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.

A Simple Look Into Adaptive and Responsive Web Design

The decision for a developer to use an adaptive or responsive web design is dependent on the intended use of the web page. In a short comparison, an adaptive web design is made to deliver content accommodating to the type of browser enabled. While a responsive web design is designated to fit the original web… Continue reading A Simple Look Into Adaptive and Responsive Web Design

The Best Place for WordPress Devs to Get Design Work Done

Envato have recently launched a new service, currently in beta, called Microlancer. It’s a place where people can sell their creative services, or get creative work done. What’s Microlancer? The difference between Microlancer and other freelance job sites is that every Microlancer service is sold at a fixed price. Services are also generally smaller jobs… Continue reading The Best Place for WordPress Devs to Get Design Work Done

Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of Flickr Group – Vol. 81

Welcome to the 81st volume of “Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of PSD Vault Flickr Group”, which is a showcase I run regularly here on psdvault.com featuring some fantastic, highly-creative design works in the PSD Vault Flickr Group. Hope you enjoy those works as much as I did and find them inspirational! Meanwhile, if you have some cool… Continue reading Creativity Fine-Tuning: Best of Flickr Group – Vol. 81

Web Design Trend Showcase: Big Video Headers

Following on from my recent showcase of websites featuring full screen videos, today’s post looks at the sub-trend of big video headers in web design. HTML5 and jQuery make it easy to add dynamic video content to your site without bogging down the browser with Flash. This means designers can start to play with video… Continue reading Web Design Trend Showcase: Big Video Headers

Top HTML5 website builder to make html5 website without coding

Here are the top 5 HTML5 website builders for 2013. The best thing about all of them is that they don’t require any coding skills for the average user to build a HTML5 website.   This will allow anybody to create a website that can be displayed well on different devices, from laptops to mobile phones.… Continue reading Top HTML5 website builder to make html5 website without coding

Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.193)

If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebook or by subscribing to our RSS feed. Looking Into the Future of Sass by Hugo Giraudel Step-by-Step UX Improvement by Matt… Continue reading Weekly Design News – Resources, Tutorials and Freebies (N.193)

Useful Tips for Building a Brand Identity with a Business Card

Brand design is never easy; in fact, it’s such a delicate task that you never know when you got the right thing and your career depends on it. Business cards are a means of presentation taken for granted these days. If having no social media makes you non-existent, how can you exist in the real… Continue reading Useful Tips for Building a Brand Identity with a Business Card

Sketching and Your Design Workflow

Once you’ve finished working with your content – great news! You get to start thinking about the actual design. But not so fast – don’t jump onto a computer straight away. If you talk to designers, most of them will tell you that it’s a massive part of their workflow to firstly sketch out any… Continue reading Sketching and Your Design Workflow

25 Creative HTML5 Powered Website Designs

Thanks to HTML5 that brings amazing improvements to the web market with its functionality. According to World Wide Web Consortium, HTML5 is in its beginning stages and going to reach at its “Recommendation” stage in the upcoming years. Regardless of this there are many experienced developers taking advantages of HTML5 and building the most remarkable… Continue reading 25 Creative HTML5 Powered Website Designs

Weekly Design News Roundup – 21 July 2013

The week is coming to an end and that means it is time for us to look back on the week that passed, the best design news, resources and other goodies. This week we look at great Photoshop tutorials, Sand Textures, flat WordPress designs, beautiful parallax scrolling and much more.   How to modify Bootstrap… Continue reading Weekly Design News Roundup – 21 July 2013

Hey, Event Apps: Why So Serious?

Over the past several years event apps have been soaring in popularity, and it’s easy to understand why. The event details you need are accessible on the go and not reliant on a WiFi connection. Plus, these apps make event organizers’ lives easier by making it easy to manage event logistics and monitor and report… Continue reading Hey, Event Apps: Why So Serious?

Interactivity Is King

There is no way to deny that fact static pages just don’t cut it anymore. With every company combining social media profiles with their standard websites, designers are discovering more and more that creating a successful site means embracing interactivity. Internet users view countless websites each day, so as a brand you need to figure… Continue reading Interactivity Is King

An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology

Can design change the world? Can it define an era? The answer to both those questions is… maybe. Over the years, colours, shapes and forms have become deeply associated with certain times and places; with a certain atmosphere that seemed to encapsulate the culture at any given moment. That’s not exactly a controversial idea, but… Continue reading An Interactive Timeline of Revolutions in Print Technology

FreshBooks’ First Book Helps Designers Price Their Work Effectively

One of the biggest challenges most freelance designers face is setting their prices. How do you charge for your work in a way that’s fair to both you and your clients? A lot of folks assume they should charge by the hour. However, in doing so, they immediately limit their earning potential. You can only… Continue reading FreshBooks’ First Book Helps Designers Price Their Work Effectively

How to Design a Website for Worldwide Users

Want to take full advantage of the worldwide aspect of the web? It all begins with web design. The choices you make here can make or break your efforts to reach global markets. Aim to build in internationalization right from the get-go. It will save many a battle with multilingual content further down the line. Keep the… Continue reading How to Design a Website for Worldwide Users

30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

I think full-screen websites provide a vivid experience for the user. Seeing the entire picture, rather that a boxed layout, is very pleasing and makes me feel like I’m virtually visiting a new real estate. I know that might sounds a bit out there, but it’s the way I feel. If you technically think about… Continue reading 30 Outstanding Full-screen Websites

45+ Retro and Vintage Textures For Your Collection

Having a good collection of vintage textures you can readily use for your retro style design projects and artwork is vital. The use of vintage texture designs that look authentic will help in creating the right retro look and feel. With the increasing popularity of retro inspired designs, logos and typography, vintage textures and effects have… Continue reading 45+ Retro and Vintage Textures For Your Collection

20 Free Open Source CSS3 User Interface Kits

  The power of CSS3 design offers unique trends for building custom website interfaces. And with the help of the open source movement, it is now easier than ever to make your own customized layout design. CSS3 user interface kits have become more common and you can find these published within various websites and blog.… Continue reading 20 Free Open Source CSS3 User Interface Kits

Weekly Web Design Inspiration #124

There is no limit for inspiration and when it comes to webdesign this is much more unlimited. As usual,we continue to showcase beautiful and interesting website examples that we came across during the week.If you want to take a look at our past website collections,you can visit our css gallery.Hope you like this week’s collection.… Continue reading Weekly Web Design Inspiration #124

10 Rules for Choosing the Perfect Typeface

The typeface you choose for your next layout or logo design could either make it or break it. No pressure! With so many choices, where does one begin?! There is no right or wrong answer to the question, “Which typeface should I use?” However, there are a few guidelines that will help you make an… Continue reading 10 Rules for Choosing the Perfect Typeface

Long Shadow in Flat Design: 50 Beautiful Examples

Long shadow a new trend after the flat design. The trend is impacting UI elements and icons the strongest, and designers also start using into other parts of website design and mobile user interface. Long shadow design has been mostly used in icons and logos. Shadows live within the element canvas and often extend outside an… Continue reading Long Shadow in Flat Design: 50 Beautiful Examples

Dashes, Quotes and Ligatures: Typographic Best Practices

Typography has become a hot topic, often used referring illustrative typography or custom lettering. At its core, however, typography is simply the skill of setting type. Several centuries ago, this meant composing every paragraph by hand, character by character, before locking it into a form and printing it on a letterpress machine. For much of… Continue reading Dashes, Quotes and Ligatures: Typographic Best Practices