Interview with Designer: Marc O’Brien

Interview with Designer: Marc O’Brien

I took the liberty of interviewing an amazing designer, Marc O’Brien who calls himself a social designer and creative facilitator. He prides himself on leading workshops which address challenges through unique exercises which result in unexpected solutions that achieve a …

Dip into Childhood – Cartoon Style Website Designs

Dip into Childhood - Cartoon Style Website Designs

One way to exclude boredom from your website is to utilize the whole power of artistry, incorporating amazing cartoonish illustrations. Use of hilarious mascots, imaginary scenes, breathtaking fictional landscapes and cooked-up characters spice up any website design, making it not …

Headlines and Taglines Set in Subtle and Slim Type in Web Design

Headlines and Taglines Set in Subtle and Slim Type

Recently we have published an article dedicated to using bold dominating type typography in website design. It definitely has its own advantages over others, but there are some cases, when powerful all-embracing fat type looks inappropriate and ruins all the …

What’s the Difference Between a Web Designer and Web Developer?

What’s the Difference Between a Web Designer and Web Developer?

Almost everywhere you look someone is talking about or calling themselves either a web designer or web developer. But what does it all really mean? Who really is a designer or developer? Can you be both? While this can be …

A Quick Guide to Sans-Serif Fonts

A Quick Guide to Sans-Serif Fonts

If you go back and read my guide to serifs, you’ll notice a trend with the shape of serif type overtime. As you move from old humanist type to the slick Modern serif, the stroke contrast is more apparent, the …

Clean and Neat Outline Components in Website Design

Clean and Neat Outline Components in Website Design

Transparent outline boxes are quite rare components in a website design. In order to use them properly and effectively, the project should have a solid foundation that will provide a striking contrast between background and foreground elements. Certainly, such a …

Eye-Catching Mobile App Interfaces with Sleek Gradient Effect

Eye-Catching Mobile App Interfaces with Sleek Gradient Effect

With iOS 7 we took a fresh look at gradient effect that, to be honest, is one of the simplest embellishments in designers’ toolkit. It has numerous variations that can either liven up or, vice versa, ruin the design, crucially …

Collection of Modern eCommerce Websites

Collection of Modern eCommerce Websites

Today it is tougher and tougher for eCommerce website to stand out from one another as there are simply so many of them. However, some find a way to do any anyhow by implementing modern and cutting edge designs that …

Touch of Perfect Shape Website Designs Featuring Circular Navigation

Touch of Perfect Shape Website Designs Featuring Circular Navigation

A perfect, some say ‘divine’, shape of a circle always captured the attention of designers that got used to sharp, hard-edged rectangular forms of buttons, frames of images, and columns that are quite often can be found in website layouts. …

The Battle of the Product: Communication in the Design Process

The Battle of the Product: Communication in the Design Process

In this article Marcin Treder of UXPin – The UX Design App explains the principles of optimizing design process and spreading a design-centered culture across the organization. If you want to learn more on theory and practice of delivering remarkable …