Create Interest with a Novelty Typeface

Website DesignCarrie 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 next project? Maybe. Proceed with caution. Novelty typefaces can …

Typographic Style: Identifying Type Categories

DesignCarrie Cousins • October 09, 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 to effectively use fonts. Different typefaces can create …

5 Essential Contract Templates for the Freelance Designer

FreebiesVeronica Picciafuoco • October 05, 2012

You’ve heard this before: “Sign a written contract for every design job! And most importantly, sign it before starting to work!” What you don’t often hear is the answer to, “What do I have to sign, exactly?”. This is particularly …

Typography Basics: Understand the Language of Letters

DesignCarrie 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 own that relates to type, fonts and design. Read more: Typography Cheat Sheet …

Magnolia Free – Infographic PSD Template

FreebiesAndrian Valeanu • September 19, 2012

Magnolia Free is a package of elements used to create infographics. Infographics are a visual representation of data. Using infographics is quite comfortable, when you need to quickly and efficiently explain some complex information or statistical data. The infographics advantage …

Beware of Orange: Active and Controversial

DesignCarrie Cousins • August 30, 2012

We all dream in color. Every design concept and sketch comes with some sort of color association. But what do those colors mean? What associations are we making just with that choice alone? Orange could be called the most controversial color. …

Going Green: Color Connects with Nature

DesignCarrie Cousins • August 20, 2012

We all dream in color. Every design concept and sketch comes with some sort of color association. But what do those colors mean? What associations are we making just with that choice alone? Green is strongly associated with nature – green …

Collaboration in the User Experience Design Process

UX DesignMarcin Treder • August 07, 2012

This is the third part of our online course on wireframing and creating design documentation efficiently. In the first part you learnt what the difference between common design deliverables is: wireframes, mockups and prototypes. I hope you will enjoy the …

The Bricks – User Interface Framework

FreebiesAndrian Valeanu • August 06, 2012

The Bricks is a Free set of User Interface components designed to facilitate the creation of design or prototype for the future website. This package will help you save your time in the process of development of components, and will …

The Many Meanings of Yellow: From Warmth and Happiness to Caution

DesignCarrie Cousins • August 02, 2012

We all dream in color. Every design concept and sketch comes with some sort of color association. But what do those colors mean? What associations are we making just with that choice alone? Yellow is considered the brightest and most cheerful …