Text in this VR GUI. http://www.mastersofpie.com/project/siemens-oculus-rift-tradeshow-experience/ Use Your Words The written word makes up a significant portion of how we build our interfaces. Even the best GUIs use text. What happens when you don’t consider the language used in your interface? It fails. It breaks the user’s trust and in the end, costs money when visitors… Continue reading More Gold for Emerging Interface Designers
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42 Funny Advertising Print Ads That Make You Look Twice
Print ads for advertising are just awesome. Funny and hilarious ads make your brand or product more attractive and eye-catching. The print advertisements is the fastest way to communicate the message to world. Print advertising continues to be a strong market, companies spending dollars to make there ads really creative and inspiring. Today we’re rounded up 42 fuuny… Continue reading 42 Funny Advertising Print Ads That Make You Look Twice
7 Design Myths That Will Wreck Your Site
When I was a junior designer I made plenty of mistakes. I believed false assumptions mostly because I did not have the experience yet to know better. I still don’t know it all. But, I am always eager to learn new things about design and to see which preconceived notions are accurate or a complete… Continue reading 7 Design Myths That Will Wreck Your Site
The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
Hello readers! World events have been very interesting lately, but now it’s time for what we all know is really important: other peoples’ portfolios! Okay, it’s not that important in the grand scheme of things, but design is one thing we can all agree o… ahahaha. I can’t even properly finish that sentence. Not even… Continue reading The best new portfolio sites, October 2016
Popular design news of the week: October 31, 2016 – November 6, 2016
Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site, however,… Continue reading Popular design news of the week: October 31, 2016 – November 6, 2016
Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month
Posted · Category: Best Collections Have you ever stopped to look back at what your job was like 10 years ago? It’s common knowledge that web designers’ responsibilities have changed over the years. In the past, you either needed some serious coding skills to be a website designer, or you had to rely on coding help… Continue reading Why a 0.28$ Pre-built Website Is the Best Buy You’ll Make This Month
Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn
What You’ll Be Creating Today we are going to learn how to animate a character turning his head. You’ll find that you will be animating head turns a lot when you do character animation. A head turn is challenging to animate because the mass and shape need to be consistent, as do the elements of… Continue reading Animation for Beginners: How to Animate a Head Turn
Best Black and White Websites from 2016
Best Black and White Websites from 2016 is hundred and twenty-fourth edition of our Inspiring Sites of the Week weekly series, where we feature hottest websites following best practices and latest trends. We like creative, unusual and inspiring designs, and will strive to deliver the best inspiration we can get our hands on. This week we collected… Continue reading Best Black and White Websites from 2016
Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game
Source: Be Digital[2] First impressions count. This is where pre-built websites can play a key role in creating any business-oriented website. There has to be a follow-through of course, but the importance of creating a great first impression can never be overemphasized. The problem facing the web designer is what makes a great first impression… Continue reading Designing For Small Businesses: 10 Websites That Can Change The Game
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
How To Design User Interface Animations
Image source: Zach Krasner[2] Motion is not so simple – it might sound easy to add some ‘movement’ to your sketches, but how successfully could you replicate feelings and reactions? The truth is that designing interface animations could take a while before you upgrade from the basic animated patterns to highly technical interactions which could… Continue reading How To Design User Interface Animations
Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
Inspiring Sites of the Week is the weekly series where we feature the latest and hottest websites targeting the design world from around the globe. If it’s creative, unusual, has great functionality and is built using cutting-edge technology we feature them here. Get inspired by the best designs in the industry in the ninety-eighth edition of… Continue reading Inspiring Sites of the Week No. 2
Websites With Good Color Contrast
Color is the main tool you have in order to attract your audience’s attention towards that exact thing you want them to know. Using colors, you can inspire specific feelings and motivate specific actions. Long story short-the entire usability of your web design relies on color. Color can support or modify the message you’re trying… Continue reading Websites With Good Color Contrast
What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?
The Importance of User Experience We live at an age and time where everything is accessible but also in an era where people’s attention span gets shorter. Therefore, in a race to attract prospective customers, companies of all sizes and shapes come up with ways and means to do that. In the process, the World Wide… Continue reading What Is An Effective Web Design And What Makes Good User Experience?
Freebie: 300+ Free Flat Color Icons
Today we are very excited to be sharing something amazing with you guys. the folks at Icon8 have released an amazing free consisting of more than 300 Flat color icons. Every web designer will tell you that there is nothing better than getting something for free, not only will it save you a lot of… Continue reading Freebie: 300+ Free Flat Color Icons
5 Productive Ways to Spend Weekend for Your Good
Sometimes I am dreaming about another day off right when I wake up in the Monday morning. Does this happen to you too? Many of us spend our weekend with family, go for a trip, party, or do nothing lying in the bed and watching a movie. Have you ever thought about making some use… Continue reading 5 Productive Ways to Spend Weekend for Your Good
Creating a Good Design Brief for Your Mobile App
Understanding well what a client has in mind for his/her mobile app can be a slippery process. As a designer, you surely want to deliver to the best of your abilities and make the client happy. But when it comes to ensuring the success of a mobile app design project (or any other design project… Continue reading Creating a Good Design Brief for Your Mobile App
8 habits of successful designers that I know
This is by no means a scientific list from formal studies. What I have written here is my impression from the list of designers whom I personally known. I observed their habits and what make them more successful in their career or business relative to others. Again, this is not meant to be a comprehensive… Continue reading 8 habits of successful designers that I know
How Content Holds Significant Role in Web Design
There are countless websites in the world. But all are not successful. The main story of success is to follow some guideline for a website which not only acceptable among the audience but need some creativity. Sometime A beautifully designed website can be top of the page and also some content heavy with adaptive design… Continue reading How Content Holds Significant Role in Web Design
55 Fresh Examples Of Creative Single Page Website Designs
Displaying your work in single page design is a hot trend now days. You possibly cannot imagine what designers can do with single pages as modern age designers love to experiment with things and observe how people interact with their work. The best single pages are those that help you convey your message into few… Continue reading 55 Fresh Examples Of Creative Single Page Website Designs
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
Pros and Cons of Flat Design
There’s not denying that flat design is the big thing in design these days. It’s everywhere. And not just flat design, but now with almost flat design as well. The arguments about the validity and application of the style are raging. The super-trendy design style elicits an opinion from almost everyone. So let’s take a step back… Continue reading Pros and Cons of Flat Design
The Pros and Cons of Parallax Website Design
Parallax websites are quickly growing in popularity as web designers continue push the envelope and the capabilities of web browsers in order to wow visitors. You have to admit, a smooth scrolling parallax website captivates users and provokes intense curiosity. Visitors tend to stay on your website longer, if only to play with the slick… Continue reading The Pros and Cons of Parallax Website Design
10 Best Designing Tips to Make Your Website More Effective
Would you like to get your website the most effective one in the highly competitive web world? It is true that there is no foolproof method to develop a perfect framework to suit to every website. Based on the purpose of the site, the design and development has to be done with proper planning and… Continue reading 10 Best Designing Tips to Make Your Website More Effective