Category: Design

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.

Comparing Bootstrap With Google’s New Material Design Lite

Since Google announced Material Design with the introduction of Android 5.0, a large number of frontend frameworks emerged with the goal of bringing the concept to web apps. We already have a number of libraries which promote the concept – MUI, Material-UI and Polymer, which is built around web components.In the beginning of July 2015, Google publicly released a… Continue reading Comparing Bootstrap With Google’s New Material Design Lite

The Inception of Mobile Application Designs

Mobile being the talk of the town, being the architect of your town (mobile app) it is incumbent on you improves the aesthetics and facilities of your town, so that it can attract maximum number of visitors. It is also you duty to stay abreast with the latest advancement in order to deliver the best… Continue reading The Inception of Mobile Application Designs

Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility

There are tons of articles and guides about color theory and its importance for every web designer. Colors are really essential in design and may even influence people’s behavior in many cases. Thus, web designers usually check their website colors are suitable for the overall website style and that they create a good impression for… Continue reading Using Color Theory to Improve Website Accessibility

The Anatomy of Time Tracking Tools: Breaking Down Its Essentials

As more and more professionals are focusing on getting the most out of their time at work by boosting their productivity, time tracking tools are in vogue right now. By using any of these apps to monitor your time spent on each tasks individuals have for the day or week, they will gain a better understanding on how… Continue reading The Anatomy of Time Tracking Tools: Breaking Down Its Essentials

Custom Grid Design for Structured Website Mockups

The best print and digital designers are those who can master the use of grids. In many cases it’s possible to forego the grid, but you’ll generally create higher-quality work if you learn the rules of grid structure and composition. Grid design is one of the most important components for structuring layouts. Websites use grids… Continue reading Custom Grid Design for Structured Website Mockups

15 Free Wireframing Tools for Designers

We all know that good wireframes are the backbone of any software, mobile and web designing project. Wireframing lets designers to work out the basic navigation and layout structure before finally starting off with development of web applications, mobile applications or a software. There are hundreds of wireframing tools in the market, some online, some… Continue reading 15 Free Wireframing Tools for Designers

20 Extremely Effective Unbounce Landing Page Templates

Have you heard of Unbounce? Unbounce is a great new web platform which lets marketers build, publish & test landing pages in minutes. This landing page platform is absolutely code-free and gives marketers some of the best landing page templates. Unbounce comes with a powerful drag & drop landing page builder lets you create responsive pages without any… Continue reading 20 Extremely Effective Unbounce Landing Page Templates

50 Best Text Effect Tutorials

Best Text Effects Tutorials 2015 Photoshop and illustrator are simply amazing tool for creating Photo Effects and Text Effects from simple to advanced makeovers and for fixing, editing great shots where the light, color balancing and sharpness need a bit of adjustment or where some elements need to be removed. Create a 3D Retro Text Effect Using Layer Styles… Continue reading 50 Best Text Effect Tutorials

User Experience Design: How to Do it Right

We know that the customer is always right. However, this motto is often neglected costing website operators a lot of money that could have been better spent. No matter what industry your company is in, the customer should come first in each marketing strategy. You can optimize your sales only with satisfied clients. But customer… Continue reading User Experience Design: How to Do it Right

XPRS – A New WordPress Beating CMS?

The Internet has changed beyond recognition since WordPress was first released back in 2003. When the WordPress CMS was first released it was hailed as the answer to everyone’s prayers; a free content management system with hundreds of free visual themes to choose from. Hindsight is always 20/20. We now know that free themes rarely… Continue reading XPRS – A New WordPress Beating CMS?

50 Useful Freebies for July 2015

Admin Dashboard PSD Template Business Card Mockup Baby Icons 300 Icons UI Kit Smashicons Pack Marziona Font iOS 8 Mobile UI Kit Branding Mockups Amalie Lite WordPress Theme 70 Simple Icons El Capitan Font Ebook – Book Covers That Sells iPhone, Macbook, Nokia Mockups Wax Seal Stamp Mockup Material Design Flat Avatars Newspaper advertisement Mockup… Continue reading 50 Useful Freebies for July 2015

Infragistics Indigo Studio: Real Rapid Prototyping for Web, Mobile, and Desktop

Rapid prototyping is an essential way of saving time in our modern age where billions of apps compete for the customer’s attention. Is the great idea you had for just another app actually that great or is it just another failure among the millions of failures in app stores and the web worldwide? Apart from… Continue reading Infragistics Indigo Studio: Real Rapid Prototyping for Web, Mobile, and Desktop

Trends & Examples of SVG Animation in Web Design

Animation on the web has transformed radically over the past 5 years. SVG animation is one of the newest techniques to manipulate graphics on a webpage. Although SVG has been supported for a long time, it only recently gained support in a majority of web browsers.   With greater support comes a greater audience and… Continue reading Trends & Examples of SVG Animation in Web Design

26 New Photoshop Free PSD Files for UI Design

Highest quality UI design Free PSD Files download for commercial graphic design projects. GDJ is a best place to download freebies vector graphics, mockup designs and free PSD files. Here, we have a fresh collection of useful free PSD files created by professional designers, which can save your same time and money. These PSD files are very useful for graphic designers.… Continue reading 26 New Photoshop Free PSD Files for UI Design

Awful Website Navigation Mistakes You Should Avoid

A website’s navigation is one of the most important elements in a site’s design. Visitors need to use navigation to make their way through the website and find the information that they are looking for quickly. If the navigation is confusing or if it trips up the user in any way, you run the risk… Continue reading Awful Website Navigation Mistakes You Should Avoid

Weekly Design News for Web Developers

This is our popular weekly design news post where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies from the past week. If you have spotted or want to share something that you’d like to be listed in the next issue, please feel free to let us know. Dropbox’s New Android App Invisible Design… Continue reading Weekly Design News for Web Developers

Metrics That Matter in Web Design

It’s not easy being a Web designer. We craft works of art that adhere to a multitude of environments, and deliver our message to a globally and culturally diverse audience. Despite having tools and apps to guide our processes, increasing demands upon our time and skillset mean we occasionally forget, ignore or fail to fully… Continue reading Metrics That Matter in Web Design

How to transform user experience into UX design

Usability testing doesn’t have to be complicated. There are dozens of options for a design team that wants to remotely test their solutions. To prove that, we’ve redesigned Yelp, with the help of remote usability tests. We ran remote usability tests because they’re fast and affordable. All of these tests were unmoderated, which means the… Continue reading How to transform user experience into UX design

Inspiration Showcase of Double Exposure Photography

Double exposure photography is the name of the original process where two photographs are exposed onto the same piece of film, resulting in interesting and surreal pictures. While this style is rooted in analog photography, it’s also popular with digital photographers and artists/designers who can replicate the effect in Photoshop, as I recently described in… Continue reading Inspiration Showcase of Double Exposure Photography

New Web Design and Development Resources: July Edition

Everyone needs beautiful things, and for us, designers and developers, it means gorgeous resources, so as is usual every month, we have gathered the best and most compelling resources we could find, including fonts, themes, icons, design tools, snippets, articles, and of course, great freebies for you to download. NEW FOR DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS Vintage… Continue reading New Web Design and Development Resources: July Edition

iDevie Weekly News for Designers (week 27)

This is our popular weekly design news post where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies from the past week. New Resources & Tools Making Sense of Git, a visual perspective. Baseline First, set text on the web to a baseline grid with Sass & rems. Photoshop Design Space, an alternative UI… Continue reading iDevie Weekly News for Designers (week 27)

What’s Hot and What’s Not: Web Design In 2015

Web design is a constantly evolving space. New trends keep on knocking while old practices keep tumbling and toppling over. With every New Year we have a round of predictions and promises, and 2015 is no different. If you are a web developer, it’s for your own good to keep a tab on these changes… Continue reading What’s Hot and What’s Not: Web Design In 2015

25 Inspirational Branding Design Projects

Branding is very important and should go hand in hand with your marketing and PR strategies. A strong brand always has a beautiful logo design, it’s easy to remember and keeps a close relationship with its clients. Whether you’re a brand owner or a designer, these 25 inspirational branding design projects will surely help you… Continue reading 25 Inspirational Branding Design Projects