Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles

Dieter Rams’ design motto, “Weniger, aber besser” (“Less, but better”), has inspired many industrial designers in the past 50 years. Among them is Jonathan “Jony” Ive, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Design, who gave the world the simplistic yet refined designs of Macs, iPods, iPads, and iPhones. Rams believed that understanding people is the key… Continue reading Every Designer Should Know Dieter Rams’ Design Principles

The Value of UX Research in Product Development

When we talk about user experience, we quite often end up discussing UX Design. Some may even refer to UX and UX Design as a same thing, which they are not. Today I would like to draw your attention to the “pre-story” of amazing and usable design — user experience research. Let’s try to answer… Continue reading The Value of UX Research in Product Development

Frame: Quality Mockups for Your Product, Website or App

Frame is a service that enables you to create quick, high quality mockup of your product, website or app. Your uploaded images will be wrapped with real device context. It’s a professional tool for creating promotional materials. Frame is completely free for personal and commercial use. Their aim is to keep Frame free for general… Continue reading Frame: Quality Mockups for Your Product, Website or App

Product Showcase Websites: 30+ Beautiful and Attractive Examples

More than ever, the successful sales of products is becoming harder and harder in the cut-throat marketplace of today’s world. Getting your product or products viewed by your target audience takes a great deal of work and research both offline and online. Firstly, you have to know who your target audience actually are, then you… Continue reading Product Showcase Websites: 30+ Beautiful and Attractive Examples

How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

Over the years, I have spent quite a bit of time experimenting with product photography; sometimes more successfully than others. While I spend my days working as the editor of Psdtuts+, I often spend time in the evenings helping my wife by shooting photos of her jewelry. In this tutorial, I wanted to share the… Continue reading How to Quickly Isolate Product Photos Onto White Backgrounds Using Lightroom and Photoshop

All You Need to Know about Parallax Scrolling

Our generation has witnessed the evolution of website design in a major way. If you have been the child of the 1990s, you have experienced websites which were mostly text based. Based on the path of the table based sites and online page builders, flash designing, PHP and CSS, Java Scripts and Semantics, Web 2.0… Continue reading All You Need to Know about Parallax Scrolling

CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects

In this tutorial I will show you how to create CSS3 menu with bouncing effect. In thisCSS3 menu tutorial we will use keyframes to apply bouncing effect on menu. With thekeyframes rule, you can create animation. During animation you can change the style as much as you want. As you know how important is menu navigation on… Continue reading CSS3 Menu Tutorial : Cool Bouncing Effects