Category: Trends

As a designer, you’ve always got to push yourself forward; you’ve always got to keep up with the trends or make your own trends. That’s what we do.

23 Perfectly Minimal Portfolio Themes

How often do you need to update your portfolio website? Perhaps every couple of years or more? Although it may not be something all too common, there are lots of designers who wish to update their design style in a consistent manner. This requires tact, skill, patience, and quite a bit of free time. Unfortunately… Continue reading 23 Perfectly Minimal Portfolio Themes

How To Use Balanced Symmetry in Web Design

Professional designers incorporate many different ideas related to composition. One of the lesser-discussed but vitally important ideas relates to symmetry. This is the process of adjusting page elements so that they align in exactly equal parts. Creating a layout using balanced symmetry aligns certain elements together into groups. There is also value in using asymmetry… Continue reading How To Use Balanced Symmetry in Web Design

How To Design a Mesmerizing Studio or Agency Website

Creative studios are becoming much more popular with such an interconnected world of digital design. Large-to-medium sized companies are found all over the world, coupled with freelancers and small teams who launch their own personal studio. Thus competition is fierce and understanding how to design a captivating website is pivotal to success. I’d like to… Continue reading How To Design a Mesmerizing Studio or Agency Website

Is Minimal Design the Best Strategy for Your Site?

One of the buzzwords of modern marketing or design work is “understanding your customers.” Before you jump on board with a trend or design style, it’s good to research how consumers or clients in your industry respond to it. One particular trend that has dominated the web for several years is minimalism. So, if you’re… Continue reading Is Minimal Design the Best Strategy for Your Site?

iDevie Weekly News (week 47)

This is our popular weekly design news post where we share our favorite design related articles, resources and freebies from the past week. New Resources & Tools MissqlCommand – A web application designed to help you learn SQL. Galaxy – A modern front-end framework based on conversational language. The WordPress Plugin Boilerplate – A foundation… Continue reading iDevie Weekly News (week 47)

7 Crucial Web Design Trends For 2015

Looking back at 2014, we can see some spectacular trends emerging in the web design landscape: code-free design platforms, parallax effects, single-page websites, and many more. While many design trends are fleeting, a select few are natural evolutions of the industry. As the range of devices on which we view websites continues to grow, designers… Continue reading 7 Crucial Web Design Trends For 2015

5 Informative and Well-designed Infographics for Web Designers

The popularity of infographics with attractive graphic rises to top because of its easy visual presentation. Today we picked 5 selected infographics which are so informative and beautifully designed. 1. The History of Web Design [Infographic] Web design has changed dramatically since Tim Berners-Lee created the first HTML website in 1991.WestHost used “The History of… Continue reading 5 Informative and Well-designed Infographics for Web Designers

Tips for Designing a Beautiful Single-Page Portfolio Website

Many trends in general web design can also be applied to single page layouts. But there are some unique features to the lone webpage which can add more flavor into a design. Like most of the web design field, common sense and user experience always trumps inessential creative ideas. But that doesn’t mean anybody can… Continue reading Tips for Designing a Beautiful Single-Page Portfolio Website

Top 10 Web Design Trends This Year

The battle for fashion statement no more just encompasses clothing, jewelry or stylized watches. Most competed area of making a fashion statement is on the web itself. Yes, in look, feel and smart user interfaces or in facilitating more user preferences for accessing the web, innovation and creativity are the driving force now for an… Continue reading Top 10 Web Design Trends This Year

Web Design Trend Showcase: “Tools of the Trade”

Every so often strange trends appear in the web design industry. One of those little trends is the presentation of “tools of the trade” on the forefront of the website, where a series of objects that relate to a specific industry are neatly laid out on a tabletop, or a product is shown during its… Continue reading Web Design Trend Showcase: “Tools of the Trade”

How to Redesign Your Website with Latest Trends to Stay Ahead of Competition?

Thousands of websites are being launched every day. In this scenario, your website needs to do everything and then some more to stay ahead of its competition. If this doesn’t happen, prepare yourself to see your customers prefer your competitor’s website over yours. This will lead to a loss of revenue and if this situation… Continue reading How to Redesign Your Website with Latest Trends to Stay Ahead of Competition?

The Art of Designing User Driven Websites

If you’re a woman, you probably know that when you go shopping to the mall, you have to enter every store at least once until you actually decide to buy something. If you’re a man, you probably never do this, unless, of course, you’re acompanying a woman. So, in this case, imagine how great it… Continue reading The Art of Designing User Driven Websites

How Wearable Technology Will Impact Web Design

Remember how wearing a calculator watch back in the day made you feel like George Jetson or his boy Elroy? Technology has come a long way from spelling out naughty words (upside down) on your calculator. These days, you can make calls, record videos, check your health, and buy coffee from your smartwatch–and that’s just… Continue reading How Wearable Technology Will Impact Web Design

CSS3 Websites Design – 20 Cool Examples

Houndreds new websites are launched everyday! CSS3 is far the most intuitive and mostly used in CSS galleries and awards This blog post will show you twenty CSS websites designs that you will love This collecting is based on viewers rating, CSS and HTML5, UI and user experience (UX). I will put together a list of… Continue reading CSS3 Websites Design – 20 Cool Examples

20 Of The Best Flat Design Templates

Site design is crucial because it can either appeal to the public, or fail to draw and secure their attention. So, which approach is more likely to get great results? Over the last months, flat design has been gaining more and more ground. It wasn’t just the leading trend of 2013, but continues to rule… Continue reading 20 Of The Best Flat Design Templates

Coming and Going Web Design Trends for 2014

Over the last couple of years we saw such a change in web design that it is unbelievable to anticipate what could possibly the next hot things. However, I have a few hunches of my own as to what trends will flourish this year and which ones will fade off. Let’s see if you would… Continue reading Coming and Going Web Design Trends for 2014

24 Award Winning Portfolio Designs That Follow Current Trends

The current trends that have really changed the whole concept of website design during the last few years seem to be set to stay at least for the coming year. We have seen the rise of trends such as vertical scrolling, flat design, retro or minimal color schemes, slideshows including animation or video and, of… Continue reading 24 Award Winning Portfolio Designs That Follow Current Trends

Engage Your Community Using Web Design

As we enter further into 2014 a few things are becoming more apparent than ever before. The world of marketing is moving so much faster and has become viral on digital and interactive levels. The social media boom and the internet has truly changed the face of the world, so much so that if any… Continue reading Engage Your Community Using Web Design

The Yin and Yang of Web Design: Pure Black & White

It is quite unusual to find website home pages that feature absolutely no other color than black and white – there is usually a call-to-action button, the company logo or social media buttons that have some color. Even in printed media simply black and white is unusual these days. Today we have scoured the internet… Continue reading The Yin and Yang of Web Design: Pure Black & White

Best Examples Websites Featuring Flat Illustrations

2013 is drawing to close here. But yes, some the trends this year introduces are still in. One of them is Flat designing style. It saw the peak of popularity in 2013. We don’t know if it will be same for 2014 but here we are showcasing Best Examples Websites Featuring Flat Illustrations. So, flat… Continue reading Best Examples Websites Featuring Flat Illustrations

26 Examples of Fullscreen Video Backgrounds in Web Design

The notable trend of fullscreen media has exploded on the web. Images require less bandwidth and also provide a means for rotating backgrounds. However videos provide a very rich user experience – they provide something to immediately captivate the visitor and draw them deeper into a website. Online creative studios and digital agencies often utilize… Continue reading 26 Examples of Fullscreen Video Backgrounds in Web Design