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.

UI Design Guidelines for Responsive Design

The web development community has come up with endless solutions, best practices, and tools for coding a responsive design with ease. While the vast majority of websites can be made responsive now, it’s time to push the envelope further. It’s easy to pay attention to great coding best practices, but sometimes the best design practices… Continue reading UI Design Guidelines for Responsive Design

The Matte Paintings and Environments of Nat Monney

Nat Monney is a matte painter and Psdtuts+ author from Switzerland. His work typically involves some form of digital painting, photo manipulation, or both. In this article, we will take a look at a few of our favorites from his portfolio. A Bridge and His City Locomotive (Tutorial) Light, Shadow and War City SciFi Experimentation… Continue reading The Matte Paintings and Environments of Nat Monney

A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

There’s a debate over which technique of creating mobile-ready websites is the best. Google advocates creating responsive web designs, while Jakob Nielsen, a renowned usability consultant, endorses the creation of dedicated mobile sites (but he was subsequently slammed by some web designers). A third option is also gaining in popularity, where the web server renders… Continue reading A Comparison of Methods for Building Mobile-Optimized Websites

The Colorful Photorealistic Owls of John Pusateri

It is always a breath of fresh to come across some of the amazing talents out there, constantly and passionately at work to creating stunning works of art. John Pusateri is one such artist whose work appears to represent a realistic representation of the subject. John Pusateri’s latest work comprises of a breathtaking series of… Continue reading The Colorful Photorealistic Owls of John Pusateri

Weekly News Roundup – 13 January 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 how you can use any font with CSS3, how you can have multiple backgrounds, why not all websites look… Continue reading Weekly News Roundup – 13 January 2013

30 Awesome Silhouette Brushes for Inspiration

Silhouette is a popular photography as well as artwork theme that is often explored by the photographers and artists. This theme is a hot favorite subject of the graphic designers as well. The graphic artists develop silhouette pictures on the graphic designing platforms with the use of the many applications that are present on it.… Continue reading 30 Awesome Silhouette Brushes for Inspiration

Facebook – New Design and Concept by Fred Nerby

Facebook, as one of the biggest online social network has been a part of people’s lives for the past years and for more years to come. That is why every single change on the site from now and then will either freak us out or praise Facebook for making things cooler and easier. But how… Continue reading Facebook – New Design and Concept by Fred Nerby

Single Page Website Designs: 60+ Fresh Creative Designs

As you’ve already seen in our previous posts about Single Page Website Designs that showcasing your work in single page design is a hot trend. It’s kind of ironic to see what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and observe how people interact with their work.… Continue reading Single Page Website Designs: 60+ Fresh Creative Designs

Tips To Avoid Great Responsive Web Design Problems

Responsive web designs have been around since the last two years. However, designers have been facing numerous challenges especially when it comes to developing framework for the code, script and developing a process of managing the responsive web designs. Avoiding the responsive web designs problems is possible and a range of solutions are available for… Continue reading Tips To Avoid Great Responsive Web Design Problems

Functional Beauty and User Experience

Beauty is one of the oldest and most powerful concepts in human history—inspiring artists and lighting up cultural movements, philosophical debates, and, in modern times, curious scientific interest. Beauty is a desirable feature of the products we buy, with the power to shape consumer choices and preferences. While the nature of beauty is still a… Continue reading Functional Beauty and User Experience

Future trends in web design: predictions for 2013

Another year has passed, which means it’s time for our annual instalment of design predictions for the coming year. In technology, one year can make a world of difference, and the changes can shape the way we design, test and market our websites. As we all know, technology changes faster than we can keep up… Continue reading Future trends in web design: predictions for 2013

Supporting the Design Community

It has been a while since I entered the design community and I’m very glad I did that. As a lot of you may know I’m not a designer, but I do write about web design and design related subjects. As a writer I really like to research/browse several different websites to deliver you nice… Continue reading Supporting the Design Community

15 Awesome Editorial Designs Made By A Winner

Brock Davis is an award-winning, multidisciplinary artist and creative director with a knack for creating ground-breaking work. Brock has worked in advertising for the past 17 years. Today, I want to present you 15 awesome editorial designs that he made. His work is different, in the good way, and is a very good source of… Continue reading 15 Awesome Editorial Designs Made By A Winner