5 Overused Logo Trends To Avoid

If you are an aspiring designer looking to delve into logo design, you’ll want to develop your own style instead of simply emulating examples around you. Effective logos are more than just pretty; a well-designed logo is purposeful and unique, which makes following commonplace trends a losing strategy. Avid readers of DesignFestival are probably aware… Continue reading 5 Overused Logo Trends To Avoid

44 Creative Desktop Wallpapers to Keep You Focused & Working

Whenever I catch myself lost in my own thoughts it helps to refocus on my work by zooming back out onto the Desktop. Not just because of the background, it is also where I keep working files before moving them into their own folder. The desktop is a popular interface item which you will be… Continue reading 44 Creative Desktop Wallpapers to Keep You Focused & Working

Web Showcase PSD Mockups

Web showcase PSD mockups released today for free download! That’s the massive freebie that everyone was looking for. Head straight to the download section and grab it now! You know that it’s not enough just to create a good looking project. You have to present it in an eye-catchy way. And sometimes it’s pretty hard… Continue reading Web Showcase PSD Mockups

20 Best Designed Contact Pages

For most websites, the contact page is the last page on the sitemap and also the least important. This is a huge mistake. The contact page plays a very important role in your website as it allows potential customers to contact you, so it helps grow your own business. The contact page should be properly… Continue reading 20 Best Designed Contact Pages

30 Awe-Inspiring Mobile App Designs

Mobile app designs have been revolutionized by the smartphone war. Android, iOS and other famous mobile operating systems have changes the way we look mobile phones. Now more responsive and unique experience is being served by these Operating Systems. Mobile app designs are the main topic of concern for these systems. There are many functions… Continue reading 30 Awe-Inspiring Mobile App Designs

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

Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

It feels like every day you read about a new security breach on a website, in many cases involving weak passwords. It’s a known fact that users are notoriously lax when it comes to choosing their passwords, so there needs to be a better way of providing secure logins to your site. That’s where two-factor… Continue reading Two-Factor Auth Using Authy

Create a Mysterious Scene with Planets

Preview of Final Results Tutorial Resources Stars – greenaleydis-stock Cosmos Package – resurgere-stock Field – f3rd4-stock People Brush – fiftyfivepixels Trees Silhouettes – kuschelirmel-stock Trees Silhouettes 2 – winerla-stock Bushes – redheadstock Step 1: Creating a new Photoshop file Let’s start off by creating a new Photoshop file. Create a new file with the following… Continue reading Create a Mysterious Scene with Planets

Make HTML5 apps with Sencha, part one

When it comes to creating mobile apps there are a variety of issues to consider, including the plethora of devices, screen sizes and platforms to cater for, plus the number of skillsets needed to target all the major platforms. For example, Apple iOS uses Objective-C, Android uses Java and a bit of C and C++,… Continue reading Make HTML5 apps with Sencha, part one

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

New Premium Responsive WordPress Themes

Many Premium WordPress themes are created so that they can earn money. A lot more effort goes into designing these themes and also most of the times premium themes use many features and elements that give a great platform to provide content through the web pages for the web owners. Moreover many times Premium web… Continue reading New Premium Responsive WordPress Themes

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

Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

For many web and digital designs, the designer’s intent is to make the viewer feel like they’re visiting in person. Not every interested customer can physically visit your storefront, conference, event, or sale, so it’s important to invite them and accommodate them online. One way to achieve this is to allude to items they might… Continue reading Design a Roll-up Banner Stand in Photoshop

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

Create a Simple jQuery Image Lightbox Gallery

When building your own WordPress theme, there are a number of items to consider. One such page element is a dynamic image gallery, either using a lightbox or some type of sliding panel. Both of these user interfaces mesh nicely into the content of an article. Since they can both work on typical websites it… Continue reading Create a Simple jQuery Image Lightbox Gallery

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

45+ Flat Web Design Examples For Your Inspiration

Flat web design is a real trend buster right now, and this comes with good reason! Not that long ago the use of 3D effects, textured surfaces, light and gradient effects were trending elements in web design. However, with the changing times so comes new trends within web design. The tendency right now leans towards… Continue reading 45+ Flat Web Design Examples For Your Inspiration