Tag: Designing

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

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

Useful Tips That You Should Consider When Designing A Website

Websites have flooded the way in which we perform in our day to day lives; they have changed the very world we live in and taken the shopping industry by storm. It is estimated that a visitor on a website stays for around 8 seconds before clicking the “Back” button and leaving, it is through… Continue reading Useful Tips That You Should Consider When Designing A Website

Web Designing is All About Stirring Up the Right Emotions – 5 Emotions that Make a Website Work

The focus on aesthetics in website designing remains as is, but another element has been added to the mix, which is Emotion. A mixture of emotions and aesthetics helps you design user experiences that effectively capture the mood of the website and help deliver the website’s message effectively. You might not have thought about it,… Continue reading Web Designing is All About Stirring Up the Right Emotions – 5 Emotions that Make a Website Work

Designing an Advertisement

Working non-destructively doesn’t restrict your workflow. In fact, working non-destructively can help you to be more creative. In this tutorial, we will show you how to use non-destructive photo editing techniques to create a basic advertisement. In the process, we will also explain a bit about color profiles. Let’s get started!   Final Product What… Continue reading Designing an Advertisement

Building a Better User Experience by Designing in the Browser

As a web designer at Four Kitchens, part of my job is leading the production team’s visual design objectives. A key part of this process is ensuring the client’s satisfaction with the overall look and feel of the site. Since most of my projects utilize an agile development process, I am no stranger to shifting… Continue reading Building a Better User Experience by Designing in the Browser

40+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Creating your own creative poster in Photoshop is fun and challenging. If you are not yet an expert, then don’t worry! You can find tons of easy to follow poster design tutorials for Photoshop. Most of them will guide you “step by step” to make sure you learn every step involved in the process. A… Continue reading 40+ Awesome Photoshop Poster Tutorials For Your Inspiration

Beautiful Map Illustration Design Inspiration

Designing a map does not seem like something very original, but why should maps have to be boring? Whether it’s a town map, a real or imaginary country map, whether it is functional, or simply decorative, there is plenty of room for fun and creativity in this field. Fortunately some great designers out there have… Continue reading Beautiful Map Illustration Design Inspiration