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.

8 tips for designing great posters

Posters have been around from the time of Jules Cheret, the father of   posters, and intriguingly, some of the things that worked back then still work today. A sharp departure from the 1800s, however, is that posters are no longer only meant for the roadside. They can fit anywhere, online or offline. When talking graphic… Continue reading 8 tips for designing great posters

Fresh Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (27 MockUps)

Download free Photoshop mockup templates to present your creative work in different perspective styles. This new collection have twenty seven PSD mockup designs including logo mockups, branding mockup, business cards, photographic mockups, iPhone 6 and other smart devices mock-ups. Each psd mock-up is fully layered and high quality with smart objects, so you can easily customize them to achieve perfect… Continue reading Fresh Free Photoshop PSD Mockups for Designers (27 MockUps)

20 Modern Mobile App UI Designs October 2014

Interfaces and experiences are two completely different things but go together hand in hand for every design. It is important for any software to look as attractive as it is amazing to experience. Mobile apps since the launch of smart phones have soared to new heights and they do compliment any phone’s usage. User interfaces… Continue reading 20 Modern Mobile App UI Designs October 2014

How to use UI design patterns

Design patterns are optimal solutions to common design problems. As common problems are tossed around a community and are resolved, common solutions often emerge. Eventually, the best of these rise above the din, self-identify, and become refined until they reach the status of a design pattern. I wouldn’t call a design patern a trend in… Continue reading How to use UI design patterns

34 Dark iPhone App UI Designs for Inspiration

Apple’s newest operating system has simplified the app design process. Mobile UI design now focuses on flat elements with simple buttons and line icons. Although there are plenty of great apps out there it’s tough to know which ideas are best for UI inspiration. In this gallery you’ll find 34 lucrative dark iPhone application interfaces.… Continue reading 34 Dark iPhone App UI Designs for Inspiration

The Guide To UX Design Process & Documentation

Documentation is instrumental for concepting, designing, creating and measuring the performance of products. But it shouldn’t be done just for the sake of maintenance. After all, there’s nothing about a thick stack of paperwork which resembles the experience of your real product. As Lean UX advocate Jeff Gothelf describes in a piece for Smashing Magazine,… Continue reading The Guide To UX Design Process & Documentation

Responsive Versus Adaptive Design: How To Choose Between The Two?

Responsive design is increasingly being promoted as the golden standard for creating the new range of web applications. However, owing to complications arising out of using the same code in every version of the website, an alternative to RWD technology known as adaptive delivery or design is what brands are turning to these days. How… Continue reading Responsive Versus Adaptive Design: How To Choose Between The Two?

You Want to Create An App? Check Out These Prototyping and Building Tools

Wireframing for websites, web apps, and mobile apps that you make is as vital as laying the foundations of a tall building before moving on to its walls and roof. Web designers and web developers really need to pay attention during this stage, and perfect the user experience of your app/website with thorough prototype testing… Continue reading You Want to Create An App? Check Out These Prototyping and Building Tools

Dash – A Comprehensive Dashboard for Visualizing & Understanding Data

Our insatiable thirst for data grows more rapidly than our ability to understand it; and as we’re exposed to more rich media, build and grow businesses faster and connect more with our expanding digital world, there’s a growing desperation to keep track and make sense of it all. There’s more stored data and content created… Continue reading Dash – A Comprehensive Dashboard for Visualizing & Understanding Data

20 Website Concepts with Stunning Full Page Designs

We rarely get the chance to admire the full beauty of website designs when we’re limited to the cropped viewport of our browser windows, but there’s some stunning examples of full page layouts out there. We might only see a finished website at a few thousand pixels at a time as we scroll down the… Continue reading 20 Website Concepts with Stunning Full Page Designs

How To Design Interfaces from a User Experience Perspective

Both web design and mobile app design share many similar features. One of the most important features is that they’re both created for an audience, whether young kids or teens or adults or some kind of mix. The end user should be your most important priority when it comes to brainstorming new ideas. For this… Continue reading How To Design Interfaces from a User Experience Perspective

How To Create a Web Design Style Guide

Creating websites is getting more and more complex and is usually not a one person job. It is important to ensure that design is consistent and optimized to meet business objectives and create enjoyable experiences for users. One of the ways to ensure that team is on the same page when designing separate parts of… Continue reading How To Create a Web Design Style Guide

Visme – the perfect tool for visual content creation

While text was certainly the best way to transmit information a few decades ago, nowadays people are highly accustomed to the visual way of getting the info they need. Be it an infographic, image or a video, these can literally draw the attention towards your product, so it’s crucial that you create such content. Hence,… Continue reading Visme – the perfect tool for visual content creation

3 Old and Outdated UX Patterns (And How to Fix Them)

Photo: R Schofield In one of my recent articles, The Evolution of the Hamburger icon we talked about the history of this commonly-used pattern, and about who’s using it and why. In fact, there have been many recent discussions in UX circles that have raised the unintuitive nature of the hamburger icon and issues in… Continue reading 3 Old and Outdated UX Patterns (And How to Fix Them)

Building Minimum Viable Products at Spotify

Many companies face the paradox of wanting to build a delightful product without knowing if people actually want the product until it’s released. Spotify’s vision was to give people the right music at the right time while incentivizing artists by paying them based on number of shares their music received. A tall order, no doubt,… Continue reading Building Minimum Viable Products at Spotify

7 golden rules of perfect portfolio websites

What do you think customers are seeking when they look for designers, photographers or other creative experts and agencies? Indeed, the first thing they are interested in is the experience and skills of the specialist. Wether if you are a freelance logo designer or a representative of a prestigious creative studio, one thing is obvious: you… Continue reading 7 golden rules of perfect portfolio websites

23 Interesting Twitter Redesign Concepts

As one of the top social media networks in the world, Twitter’s design has to appeal to millions of users from multiple cultures, languages, and regions. So far, its design has worked well, especially its infinite scrolling feed with super convenient tweaks. For instance, Twitter allows users to view other users or a tweet in… Continue reading 23 Interesting Twitter Redesign Concepts

9 Fonts Brands Should Avoid in 2014

Graphic designers use fonts on a daily basis. We have our favorites but we also run away from others. Some fonts have very little recall or have no commercial value, while others have become so popular, they should no longer be used in brand identity. These are some of the fonts that brands should avoid using in… Continue reading 9 Fonts Brands Should Avoid in 2014

How to Handle and Manage Different Types of WordPress Web Design Clients

The client that you choose to take on defines you. Most of the problems in work can be avoided by taking the time to choose a client carefully. This means, you should know what you want out of your client relationships. Psychological approach is an effective strategy that can be used to read your clients’… Continue reading How to Handle and Manage Different Types of WordPress Web Design Clients

Prototyping For Better Products, Stronger Teams And Happier Clients

As mobile designers, we have a stark decision to make: do we spend time learning new tools and changing our design processes to create our own transitional interfaces, or are the tools that we’ve been using good enough? There’s an old writing adage that advises writers, whenever possible, to “show, don’t tell” when bringing characters… Continue reading Prototyping For Better Products, Stronger Teams And Happier Clients

How to Build Compelling and Powerful Startup Website

Do you have any cool ideas that you want to implement in your business to spread its presence through the internet? The first essential step towards this will be a website-designs compelling and powerful startup website, but it is not an easy task to make a new website that is impressive enough to attract visitors.… Continue reading How to Build Compelling and Powerful Startup Website