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  Create a Mobile User Experience

  Carrie Cousins  •  February 15, 2013

  The mobile user experience is one of the hottest design topics to date. What do mobile users want and expect? How can designers and developers better create great sites for users...
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  Year of the Snake Begins Feb. 10: How You Can Use it in Projects

  Carrie Cousins  •  February 8, 2013

  Are we about so see more snakes and s-curves trending in design? According to the Chinese calendar, the year of the snake begins on Feb. 10, and in many years the animal...
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  Flat Design: Can You Benefit from the Trend?

  Carrie Cousins  •  January 31, 2013

  Flat design – a concept popular many years ago in design – is making a comeback. With many redesigns and new websites employing a flat design scheme, the trend is appearing...
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  Successful Web Design Comes Down to the Details

  Carrie Cousins  •  January 29, 2013

  The start of a great site design begins as a sketch but what it really comes down to is the details. It’s the little things that can take a site design from average to...
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  What’s Hot Now: Infographics for Your Site

  Carrie Cousins  •  January 10, 2013

  Nothing seems to be hotter right now than the infographic. You can thank Pinterest for allowing us to share them all and startups like Visual.ly for helping designers everywhere...
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  Working with Color: Create a Monotone Design Scheme

  Carrie Cousins  •  December 18, 2012

  Creating a dark color scheme can result in a beautiful, elegant design. There are a variety of ways to do it, from creating pop with sharp contrast or working with a more monotone...
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  Design Tools: Website Review UICloud

  Carrie Cousins  •  December 10, 2012

  Ever wish you could search one place for user interface design tools? There are so many icons, buttons, navigation elements and forms out there. And it is tough to find them all...
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  Get in on Gamification: Tips for Building Easy Site Badges

  Carrie Cousins  •  December 4, 2012

  It seems like almost every website is adding a game to its interface these days. Are these play-along gimmicks just a fad? Or is the game add-on something that your site needs?...
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  Tools for Identifying Fonts and Creating a Palette

  Carrie Cousins  •  November 22, 2012

  Typography is a big part of web (or any) design project. It can be a fun, but also challenging process for those who are uncomfortable with the basics of typography. But it is...
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  Design Stereotypes: Masculine and Feminine Design Techniques

  Carrie Cousins  •  November 9, 2012

  A user’s first impression of your site can be a lasting one. In the first few seconds, a person decides to stick with your content or move on. They will also make decisions...