“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
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.
The Gap between UI and UX Design – Know the Difference
Do you know that UI and UX are not the same concepts? Surely, they are closely connected, even mutually penetrated and rarely exist without each other. Would you like to study the differences between UI and UX design in detail? This article will give you such an opportunity. We believe that it is impossible to… Continue reading The Gap between UI and UX Design – Know the Difference
15 Useful Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers
Bootstrap tools are popular for awesome features like Add-ons, micro-libraries, and frameworks. Bootstrap tools make web development faster and easier. All Bootstrap tools designed according to professional requirements. This article contains 15 Useful Bootstrap Tools & Generators for Web Developers. Bootply Bootply is integrated with other popular Bootstrap plugins, micro-libraries and frameworks. Bootstrap Arrows jQuery… Continue reading 15 Useful Bootstrap Tools and Generators for Web Developers
Working with Type on a Path in Illustrator
What You’ll Be Creating In this quick tip tutorial, you will learn how to add Type on a Path in Adobe Illustrator. This is handy for logos and badges. So let’s get to it! Text Around a Circular Path Let’s start with the badge scenario. The first thing you need to do is create a… Continue reading Working with Type on a Path in Illustrator
20 Best Free UI Kits with Amazing Designs
Free UI kits are very useful to designers. UI kits usually contain buttons, inputs, button groups, selects, checkboxes and radio-buttons, tags, menus, progress bars and sliders, navigation elements and more. Here you’ll find free PSD GUI sets for web apps, websites, dashboards and even mobile! We’ve searched for the top best free UI kits you can… Continue reading 20 Best Free UI Kits with Amazing Designs
11 Inspiring Typography Focused Web Designs
We all know that typography is a very important element of a good design. And even though we love layouts with beautiful images, it’s always inspiring to see some minimalist type-based sites, like the ones we will show here today. The designs we have here show that type is not only an important element but… Continue reading 11 Inspiring Typography Focused Web Designs
The Effective Use of 3D Elements in Web Design
With the current, huge trend of flat design, we don’t see so many 3D elements used in web design these days. Perhaps you can take the creativity out of design, but it is difficult to take the creativity out of the designer, and flat design doesn’t offer many opportunities for amazing creativity, so we are… Continue reading The Effective Use of 3D Elements in Web Design
20 Professional and Free Online Website Builders
Do you need a professional website and lack the design or developing skills? No problem! There are plenty of great, free online website builders you can use. You can create your stunning website in just minutes! We selected 20 free online website builders just for you! Create your new website today! WiX Create a free… Continue reading 20 Professional and Free Online Website Builders
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
Design Dilemma: Are You the Right Person for the Right Job?
You show a prospective client your portfolio. They like it, hire you and the project starts. You deliver sketches and then, after everything is approved, the finished design. The client then informs you the solution didn’t meet his/her “vision” and refuses all offers to adjust the work to meet his/her vision. Final payment and further… Continue reading Design Dilemma: Are You the Right Person for the Right Job?
8 useful free psd for wireframes kits
Wireframe kits are a common way to prototype our design before commencing the actual design production. Rather than starting everything from scratch, you can always use a psd wireframe kit to kickstart the whole brainstorming process. This not only saves times but can relieve some of the repetitive wire framing work that one has to… Continue reading 8 useful free psd for wireframes kits
7 free alternatives to Github
Github is a great resource for many developers. However, there are cases when it is not possible to use it due to certain constraints. For example, your employers or client might want the code to be hosted within their own servers. Alternatively, you might be trying some side projects and you might not want to… Continue reading 7 free alternatives to Github
50 Funny Icons Out of The Ordinary
Oops, that shouldn’t have happened. Simply hold your breath for a minute and it will have faded. Yes, we find this hilarious. A few weeks ago, Nasty Icons created ripples, yet we found the set too drastic in some ways. So we contacted Freepik, our friends from Spain, and asked them if they’d be interested… Continue reading 50 Funny Icons Out of The Ordinary
30 Powerful Google Chrome Extensions for Web Designers & Developers
When Google first released their web browser into the public it caught attention like overplayed news stories. Most web developers were previously using Firefox and although many still do prefer Mozilla, Google has offered up some big competition. Chrome includes many similar features along with powerful browser extensions like Firefox. Developers and designers can benefit… Continue reading 30 Powerful Google Chrome Extensions for Web Designers & Developers
Top 15 Platforms for Designing Pixel Perfect Websites
Many small and medium-sized businesses still lack an online presence. This means that designers are in for a busy year. A huge number of proficient platforms testify that technical skills are no longer necessary, but optional. This level of creative freedom for designers was unimaginable a decade ago, when the only way to create decent-looking… Continue reading Top 15 Platforms for Designing Pixel Perfect Websites
22 Amazing Colorful Websites
Colors always attract people; they make anything look all the more interesting. When designing a website all designers have one ultimate goal which is to attract as much audience as possible and to make them stay on the website for as long as they can. All the elements are paid extreme attention and everything is… Continue reading 22 Amazing Colorful Websites
A Collection of Quirky & Fun Logos
Creating a logo can be difficult enough, but designing one that allows some of the brand’s personality to shine through can be harder still. The rise of quirky and interesting startups and small businesses has led to more and more designs that need to stand out, be bold and draw attention. By creating a logo… Continue reading A Collection of Quirky & Fun Logos
Creating Shapes with SVG : An SVG Tutorial
Have you tried using the SVG image format? Here is an SVG tutorial to help you delve deeper on how to use this image format to your full advantage. In the past, the only image format that was supported by all browsers was the GIF, an image file developed by CompuServe. Then came the JPEG… Continue reading Creating Shapes with SVG : An SVG Tutorial
13 Vintage Logo Bundles for Your Designs
If you’re a designer, the following logos are a must have for your collection. These professional logo bundles will make your life easier and save you time. Next time a client asks you to design a retro/vintage logo, you’ll be ready. These logo packs are very flexible. You can quickly type in your text and change… Continue reading 13 Vintage Logo Bundles for Your Designs
10 outstanding flat wordpress theme for business 2014
Flat design is here to stay, at least in 2014. So for businesses who want to stay with the trend and upgrade their site to a flat design look, you can always use a flat wordpress theme for business and corporate. This will save you lots of cost, especially if your site is already running… Continue reading 10 outstanding flat wordpress theme for business 2014
Framework7 – HTML Framework for Building iOS7 Apps
Framework7 is a full Featured HTML Framework For Building iOS7 Apps. Framework7 allows you to be flexible with list views (table views). You can make them as navigation menus, you can use there icons, inputs, and any elements inside of the list, and even make them nested. Because Framework7 uses Ajax for navigation between pages… Continue reading Framework7 – HTML Framework for Building iOS7 Apps
28 Tutorials about SVG Images in Web Design
Scalable images have become a lot more popular in recent years. As modern browsers slowly accept the notion of SVG images we can see many techniques being released out on the web. These range from scalable responsive logos to animated line drawings – all through the use of dynamically-generated images. This collection of tutorials should… Continue reading 28 Tutorials about SVG Images in Web Design
20+ Free Responsive Templates
If you still have any doubts about how important it is for you to adopt a responsive layout, it is time for you to stop wondering. It doesn’t matter what you are working on, your website need to work smoothly in all browsers. From desktops to smartphones and the huge range of mobile devices, you… Continue reading 20+ Free Responsive Templates
Best virtual team communcation tools for 2014
For designers and developers working in teams, communication is important to keep the project flowing smoothly. Email is of course the most used communication tool but might not effective for team communication. Also, there are specific features such as code pasting and large file sharing that email cannot handle as well as team communication tools.… Continue reading Best virtual team communcation tools for 2014