Humour in Web Design
August 24th, 2009 — 21 Comments
Web design is a serious business so it is nice to come across some humour now and again. Sure as designers and developers we generally enjoy our work but I don’t think there is enough comedy in the web design and development industries these days so I decided to do some research and see what is currently out there.
This is a look at the lighter side of web design, if you spot anything you find funny that isn’t here, please let us know in the comments.
Read more...Links of the Week 11
August 21st, 2009 — No Comments
The font-as-service, interview with the founders of Envato, blog effectively, alignment in design comic and advanced CSS selecting.
Links of Interest
The Font-as-Service
Elliot Jay Stocks, writing for I Love Typography, discusses the new wave of font services that aim to bring paid-for-fonts to the web.
Interview with Founders of Envato Collis and Cyan
A great insight into the minds that created the success of the Envato network. Must watch.
How to Blog Effectively
Great tips for bloggers or would-be bloggers to improve their work.
The Brads – Alignment in Design
A little lesson in alignment in the form of a web comic. A very fun and easy to digest method of learning.
Taming Advanced CSS Selectors
Smashing Magazine takes an extensive look at advanced CSS selectors.
Design of the Week
ngmoco’s plus
Plus is a social network for iPhone and iPod touch games. Now that ngmoco have released an SDK to third party developers they’ve also given their site an overhaul and it looks great.
Inspiration for the Weekend
The Design Inspiration
Found this site recently and it serves up a good mix of inspiration from various aspects of design.
Read more...Why Design Trends don't have to Completely Disappear
August 20th, 2009 — 10 Comments
Web design trends come and go but when one comes around you can’t miss it. That’s the nature of trends in the web design industry, with the ability to release something that the whole world can see immediately, designers are able to push their designs live very quickly which aides in popularising a trend.
A trend is defined in the dictionary as:
“a general direction in which something is developing or changing”
Usually most designers follow these trends resulting in a number of websites looking very similar in style.
Ever since I saw the guys From the Couch stating that ‘the letterpress trend has to go‘, I thought to myself that it still could have its place in design. Perhaps I wasn’t as bored of it as they clearly are.
Read more...Wallpapers of the Week 11: Typography
August 19th, 2009 — 2 Comments
Good typography is an art so be inspired by setting one of these as your desktop background.
37 Brilliant Examples of Transparency in Web Design
August 17th, 2009 — 39 Comments
Transparency in web design has been held back by IE6′s inability to display transparency in PNG files. Now that there are workarounds using javascript and the increasing lack of support for the aging browser transparency has become a viable option in web design.
All of the examples below make use of transparent PNGs.
Envato
Links of the Week 10
August 14th, 2009 — No Comments
Ultimate A/B testing recources, Think Geek background fade technique, reduce clutter, usability best practices for beginners and web browser elements to use in your designs.
Web Browser Elements
Downloadable browser elements in Photoshop files, such as radio buttons, separated by browser and operating system. Very handy for use in designs.
Ultimate A/B Testing resources and how I used them
Testing is an extremely important part of web design and this is a great collection of resources for A/B testing.
Think Geek Background Fade Technique (Screencast)
Think Geek have a cool background effect that changes the background from Robots to Zombies and this is a great screenshot showing just how simple but clever it is.
How to reduce clutter in web design
Reducing clutter is an important thing to do in web design so here are some tips to help you along the way.
8 Web Usability and Best Practices for Beginners
Usability best practices for beginners but even season pros can forget some of the simple things so it is always good to brush up on your knowledge.
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