Every good app developer constantly learns how to create the best apps avoiding the common pitfalls. How can you be up to date with the current methodologies and ensure that the app is bug free? There are two ways to learn. One is from the experience of developing an app and the other from other… Continue reading 10 Mistakes to Avoid While Designing an App
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The Importance Of Usability When Designing A Site
Web usability is an approach to make web sites easy to use for an end-user, without the requirement that any specialized training be undertaken. The user should be able to intuitively relate the actions she needs to perform on the web page with other interactions she sees similar contexts, e.g., press a button to perform… Continue reading The Importance Of Usability When Designing A Site
Tips about how to Design the Great Logo
The fundamental shapes of universe’s geometry derive from the knowledge of ancient civilizations. These fundamental forms and functions have constantly helped us to divide time and space and have now motivated every known science (technology, languages, math, physics, civil evolvement, etc.). Art and culture have actually mostly benefited from shapes such as for example circles;… Continue reading Tips about how to Design the Great Logo
Designing Websites With Big Hero Images – Best Practices
One of the most important trends nowadays in web design are website hero images, which are generally defined as being a type of large banner that is typically located at the top of a website. Oftentimes, these images are the very first things that people see when they log on to a website. This, in… Continue reading Designing Websites With Big Hero Images – Best Practices
A Collection Of Useful Photoshop Typography Tutorials
Type art is popular at the moment for all sorts of reasons – and it’s a highly versatile skill to have. You can use illustrated lettering in projects ranging from posters to brochures – making it a great technique to add to your creative toolset. But beware: type art is so popular at the moment… Continue reading A Collection Of Useful Photoshop Typography Tutorials
Designing an iOS App in Sketch
In this 3 part tutorial (I wanted to break it into more digestible chunks) we’ll be creating screens for a fictional, ‘Pay It Forward’ iOS App called ‘Piece’. Before we start the tutorial, there’s a few things you’ll need: Once you have the items installed, let’s go ahead and create some awesome… Welcome Screen Let’s… Continue reading Designing an iOS App in Sketch
A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers
In order for any website to be truly successful, there are many different aspects that need to be considered and put into motion. For instance, aspects such as visual design, the consistency of your brand, and overall usability are all things that can determine whether or not a user is truly happy with your website.… Continue reading A Useful Guide To Designing Website Footers
5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers
We have gathered 5 ebooks regarding web design for you to download and read. In the era of Internet, you can get good quality free content instead of buying with cash. Here we have a list of ebooks that’s worth reading. Enjoy. 1. Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton This snappy, extensive book from… Continue reading 5 Must Have Free eBooks for Web Designers
Tips & Tricks for Designing Uniform Website Icons
Featured image source Beautiful icons are the rainbow sprinkles on top of a delicious website sundae. The ability to craft icons that blend together is almost compulsory. Any UI designer should be more than willing to jump onto the path of icon design. Although it is jarring and difficult, consistent icon design greatly improves the… Continue reading Tips & Tricks for Designing Uniform Website Icons
10 Points to Consider When Designing a Responsive Website
For the last few years with the widespread increase in internet access from mobile or handheld devices, responsive web design became the order of the day. Offering a web layout that opens across all types of devices without making any difference in the ease of accessing the site is the prime motto of responsive web… Continue reading 10 Points to Consider When Designing a Responsive Website
8 tips for designing great posters
Posters have been around from the time of Jules Cheret, the father of posters, and intriguingly, some of the things that worked back then still work today. A sharp departure from the 1800s, however, is that posters are no longer only meant for the roadside. They can fit anywhere, online or offline. When talking graphic… Continue reading 8 tips for designing great posters
Designing a Responsive Navigation Your Users Will Love
The process of creating a website should always start with general ideas. These turn into wireframes or low-fidelity mockups to give the designer a sense of direction. It’s fairly straightforward, but the creative process requires a large visual library of existing layouts to understand which interfaces are usable and well-designed. Navigation is a huge part… Continue reading Designing a Responsive Navigation Your Users Will Love
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
Designing a Simple Instagram Based Portfolio in Photoshop
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial I’ll guide you through the process of creating a simple and clean Instagram-based portfolio. We’ll use some striking imagery, a clean color palette and smooth typefaces. We’ll start off by creating a web version and then I’ll show you how to quickly adapt it for mobile view. Tutorial… Continue reading Designing a Simple Instagram Based Portfolio in Photoshop
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
Designing an Elegant Blog Layout in Photoshop
In this tutorial I am going to show you how to create a simple, elegant blog layout in Photoshop. We’ll use a strong image above the fold (wherever that may be) with some straightforward messaging, followed by very clean and elegant typography. Tutorial Assets In order to follow along you will need the following (freely… Continue reading Designing an Elegant Blog Layout in Photoshop
Top 15 Platforms for Designing Pixel Perfect Websites
Many small and medium-sized businesses still lack an online presence. This means that designers are in for a busy year. A huge number of proficient platforms testify that technical skills are no longer necessary, but optional. This level of creative freedom for designers was unimaginable a decade ago, when the only way to create decent-looking… Continue reading Top 15 Platforms for Designing Pixel Perfect Websites
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 Photoshop Poster Tutorials
These 20 inspiring Photoshop poster tutorials in this post will teach you the basics of Photoshop, and also some advanced manipulations techniques for creating amazing designs. These tutorial are ideal for print designers or any other designers who want to improve their Photoshop skills. Which one is your favorite? Let us know in the comments… Continue reading 20 Photoshop Poster Tutorials
20 Really Helpful Responsive Web Design Tutorials
These days, making your website responsive is a MUST! With so many mobile devices out there, you’ll be missing a lot of visitors if you won’t modify your website and make it responsive too. If you are a beginner web designer or just want to improve your skills, here are 20 really helpful responsive web… Continue reading 20 Really Helpful Responsive Web Design Tutorials
10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck
So you’re designing a logo. It sounds like an easy enough task, right? Draw a circle, type in the company name and you’re done (I’ve literally heard a designer suggest that very process). Unfortunately, if you’re really worth the money the client is paying you, there’s a lot more to it than that. There are… Continue reading 10 Tips for Designing Logos That Don’t Suck
Anatomy of a Perfect Sidebar – The Nuances of a Good Design
In the previous part of the series, we’ve gone through the definition and the importance of the “sidebar” element on WordPress blogs and checked out layouts with one, two, three and four sidebars (and no sidebars). In this second part, we’re going to see how to design a sidebar and order the elements – specifically,… Continue reading Anatomy of a Perfect Sidebar – The Nuances of a Good Design
45 Fresh Web And Mobile UI Kits With PSD Files For Designer
In this post, we are showcasing an irresistible and great collection of free and fresh UI design kits especially for the designers. These wireframing and UI design kits come very handy for the designers when they want to mock-up a user interface. Web user interface, mobile user interface and wireframe kits are useful for the… Continue reading 45 Fresh Web And Mobile UI Kits With PSD Files For Designer
Designing a Website Around Your Products
Branded website design is ultimately centered around two things: product and audience. Meaning, the site’s design needs to effectively showcase products in a way that will resonate with the target audience. Once a designer identifies where a brand’s product and audience meet, the visual problem-solving process becomes streamlined and simplified, and the site’s design becomes… Continue reading Designing a Website Around Your Products