How to Combine Typefaces

Website DesignZolani Stewart • June 08, 2013

I recently finished reading Tim Brown’s new book “Combining Typefaces.” It’s 63 pages. You can buy it for less than $5 on FiveSimpleSteps, as a pdf or epub. Combining Typefaces is a dense book. It goes through a lot of …

Top Usability Mistakes in Web Design

UX Design, Website DesignChristian Vasile • June 07, 2013

High-quality usability has been the center of discussions in the industry in the past ten years, as it becomes more and more important for users. Good usability can also help build brand awareness and can generally improve a user’s opinion …

How to Create Color Transition with Blend Tool in Adobe Illustrator

Adobe ToolsIaroslav Lazunov • June 04, 2013

Topic: Adobe Illustrator Difficulty: beginner Estimated completion time: 15 minutes In this tutorial we will take a close look at the technique of creating blend objects that will help us to create smooth color transitions. We’ll also talk about the …

Spice up your Website with Organic Stuff – Best Practice

Website ExamplesNataly Birch • June 03, 2013

Earthy colors, wooden textures, grass photo backgrounds, crocket, flowering trees, pictures of animals and birds, and even regular illustrations and artworks of landscapes – all these instantly determine the organic style. Despite of seemingly apparent limitations of color scheme (it’s …

Free Flat Social Media Icons (PNG & PSD)

FreebiesAndrian Valeanu • June 02, 2013

Free Flat Social Media Icons (PNG and PSD)

Flat Social Media Icons is a collection of beautiful icons developed in the flat style. As you already know, we have issued several UI kits in the flat design style, namely Square UI and Flat UI, and we’ve decided to …

Pocket your music: Good Examples of Music-related Mobile App Designs

App DesignNataly Birch • May 31, 2013

In a world of mobile applications music-related programs occupy one of a leading position. They are definitely one of the most sought after. One of the main reasons for such popularity is that you not only become a happy owner …

Principles of Flat Design

Website DesignCarrie Cousins • May 28, 2013

Flat design – the design community just can’t stop talking about it. And feelings are strong. Most designers either can’t get enough of this trend, or absolutely hate it. I am somewhere in the middle. Good design is about creating …

Beautifully Designed Weather Mobile Apps

App DesignNataly Birch • May 27, 2013

Undoubtedly, mobile applications are at the peak of its popularity nowadays. Developers contrive to please us not only by great idea or advanced technical side, but also with gorgeous truly remarkable interfaces that can easily overwhelm any person by incredibly …

Website Designs with Depth Perception: Wonderful Examples

Website ExamplesNataly Birch • May 23, 2013

We are gradually getting used to the fact that professional designers don’t have limits; they just simply push boundaries of general conceptions and recreate whatever comes to their minds. One of the best examples confirming this notion is website design …

Interview with Designer: Dann Petty

Design, InterviewsPaula Borowska • May 21, 2013

I’ve admired Dann’s work since I’ve started in this industry; I found his work to be simply amazing and I’ve always wanted to achieve such sexy designs myself. I’m sure I am not the only one as Dann is a …