! If you’re not careful, you’ll be left in its dust. So, if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with the coming changes/updates in HTML5, use this as a primer of the things you must know. 1. New Doctype Still using that pesky, impossible-to-memorize XHTML doctype? <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD [...]


links for 2010-08-01

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Creative Pharmacy and Medical Logos

Some creative Pharmaceutical and medical related logos from freelance designers that outshine some industry giant's brands.


Exhibit proves cell phones can produce fine snapshots

Graphic designer and photographer Karen Jones was happy when cell phones started featuring built-in cameras.


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stream.simplebits.com

It’s neat to see Dan Cederholm move to tumbler for his blog platform - I happen to really love tumbler so it’s cool to see that for what it’s worth. Of course you don’t expect to be let down by anything Dan produces, and with this newest iteration of simplebits i’m not. Using some [...]


Comment to Win Massive Vectors by Vectorious.net

Today we have teamed up with the guys from Vectorious for a fantastic giveaway: In tthis giveaway there will be 3 winners and each winner will get a 1 month subscription to Vectorious.net (600 vector downloads!). Start Commenting and win some free vectors! Contest rules: All you have to do to enter is leave a [...]



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Light shines on modest hero

HEALESVILLE artist Ali Griffin doesn't see herself as a hero, but she is thrilled to be included in the Small Business Heroes Exhibition in Melbourne.


Is The FedEx Arrow In The Logo Useless?

It just occurred to me that I have never met anyone, that wasn’t a designer, that knows about the arrow shape in the negative space within the lettering of the FedEx logo. So, I sent out this tweet, and then another one . Instantly, I received replies, and so far a few seem to agree. [...]


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Felix Design Creates Summer 2010 Philadelphia Tourism Spots

Felix Design Creates Summer 2010 Philadelphia Tourism SpotsFelix Design teamed up with Philadelphia advertising agency, Red Tettemer, to create this year's Philadelphia XOXO TV and theater campaign.


Monocle Smile

A social media strategy is almost a requirement at this point for any commercial brand. For most, the common combination of a Twitter and Facebook account fed with frequent posts is usually enough. With every tweet your followers are reminded of your existence, and if you are lucky enough, they may [...]


RIBA Research Symposium 2010: Does Beauty Matter?

RIBA Research Symposium 2010: Does Beauty Matter?The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will be holding its fifth annual research symposium on September 23, 2010, focusing upon one of the basic principles of architecture: beauty.


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Access: A User Friendly Approach to Designing for the Web: A Brief History of Web Design & Usabi

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Are You Giving Back to Your Community?

You?ve been working like crazy all summer long, but you don?t have the time or the means to take the kind of vacation where you get to sit on a beach while someone regularly brings you ice cubes swimming in tequila. Thursday has written how you can create an excellent experience by volunteering your skills for [...]


Making Foursquare Work for Your Business

Sites like foursquare encourage people to get out and about in their neighborhoods, exploring them and reporting back on the site about where they visit and what they did there.


Guidelines for URI Design: Over the past several years, I have taken an interest in usability and we

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ChessColic

ChessColic (http://www.chesscolic.com)
ChessColic


DeeplyZen Day SPA Braga

DeeplyZen Day SPA Braga (http://www.deeplyzen.pt/)
DeeplyZen Day SPA Braga


Junior Santos, webdesigner and front-end developer

Junior Santos, webdesigner and front-end developer (http://www.jrgarou.com/)
Junior Santos, webdesigner and front-end developer


Website Development and Design

OPEN THE DOOR TO THE WORLD You can open the door to the world with the properly designed website. If you have a business or are just thinking about a business include a website in your future. It must always be kept in mind though that a website takes planning, planning and more planning. Don?t [...]


40 High Quality CSS and XHTML Web Layout Templates

“In this CSS and XHTML template round-up we have selected templates that do meet the latest design trends and do use the latest innovative development techniques.” View Post


sarawhite.com

Really nice simple layout, I like the illustration of the tree in the upper right corner and the grid/column work. The tumbler blog is a nice match to this page too, be sure to check it out and give the designer a follow.


Graphic Designers Websites

WHAT A WEBSITE CAN DO FOR YOU There are obvious benefits like selling your goods and services. And nothing is more important than this. If your company is not making money then there is no reason to be in business but there are other less tangible benefits that must be considered. With many businesses customer [...]


Website Design Development

WEBSITES ARE NO LONGER FOR BUSINESSES ONLY More and more people are using websites for personal use. For a few hundred dollars you can get a custom designed website tailored just for you and your family. It is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends around the world. I grew up [...]


Web Design Inspiration: 40 Green Themed Websites

“In this next post, we were able to come up with a collected work of 40 Green Themed Websites that may serve as an inspiration to web designers. Be inspired by our compilation and feel free to stream through them.” View Post


40 Creative & Brilliant Illustrations for Inspiration

When viewing other artist illustrations, it gives me a charge to improve my own work. Creating an illustration can be a hard task since it rely s widely imagination and not so much on standards, so looking at others can help set a foundation for your own pieces. In this post I will share with you 40 creative and brilliant illustrations for your inspiration. Abstracts - Tryptich


Web Development Companies

WHY SHOULD I HAVE A WEBSITE? This is a question I hear almost on a daily basis. People tell me that they just have a small business and don?t need a website. My response is a story my Grandfather told me about when he started in business in the early part of twentieth century. He [...]


Creating an Image Gallery Using the TileList Component

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the TileList Component in Flash. This is a very helpful tool for creating image galleries or other content into organized rows. There is also a place under each image for descriptive text.


Professional Website Designer

IS YOUR WEBSITE WORTH THE INVESTMENT ? Honestly I can?t answer that question. What I can do is help you maximize the value your website. In today?s business world the internet has become a vital advertising tool but just as with other medias if the advertising is not structured correctly it is ineffective. When designing [...]


25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques You Must Know

“If you?re feeling a bit overwhelmed with the coming changes/updates in HTML5, use this as a primer of the things you must know.” View Post


826 Baltimore & The Stuff of Dreams

A complete design system and packaging for 826 Baltimore


For Jessica

"You might define happiness as the experience of being fully alive." (Note: Heartbreaking story)


Create an Artistic Scene with 3D Light Bulbs and Type



In this graphic design tutorial, we will combine Photoshop, Cinema 4D, and Illustrator to produce a composition that includes elements such as 3D text, 3D light bulbs (which we will create from scratch using only a reference photo), and florid ornaments. My concept for this scene started from a simple thought: "ideas are all around us." We are constantly surrounded by ideas wherever we are and everywhere we go -- we just have to find them and make the best ones happen. Continue reading...



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Display of graphic design offered at Wassenberg Art Center

The Wassenberg Art Center is offering a oeVisual Communication & Design,a a display of art and graphic design by students at Indiana-Purdue Fort Waynea s Visual Communication and Design Department through Aug.


Under Pressure: The Search for a Stress Vaccine

7 ways to deal with stress, from Wired Magazine (scroll down).


The Science Behind "Having a Bad Day" (and How to Solve It)

It's all in your head! To turn your day around, be cognizant about the reality of your day.


Real Time Web Analytics Services – Best of

Almost every websites built these days are embedded with analytic tracking codes to monitor and [...]


Inspiredology Lab Wallpapers

The new design of Inspiredology has been welcomed with open arms. We can’t be happier with the site and the feedback we have received is fantastic. We thought that it would be nice to give you something back, like the new design wasn’t enough. We threw together some cool wallpapers for you to dress up your [...]


Problems Capturing those Clients? Get Our Top Tips Here!

Being a freelancer designer can be quite a challenging task for any of us. Not only do you have to keep up with the high pace evolution in the business but you also have the responsibility of taking care of every aspect of business – including getting new clients. In this article, you’ll get some [...]


jeffbatterton.com

I like how there is a strong top-half and bottom-half in this website design. The heavy top with the slideshow and dark gray background really offsets the bottom-half with it’s white background and obvious 4 column grid.


Best of the Web ? July 2010

The month of July 2010 included some exceptional content for our readers. This month’s articles, freebies, and tutorials covered a wide variety of topics including logo design and typography. Let’s take a look! Tutorial Wrap Creating a Recycle Bin Icon Our first tutorial of the month is for the icon lovers. This is a fairly [...]


Guidelines for URI Design

This is a guest post by Jacob Gillespie who started an interesting thread on Forrst about this topic. I invited him to post it here, to which is graciously accepted. Over the past several years, I have taken an interest in usability and web design. One of the areas that seems to be often overlooked [...]


Will the Real Browser Stats Please Stand Up?

Recently, Mashable published an article entitled “IE6 Finally Nearing Extinction”, announcing that IE6 usage in the United States and Europe have finally dropped below 5%. That news probably warmed the cockles of the hearts of web designers everywhere. Thus, it seems designers and developers now have even more incentive to stop [...]


If You Were Not A Designer, What Would You Be?

You have finished your tertiary education; what?s next? You find yourself at the crossroads between being a full time student and a working adult. It?s time to take the plunge and find a job. What job do you choose? The…


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Kemistry

Kemistry

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Inception Totem

Is the way we perceive the world actually “true” if it’s filtered through our sometimes faulty perceptions? Could there be an argument that what we experience in reality is not in fact reality? A Totem has a specially modified weight, balance, or feel in the real world but in a dream of someone who does [...]


Spiritualized

Spiritualized

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iPad Apps Valuable To Devs

Developers on average can earn five times more from iPad apps than they can for iPhone apps, according to a new study by mobile ad network Mobclix. The time spent by iPad users on their gaming apps is three times higher (about 10 minutes more) than iPhone users on the same app. Out of the 295,488 iPhone [...]


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Giles Revell

Giles Revell

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A wonderful book of music prints and posters by The Small Stakes...



A wonderful book of music prints and posters by The Small Stakes (aka Jason Munn).


Android Growth Takes Off

Any developers who are still avoiding Android for fear that it won’t be popular really should let go of their concerns.  New data from Canalys indicates that shipments of Android devices increased by 886 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period one year earlier. HTC, LG, Motorola, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson all contributed [...]


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A Gust of Wind: An Installation by Paul Cocksedge Studio

A Gust of Wind: An Installation by Paul Cocksedge StudioThree hundred curvaceous pieces of Corian will be exhibited for one day only as part of the V&A's Friday Late Programme.


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CSS Design: Lucid Dream Studios

An edgy design with busy graphics and unique typography.

The explosion graphic in the header is nice as well as the thumbnail strip along the bottom of the page.





This design was featured on the 2nd August 2010 . It falls under the category of Design, and has a layout style of Other.

If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.




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