Category: Creative

Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes and having fun

10 Brilliant Design Quotes That Inspire Us

Working in an industry that allows us to produce new and thrilling designs everyday is something most people would be envious of. But, just like any other career, graphic and web designers still need a little inspiration every once in a while. Lucky for us, there have been many talented artists, designers, businesspeople and dreamers who have… Continue reading 10 Brilliant Design Quotes That Inspire Us

10 Key Things Web Design Clients Should Know & Understand

Web design is always changing, and the future is about as clear as an oil slick. New trends emerge every day, it seems, and Google algorithms are always forcing everyone to adapt. SEO, web design, and the number of devices people use seems to expand web design horizons every day. All of this can be… Continue reading 10 Key Things Web Design Clients Should Know & Understand

Geniuses we love – Vic Bell – Illustrator and icon designer

“Hello, I’m Vic I’m an illustrator and designer from the North of England, I’m 27, I have a passion for good movies, a cup of tea and all things vector. I’ve been designing for around 8 years now but still find myself learning and growing on a daily basis. I spend most of my time… Continue reading Geniuses we love – Vic Bell – Illustrator and icon designer

Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design

Low poly designs are rather popular today. Polygon mesh, firstly seen in 3D graphics, now appear on various-themed websites and seem to perfectly fit any style. This design perfectly fits the overall trend towards flat style and can be perfectly used in minimalist websites. The term “low poly” is used in technical and visual aspects… Continue reading Modern Touch of Polygon Web Design

7 Tips for Delighting Users With Great UX

A great user experience starts with the designer. You have to imagine and create something that people will want to touch and engage with, time and time again. Sounds easy, right? The key to delighting users is to think like one. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel with every new design project; use tools and… Continue reading 7 Tips for Delighting Users With Great UX

46 Cool Blog Header Designs for Your Inspiration

Inspiration There are people claiming that the design of your blog is not that important. Just install one of the free themes for your WordPress and you’re good to go. In the end, we all know that content is king. If you must, upload your logo but then that’s that. In fact, it’s not so… Continue reading 46 Cool Blog Header Designs for Your Inspiration

Icons In Web Design

Image source: thestorefront.com[2] Well-executed and beautiful icons look like tiny and cute images, but they are much more than that. They are extremely advantageous to every website because they attach visual cues to the essential elements of a website (headings, sections, buttons, etc) and they make the site/app look professional and sophisticated. Generally speaking, icons… Continue reading Icons In Web Design

Prep Your Website for the Holidays With These Awesome Design Elements

With the winter holidays being just around the corner, every webmaster should consider prepping up his website for the big days. Sprinkling a touch of festive beauty is an essential part of boosting the user experience. Creating an appealing website which speaks to the audience through visual elements is a tough job when you’re working… Continue reading Prep Your Website for the Holidays With These Awesome Design Elements

30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clients

The time of traditional print-based portfolios are gone. These days various technologies allows you to implement the craziest, most creative and outstanding of ideas on your design portfolio, online. From dabbling with bold color schemes and interactive effects, to utilizing unusual fonts or full-screen videos, many designers put a lot of thought and care into… Continue reading 30 Web Design Portfolios That Impress Clients

A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers

In order for any website to be truly successful, there are many different aspects that need to be considered and put into motion. For instance, aspects such as visual design, the consistency of your brand, and overall usability are all things that can determine whether or not a user is truly happy with your website.… Continue reading A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers

Subtle and Transparent Gorgeous Website Designs with Gradients

Gradients, welcome back. Although it seemed that they had gone forever and without a trace, as practice shows, history always repeats itself, and material design, flat style and iOS8 inspired patterns have prepared the fertile ground for it. As a result, one cannot but agree that there is a rise in popularity in this direction.… Continue reading Subtle and Transparent Gorgeous Website Designs with Gradients

What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?

What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration? If inspiration is as easy as drinking a cup of coffee or you can easily find inspiration in a cup of coffee, then a web designer’s life is a breeze. However, like their art and all the codes that go with it, there are times when inspiration… Continue reading What Are Web Designers Best Sources For Inspiration?

30 Beautiful Designed & Fresh Posters

Today, we bring you a list of 30 beautifully designed posters guaranteed to leave you inspired. The perfect mix of cool typography, splash of colors, and texture are very effective in catching people’s attention. As a designer, you need to stay inspired in order to produce beautiful works and satisfy your clients. By looking at… Continue reading 30 Beautiful Designed & Fresh Posters

30 CSS Puns That Prove Designers Have a Great Sense of Humor

The job of a web designer can be a real pain and frustrating one, but it is also a close-knit community with a healthy sense of humor. Take for instance CSS puns like this: In fact, you probably get this universal truth even if you aren’t a designer! You can find more from this Reddit… Continue reading 30 CSS Puns That Prove Designers Have a Great Sense of Humor

Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (25 MockUps)

Amazing free Photoshop files included psd mockups templates that will help you to present your print work as beautiful, as never before. Best High Quality Free PSD Mockups Fresh collection of twenty free mockups PSD files. PSD mockups for designer include vector graphics, website templates, Sketch Books, Magazine Cover, Packaging free PSD mockup files and more useful mockups for designers.… Continue reading Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (25 MockUps)

30 Web Designs Featuring Looping Video Backgrounds

Looping video backgrounds is one of the fastest growing trends in web design. Ever since designers were given the ability to render video content in HTML5 we’ve seen motion pictures quickly take the place of static images in website headers and backgrounds. Today’s web design showcase features 30 great examples of sites featuring large looping… Continue reading 30 Web Designs Featuring Looping Video Backgrounds

5 Companies Using Interactive Content to Drive Brand Awareness

Haven’t you heard? Interactive content is the new ‘big thing’ – the biggest drive in brand awareness since the infographic reached saturation point. In simple terms: if you want your company to cop some good PR, you should be creating interactive fun to draw savvy internet-users in. The best practitioners do so with a combination… Continue reading 5 Companies Using Interactive Content to Drive Brand Awareness

How to Use Cool Color in Design Projects

Cool and warm colors. These descriptions are commonly used to describe hue choices in a variety of conversations – fashion, beauty, decorating and design. But while we commonly talk about warm and cool, do you really know what these terms mean and how to use the colors? Today, we will look at using cool color… Continue reading How to Use Cool Color in Design Projects

45 Examples of Company Branding in Print Design Work

Print work covers such an array of ideas that it’s tough to pigeonhole one single aspect. When mentioning a company’s brand I typically think about logo designs for banners or business cards. There’s many other styles out there including letterhead samples from previous galleries. But a company’s branding needs to work well in both digital… Continue reading 45 Examples of Company Branding in Print Design Work

20 Useful Dribbble Tools for Designers

If you’re a graphic or web designer, then you definitely must bookmark all the websites in the list below! These are some awesome Dribbble tools for designers! You’ll find lots of freebies, design tools and downloadable graphic elements. Among the great Dribbble tools in this list are: online color pickers, Dribbble freebies compilation websites, apps… Continue reading 20 Useful Dribbble Tools for Designers

How To Make Your Graphic Design Practices Sustainable

2014’s hottest trends in graphic and web design revolve around reducing visual clutter and minimizing work for users. A new frontier in design, though, is going to be reducing pollutants and minimizing environmental waste. Hopefully, your design firm is already aware of the need to reduce your environmental impact. Reducing waste is necessary for every… Continue reading How To Make Your Graphic Design Practices Sustainable

How to Deal with Web Design Clients You’ve Never Seen

“I could never work for someone I’ve never met.” My friend was discussing my freelancing career with me and she couldn’t imagine working for clients she’d never met in person. But freelance web designers and other freelancers do it all the time. Many freelancers connect with their clients primarily through the Internet. Their clients might… Continue reading How to Deal with Web Design Clients You’ve Never Seen

Examples of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) in Web Design

SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) images offer web designers a flexibility with imagery they have not previously known. Now compatible with all current web browsers and most mobile device platforms, here is another technique that is threatening the popularity of Flash. SVG images are small in file size and they scale pretty much to any size… Continue reading Examples of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs) in Web Design