Design

Using the Rule of Thirds as a Grid Outline

Carrie Cousins • October 31, 2012

Designers talk about grid structures all the time. It’s not surprising. Grids are the backbone of just about any design project. But what about the rule of thirds – a...
Metro User Interface: Description and Web Design Examples

Adrian • October 29, 2012

The new Metro style interface is a key feature of Windows Phone 7 mobile OS. But no the only one: it is already clear that this user interface arrangement will be used by...
Feeling Comfortable with Wireframing

Chaz • October 25, 2012

Wireframes can be shaped in different types of fidelity and there are not always specific guidelines on what to do and follow in order to achieve the purpose of your wireframe. In...
Interview with Designmodo Designers and First Milestone

Adrian • October 22, 2012

This week DesignModo passed the milestone of 1 000 000 Downloads and 10 000 Sales! We were able to reach these numbers in just six months (our first collective release was made in...
Create Interest with a Novelty Typeface

Carrie Cousins • October 19, 2012

Novelty typefaces are everywhere. They are some of the most commonly found free font available for download and can be fun and interesting. But will a novelty font work for your...
A (Background) Picture is Worth 1,000 Words: Using Photo Backgrounds in Web Design

Carrie Cousins • October 11, 2012

Using a photo as the background image for a website is becoming more and more popular. Great images are hard to beat. They sell your site, draw in visitors and can be a great way...
Typographic Style: Identifying Type Categories

Carrie Cousins • October 9, 2012

Typography is about so much more than just picking a couple of fonts and working them into a design. A designer must understand some of the basic characteristics of type in order...
Contrast and Meaning in Design

John Lewis • September 27, 2012

If you are a designer, your work should convey a meaning. Therefore it is important that you have familiar with the mechanisms by which points in addition to concepts attain this...
Typography Basics: Understand the Language of Letters

Carrie Cousins • September 25, 2012

Sometimes the toughest part of getting started with a first design project can be understanding the language of design. Typographers, for example, have a whole language of their...
The Future of User Experience Design

Marcin Treder • September 12, 2012

Welcome to the last part of our course on wireframing and documenting design. Hope you’ve enjoyed the course – I’m looking forward to hearing your feedback. Today, to sum up...