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.

Elegance and Refinement of Mobile Interfaces based on Blurred Backgrounds

Being a basic photo effect for a long time, blurred backgrounds only recently have become a quite popular tool among web designers that had noticed its remarkable ability to help elements to stand out. Such approach rather readily, unobtrusively and quite naturally gives due prominence to content, icons and graphics that are placed on a… Continue reading Elegance and Refinement of Mobile Interfaces based on Blurred Backgrounds

Icons in the Modern Age

The number of icons we see on daily basis is amazing. They are everywhere around us, both online and offline. We love to use them. They enhance the aesthetic of our sites and can provide a better user experience. Sometimes however, we forget the reason behind using an icon, and that’s when it becomes easy… Continue reading Icons in the Modern Age

Using Color Psychology to Create an Effective Price Table

Whenever we start any new design project, we’ll usually sit down with the client and discuss all the relevant project details with the client. If you’re lucky, your client will have a relatively clear idea of what they want to achieve and perhaps even the functions and features they want for the site. However clients… Continue reading Using Color Psychology to Create an Effective Price Table

Understanding the Composite Parts of Your Design

In this article we’re going to look at a simple analogy which will illustrate effective ways of communicating through design. Once we’ve established the idea, we’ll take a look at some familiar examples to drive the point home.   The analogy we’re going to look at is The Fourier Transform, an intruiging mathematical tool named… Continue reading Understanding the Composite Parts of Your Design

11 inspirational flat design contact us page

The recent article on flat design login page was well received. This is a follow up on the same idea, which is showcasing the use of flat design in different parts of the website. In this article, we are focusing on flat design for the contact us page.  Arguably, this is one of the area… Continue reading 11 inspirational flat design contact us page

30 Grey & Silver Website Layouts for Design Inspiration

Choosing a great color scheme may often become a rigorous choice on each web project. You want to make sure the colors fit with the branding, and hopefully don’t overpower the content. Grey and silver are often portrayed as dull – and at times pushed into the background. Well in this article I want to… Continue reading 30 Grey & Silver Website Layouts for Design Inspiration

20 Under Construction Page Design Inspiration

In this post, we are going to take a closer look at the under construction page design, which you can use in your website or as an inspiration. Getting your site online even when you are still designing your web pages is a sound marketing technique. Actually, this will not hinder you, if you are… Continue reading 20 Under Construction Page Design Inspiration

The Building Blocks of Designing UX For Kids

Designing for kids is a unique and challenging situation for any UX professional. While many principles and practices span across all ages, there are many issues which arise exclusively when dealing with children. In this introductory article we’ll look at kids and the specific issues that they bring about. We’ll also examine some guidelines, constraints,… Continue reading The Building Blocks of Designing UX For Kids

20 Best Free WordPress Themes

Holiday season is here and this year will come soon to an end. Web designers released a bunch of great, high quality, free WordPress themes last year, and we collected the best 20 to showcase in this post. Here are 20 Best Free WordPress Themes that we want to share with you now. Which ones are… Continue reading 20 Best Free WordPress Themes

A New Era For Professional Web Designers, by Webydo

Webydo is a great example of online software as a service, a cloud-based service for delivering software functionality. In this case, the platform is a combination of a professional website design and hosting platform, with all of the software features presented via browser. The websites are created and hosted with Webydo resources. Sites on free… Continue reading A New Era For Professional Web Designers, by Webydo

Animating Personal Skill Bars With CSS3 Keyframes

This design technique is commonly found on personal portfolios or design studio websites. Skill bars represent a level of knowledge related to certain tasks – web design, illustration, branding, character design, you name it! Adding some fancy animations to these skill bars will provide a quicker connection to the viewer.  In this tutorial I want… Continue reading Animating Personal Skill Bars With CSS3 Keyframes

8 habits of successful designers that I know

This is by no means a scientific list from formal studies. What I have written here is my impression from the list of designers whom I personally known. I observed their habits and what make them more successful in their career or business relative to others.  Again, this is not meant to be a comprehensive… Continue reading 8 habits of successful designers that I know

Web Design Trends That Will Disappear in 2014

If you’re looking forward to changes that come with starting a new year, you may also be excited to learn what sorts of trends are emerging in the web design world. What most people aren’t talking about, but should be, are the types of design trends that are on their way out, which ones should… Continue reading Web Design Trends That Will Disappear in 2014

Flat Illustration in Web Design

At the moment it does seem that every newly launched site or app has adopted the flat design trend. What started just over a year ago as merely a unique design concept, has now exploded into a phenomenon that has literally changed the face of UI design. Perhaps forever. Some web designers have even taken… Continue reading Flat Illustration in Web Design

Create “Dark Scientist” Conceptual Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

In this tutorial, we will learn how to create an conceptual surreal photo-manipulation. We are going to learn the process of creating depth of field using a few advance tools. We are going to learn how to blend images so seamlessly that it would look like a single image using the Brush tool, the Eraser… Continue reading Create “Dark Scientist” Conceptual Photo Manipulation in Photoshop

7 Adobe Illustrator Alternatives for the Casual Designer

Last year I posted a roundup of the best Photoshop alternatives aimed at casual designers or hobbyists who wants to fulfill their creative passion, but don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on expensive industry standard software. I’m a big Illustrator fan myself and I post loads of Illustrator tutorials here on my blog, but… Continue reading 7 Adobe Illustrator Alternatives for the Casual Designer

15 Free And Awesome Responsive WordPress Themes

In this round up, we are showcasing some fresh and awesome free responsive WordPress themes. WordPress is very well-accepted and well-known blogging platform that’s why millions of people are using it. With these WordPress themes, you will be provided with wonderful features which are very useful for your work. Furthermore, all these WordPress themes are… Continue reading 15 Free And Awesome Responsive WordPress Themes

7 Best Practices of Responsive Web Design

Considering the rate at which the mobile web is growing, it’s becoming crucial that your website be ready to accept visitors who are coming in from a widely assorted array of different devices and screen sizes. This is where responsive design can come into the picture and save your day nicely. However, with responsive design,… Continue reading 7 Best Practices of Responsive Web Design

20 Creative Resume Website Templates to Improve Your Online Presence

Every professional should have an online portfolio or presentation website. There are many types of personal websites you can choose to have. For example you can opt for simple vCards or one-page portfolios, or if you have more works to showcase you can choose to have a complex portfolio website with a great gallery and… Continue reading 20 Creative Resume Website Templates to Improve Your Online Presence

10 Professional-Looking and High Quality Fonts for Web Designers

The importance of fonts to designers has always been emphasized. Many design blogs also agree that as designers, choosing high quality fonts is like choosing your clothes. People will think of you differently if you sport the wrong one. That is why we collected ten beautiful fonts for you that you will never hesitate using.… Continue reading 10 Professional-Looking and High Quality Fonts for Web Designers

45 Search Box PSD Designs For Free Download

This time we are presenting for you a fresh collection of 45 attractive search box PSD designs that you can download for free, at times, search boxes are overlooked by the visitors because of their simplicity and unappealing designs. If this is the problem you are facing then we will encourage you to take a… Continue reading 45 Search Box PSD Designs For Free Download

Tell A Story With Your Web Design – It Always Works

The most popular websites on the World Wide Web are able to impressively convey information about their brand and what it stands for. This helps generate user interest in their brand and ensures the website message is delivered in a way that makes maximum impact on website visitors.  They do this by using one of… Continue reading Tell A Story With Your Web Design – It Always Works

10 Beautiful & Free Website PSD Templates

Over the years we have provided loads of free design PSDs and resources, however never have we touched on prebuilt website PSD templates. Many designers create free PSDs for promotional purposes, general practice or to just provide a freebie for others to benefit from. Here are 10 quality website PSD templates that you can use,… Continue reading 10 Beautiful & Free Website PSD Templates