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  Nataly Birch • November 12, 2013

  Well-Groomed Vibrant Calendar Widget Designs for Mobile Apps

  Calendars are not only integral parts of many different applications but they are also standalone widgets that normally adorn the home screen of your mobile device. There are bunch of programs that are aimed to feature well-organized and properly crafted …

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  Nataly Birch • November 01, 2013

  Touch of Slanted Direction Website Designs Featuring Diagonal Lines

  Generally lines are inseparably associated with a direction, naturally guiding users’ eyes from one point to another. This concept is quite often applied in website design, where instruments that are able to create visual hierarchy and demonstrative paths are highly …

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  Nataly Birch • October 30, 2013

  Use of Transparency in Website Design, Examples

  The transparency has become widely popular among web developers after the CSS managed to provide developers with essential tools that are responsible for controlling this feature. Nowadays, you can easily set a specific level of transparency to any of your …

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  Nataly Birch • October 25, 2013

  Creative Single Page Website Designs, Examples

  Keep on scrolling and you quickly and easily get all content you need, spiced up with thrilling illustrations, artistic graphics and various dynamic stuff. There is no unnecessary surfing through the inner structure, iterative clicking or jumping from link to …

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  Nataly Birch • October 21, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • October 18, 2013

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

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • October 10, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • October 03, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • September 30, 2013

  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. …

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  Nataly Birch • September 25, 2013

  Modern Lock, Home, Start and Login Screens used in Mobile Apps

  Today we are going to take a gander at various basic and fundamental functional screens that are intrinsic to the majority of mobile applications as well as a mobile operating system. Our discussion is particularly centered on the home screen, …

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  Nataly Birch • September 22, 2013

  Glossy and Transparent Elements in Mobile App Interfaces

  Transparency – is an effect that works well both on a large and small screen. It is skilled in creating contrast and a firm foundation for navigations, control centers and content, providing them with solid layouts. It is also able …

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  Nataly Birch • September 20, 2013

  Tricky Balance: Great Examples of Content Heavy Website Designs

  In the world of information overload, content-heavy website designs are slowly but surely becoming the usual thing. And this feature is not only typical for eCommerce and news-related websites, but also for a great deal of other regular websites such …

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  Nataly Birch • September 19, 2013

  Sleek Charts and Graphs Mobile Apps featuring Statistics

  We are surrounded by a huge amount of information traffic that sometimes is difficult to comprehend in its pristine form. In order to skillfully interpret quite boring statistics designers to employ verily unique methods that generally involve simple but effective …

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  Nataly Birch • September 16, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • August 26, 2013

  Cosmopolitan 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. …

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  Nataly Birch • August 23, 2013

  Dynamic and Vivid Sport-related Website Designs

  Sports websites definitely fall into a special category. They aren’t frequent participants of famous online website designs galleries and they certainly won’t fascinate you with eye-popping illustrations, shocking adornments or complicated animations. As a rule, having to content heavy layouts …

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  Nataly Birch • August 19, 2013

  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; …

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  Nataly Birch • August 14, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • August 09, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • August 06, 2013

  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 …

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  Nataly Birch • July 24, 2013

  Modern Take on Minimalist Landing Page only Type and Photo

  Typography and photo backgrounds are fundamentals that every modern website has in common. Those two ideas, first and foremost, greet users on the website, familiarizing them with the slogan, a brief description, and navigation as well as establishing due ambiance …

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  Nataly Birch • July 15, 2013

  Vertical Navigation Implementation of Side Menu in Mobile Apps

  Side menu is nothing new: various website designs and desktop applications include sidebar menus in order to make users’ experience more convenient and interface more comprehensive and user-friendly. Although mobile apps are more accustomed to conventional horizontal navigation (since the …

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  Nataly Birch • July 12, 2013

  Vibrant Status Indicators – Mobile App Interfaces with Loading and Progress Bars

  According to surveys, people want progress indicators, especially when it comes to various digital applications. Full understanding of the current situation or running process is truly vital for us. In addition, they are really powerful tools when we need to …

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  Nataly Birch • July 07, 2013

  Website Designs Inspired by Landscapes

  Full screen intricate backgrounds, that are enormously popular with modern designers, don’t get tired to boost up our inspiration. Taking advantage of visually stunning and truly attractive wide photos or illustrations, designers use them as excellent foundations that give website …