There are certain things in user interfaces that are eternal. Whatever the trend is — skeuomorphic, minimal, flat — designers will adapt to the current situation. One of the integral bricks of any good design is icons. As a clear …
Images and videos are the most popular options when it comes to enhancing website homepages. But are they the only techniques that form strong first impressions and make websites stand out? No one can argue with the fact that these …
Color is a traditional design tool. Can you imagine a website without color? Despite its significance and importance in an era of animation, WebGL experiments and VR, it obediently stays in the shadow most of the time. Pantone picks a …
From left to right (or for such languages as Arabic or Persian from right to left), from top to bottom that is our accustomed path of exploring things in the books, documents, websites, advertisements, pamphlets, etc. In general, horizontal orientation …
For a long time, web interfaces were the places where balance, proportion and symmetry were considered to be the signs of good taste and attributes of great design. Everyone was struggling to achieve complete harmony and equilibrium of details. But …
With interaction design showing up pretty much everywhere, animation is finally being perceived not only as a tool for entertaining visitors but as an instrument for improving the user experience. From tiny dynamic effects that enliven parts of the UI …
For all those who adore the beauty of simplicity obtained by regular geometric shapes and modular layouts, there is an excellent solution. It is the block reveal effect and it is pretty trendy. It ideally refines interfaces as well as …
Every other website seems to include a full-screen slider. It is a tested way to quickly and unobtrusively interest users with important stuff such as featured products or portfolio pieces. Its realization is pretty banal. In a nutshell, it is …
Great places – great interfaces: That can be definitely said about the contemporary travel websites. Whether it is an page for a local hotel or a feature-heavy portal that belongs to big holiday company, it fantastic interfaces are user magnets. …
An Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is quite a powerful instrument as an online application for quickly composing and sharing code snippets through a natural, intuitive and handy interface. The latter offers live previews and separate windows for CSS, HTML and …
Modern web technologies open up new horizons for the creatives. If you still mourn the death of Flash, then you are likely to miss unique and ample opportunities provided by WebGL, HTML5 and other advanced libraries and languages. The time …
The pressure-sensitive screen of iPhone 6s and 6s Plus comes with plenty of potential; and brand-new cutting-edge feature, 3D Touch, is here to unlock it and turn to your advantage. The gadgets are able to measure the degree of pressure …
Flexbox layout is perhaps one of the most long-awaited features in CSS. It is the “talk of the town.” It is suitable for tablet and mobile applications and small-scale layouts, however, its enormous potential allows it to deal with all …
As Wiki states, a Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image that brings out its middle tones and highlights. Blue, brown, red and yellow are considered to be the everyday choices. However when it comes to enthusiastic web designers, …
A digital review is a place where the infographic style meets the current trends. While traditionally formal assessments are considered to be boring and insipid; however, when it comes to website design sphere, everything takes a whole new look. With …
We are no longer talking about typography only in the context of characteristics of the typeface such as size, weight and style that are aimed to display text; it means much much more. It is an art with a broad …
In website production, there are lots of important factors that affect workflow and the final result, including time. No one can argue that time and money are tightly connected: saving time means gaining extra money, so everyone tries to use …
Modern technologies stimulate web agencies to test limits, come up with ingenious and ambitious ideas and bring incredible concepts to life. Websites with engaging and sophisticated interactive walks are one of the fresh outcomes of pushing the boundaries. They are …
Sports is a huge industry. It is an integral part of our existence. Whether you are a world-class athlete or just an ardent fan of soccer, you can’t imagine life without it. The number of websites and applications dedicated to …
With the growth of mobile app designs, symbols that visualize various standard commands have become one of the sought-after kinds of graphical tools. They are used to enrich presentations of products and serve as accompanying material for multi-touch devices. There …
Taglines, slogans and other welcome messages are one of the most common instruments of verbal communication with users in website design. They untiringly mark front pages and set the tone of the project. Although we are accustomed to images and …
Planets, asteroids, stars, galaxies, black holes, satellites, aliens, rockets, astronauts, moons: We begin our incredible space odyssey. Let’s take off the ground and explore uncharted regions of the universe brought to life by gifted web designers and developers. The cosmic …
As we wave goodbye to 2015, it’s a good time to look back on some of the great design this year has had to offer. Many of the trends of 2015 showed up in the best website designs (and redesigns) …
In terms of color psychology, black is associated with mystery, aggression, evil, authority, elegance and strength. It can convey a broad range of feelings and emotions, covering both bad and good, and producing a high effect. It is widely used …