Primer on Web-Based Grid Systems

Primer on Web-Based Grid Systems

What’s in a grid? A grid-style framework is the backbone to almost any web design project, providing the structure for your site as well as a way to organize content, elements and images. There are a variety of grid systems …

Designing Website Text for Readability

Louder

Text can be beautiful, simple, wild, engaging, exciting and a wide number of other things. It can stir emotion and helps users understand your message. Type can be a wide number of things but one thing is common – it …

Case Studies: Redesigning a Logo Can Be Tricky

New Logos

The logo is definitely the most important part of any brand. Its aim is to reveal the qualities of a product or of a society and to communicate what the company mission is. Logos should not be too processed or …

15 Responsive jQuery UI Snippets & Modules

Responsive jQuery UI Snippets & Modules

With responsive web design evolving as a must-have for every website, more user-interface related issues have started to come up when designing for mobile and tablet devices. In this showcase, we present 15 fresh and responsive jQuery snippets that enhance …

How to Use Color Filters for Fantastic Website Designs

A Look under the Color Filter Fantastic Website Designs Utilizing this Simple Technique

Who would have thought that such simple instruments as color and gradient can catalyze creativity and enormously enhance the website’s aesthetics in the modern world of advanced effects and intricate styles? Modern web designers prove that working a color filter …

15 Contact Pages Showcasing Great User Experience

15 contact pages with great user experience

When it comes to contact pages, they should have a wonderful user experience. Contact pages are the gateway to getting people to, well, contact you. If the page is not informative nor inviting it will be hard for a potential …

5 Best Practices for Single-Page UX Design

5 UX Best Practices for Single Page Websites

Everybody loves single-page websites. There is definitely some chemistry with this design trend. It has been around for quite a while, but it’s still on the rise and too many websites opt for it. A long time ago, having a …

Hot Navigation Design Patterns for Mobile

Hot Navigation Design Patterns for Mobile

Once someone starts using your application, they need to know where to go and how to get there at any point. If they can’t navigate through your application easily, you’ll quickly lose them. Thus, designing effective navigation in your mobile …

How To Create a Web Icon in Adobe Illustrator

How to Create a Web Icon in Adobe Illustrator

Ever wanted to design an icon for the web? Today is your day. In this tutorial you’ll learn how to design web icons. If you’re an icon addict, you probably already know the power iconography (the careful use of symbols instead of …

Hot User Input Design Patterns for Mobile

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Hot User Input Design Patterns For Mobile

For any mobile application, nothing will ever happen without some initial and ongoing input from the user. It is, therefore, critical that mobile product designers, developer and product managers understand the best ways to allow them to do so. Although …