Designing Big: Tips for Using Oversized Layouts

Designing Big: Tips for Using Oversized Layouts

For some projects any old design just won’t do. You need something big, bigger than big even, over the top. That’s where using an oversized layout comes in. From big photos or video to backgrounds, photos and type, big layouts …

Peculiar Balance Asymmetrical Website Designs

Peculiar Balance Asymmetrical Website Designs

Developing website designs with a lopsided feel is a rather common approach nowadays. Majority of designers resorts to off-center landing pages in order to initially concentrate users’ attention on the most important things, recreating strong visual paths. An inability to …

15 Best Websites with Non-Standard Navigation

15 Best Websites with Non-Standard Navigation

Navigation is among the most important pieces of every single website. No content would be reachable without properly designed navigation that answers the questions “where am I?” and “where can I go from here?”. We got used to either a …

The Ultimate UX Design of a Google Glass App

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The Ultimate UX Design of a Google Glass App

This episode is special as instead of going through web and mobile apps Marcin explains the meanders of Google Glass Design – the first meaningful wearable computer. 1. Glass? Why should I care? When I heard about the Google Glass …

Cosmopolitan Touch – Website Designs featuring Urban Landscapes

Cosmopolitain Touch - Website Designs featuring Urban Landscapes

Recently we have showcased a collection of remarkable landscape themed website designs that leverage awe-inspiring outdoor images filled with purity and originality of a Mother Nature. Nevertheless, an organic vibe inherent in such embellishments doesn’t work out with every solution. …

Pros and Cons of Flat Design

Pros and Cons of Flat Design

There’s not denying that flat design is the big thing in design these days. It’s everywhere. And not just flat design, but now with almost flat design as well. The arguments about the validity and application of the style are …

Impressive Mobile App Interfaces Enriched with Textures

Impressive Mobile App Interfaces Enriched with Textures

When it comes to mobile app interfaces, textures as well as patterns are incredibly versatile tools. They serve various purposes: Add depth and richness to design; recreate true-to-life effects; highlight key elements; visually break up content into various functional divisions; …

Dominating Bold Type in Website Design: New Examples

Dominating Bold Type in Website Design: New Examples

What makes great website design great? Your answer will definitely vary: advanced animations, spectacular captivating photos, uncommon video intros, high-detailed artistic illustrations, flawless execution of popular styles, creative solutions and much more – all these aspects depend on kind and …

Ornamental Nature – Websites featuring Handwritten Fonts

Ornamental Nature - Websites featuring Handwritten Fonts

Hand drawn typography is no longer associated with doodles in average school workbook; it has firmly entrenched in print, graphic and web designs. Among all variety of adorned fonts that give the opportunity not only represent content in the best …

Knobs and Dials in Mobile App Interfaces

Knobs and Dials in Mobile App Interfaces

Initially belonging to the world of electronic devices, knobs and dials slowly but surely have transitioned into modern application UI. Such an outcome is not accidental; knobs and dials are intended to suit the needs both of simple users and …