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Design Inspiration: Designers to Follow on Pinterest
I can be inspired by almost any type of visual, and Pinterest is one of …
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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 …
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A Quick Guide to Sans-Serif Fonts
If you go back and read my guide to serifs, you’ll notice a trend with …
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Designing Big: Tips for Using Oversized Layouts
For some projects any old design just won’t do. You need something big, bigger than …
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Pros and Cons of Flat Design
There’s not denying that flat design is the big thing in design these days. It’s …
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Using Flat Design in Web and Print Projects
We’ve talked a lot here at Designmodo about flat design – so you probably know …
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UI Principles for Great Interaction Design
Interaction design is a very common term today, but many designers and developers still don’t …
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Flat Design and Fonts
Flat is in. We’ve discussed the trend in depth here at Designmodo. And you have …
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How to Combine Typefaces
I recently finished reading Tim Brown’s new book “Combining Typefaces.” It’s 63 pages. You can …
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Top Usability Mistakes in Web Design
High-quality usability has been the center of discussions in the industry in the past ten …
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Principles of Flat Design
Flat design – the design community just can’t stop talking about it. And feelings are …
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How to Use Color and Space with a Typeface
I want to talk to you about Josef Albers. Albers was a teacher of art …
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Trends: Going Bigger with Typography
I like big type and I cannot lie … OK, that’s not exactly how 1990s …
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Making it Work: Flat Design and Color Trends
We’ve talked a lot here about the flat design trend here at Designmodo. We’ve raved …
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Trending Now: Designing With Video Backgrounds
Looking for a new approach to website design? Why not try video? Done right, using …
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Beautiful Examples of Flat Icons Design
Flat Design is one of the newest approaches in web design, aiming for simplicity and …
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Using the Parallax Trend to Create Visual Interest and Surprise
Cool scroll effects are begging to pop up on more and more site designs. The …
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How to Choose a Typeface
Something I hear from a lot of people is that, when choosing typefaces, they go …
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Negative Space is an Important Design Tool: Here’s Why
Seeing more white space in websites these days? You’re not alone. While white and negative …
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Reflections on Web Design Trends in 2013
Let’s try to reflect on today’s trends and look a bit ahead. Today, design is …
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Retro is Reborn: A Look at the Color Trend
What’s old is new again. That’s the way most trends seem to work anyway. Retro …
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Design Your Website for How People Read
How scientific is your approach to design? Could the look of your site benefit from …
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Designing for Retina Displays, Optimize Website for @2x Images
Do you know what exactly is Retina? Do you know what makes it amazing or …
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Skeuomorphism in User Interface Design, What is It?
In the last few weeks the debate over skeuomorphism has been getting more and more …