Nataly is a web developer from Sevastopol, Ukraine with a passion for web design, email design, and IT writing.
Non-static websites is totally not a brand-new concept. At the beginning, it was Flash-powered websites that impressed us with its fantastic animations and astounding effects, and today they “have passed the baton” to the next more sophisticated and lightweight HTML5-based …
Being a basic photo effect for a long time, blurred backgrounds only recently have become a quite popular tool among web designers that had noticed its remarkable ability to help elements to stand out. Such approach rather readily, unobtrusively and …
Navigation is a highly complex concept and of course, an integral component of every web project. Being some kind of a gateway into main sections, basically it is a list of links that is responsible for a comfortable and handy …
Although the year draws to a close, the flat style is still at the peak of its popularity, and is unlikely to leave us the next year. We have featured numerous informative articles regarding to this topic starting from Flat …
The dark interfaces that always differ from others by its mysterious and sometimes a slight brutal appearance always invite designers’ attention. As color theory implies, such UIs convey their own compelling and mighty spectrum of feelings that are really hard …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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 …
