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Ignore the design, please

“Hey, I want to show you something I built. Ignore the design please, it is not finished yet.” From school science fair projects to real world … [Read more...]

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What’s new for designers – January 2012

The January edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, jQuery plugins, color tools, and a number of … [Read more...]

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5 Traits of a Successful Icon Designer

What makes a successful icon designer? Is it their skills in digital rendering, the clever ideas they have or is it something else? The truth is, … [Read more...]

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Top 10 Don’ts of Brochure Designing

Marketing your product is very important these days but marketing it the right way is more important. We all know that there are lots of marketing … [Read more...]

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How to Pick the Right Color Palette for Your Designs

Color is very important especially to designers. A design would certainly look dull without the element of colors. No doubt, colors are indeed very … [Read more...]

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Focusing on Good Design, Not (Just) Good Decoration

Time and time again, we mistake good decoration for good design. When we are looking for inspiration, we go to the same websites and the same … [Read more...]

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The Keys to Organic Designs

In the world of design we all tend to have our processes and approaches that rule how we craft our work. This is essential for most of us in the field … [Read more...]

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How to Design for People of Different Ages

Every product has a target audience to cater to and when a designer is given a responsibility to create a website for a certain product; he should … [Read more...]

Designing With Tablets in Mind: Six Tips to Remember

Today I’m going to recap some concrete considerations you should make in order to make sure your web design is optimized for use on a touch-based … [Read more...]

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The Artwork of Jeff Huang

In late 2008 we introduced you to the work of Jeff Huang. Huang is a designer and Depthcore artist living in New York City who specializes in digital … [Read more...]

The Close Relationship Between Gestalt Principles and Design

Inspiration and creativity always follow recognizable patterns which come from culture and social trends to be effective. To works well design has to … [Read more...]

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A Guide on How to Design a Magazine Cover that Will Stand Out

Magazines are published in regular schedule with variety of articles in it and are usually financed by advertising, purchase price and subscriptions. … [Read more...]

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A Brief Guide to Getting Started in Identity Design

This isn’t going to be your typical tutorial in the sense that it’s not so much about technology as it is about design itself. It really doesn’t … [Read more...]

Making Communication Valuable

Design without functionality is useless. With the resources needed to design websites, videos and graphics at the fingertips of those who crave them, … [Read more...]

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The Lost Art Of Design Etiquette

Endless layers in Photoshop. Overstuffed image folders. That jQuery plug-in that has 12 files associated with it. Hundreds or thousands of individual … [Read more...]

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Tips in Designing a Great Brochure

Brochures or pamphlets are types of leaflet that is seen in racks or stands featuring various information. It is frequently used to give information … [Read more...]

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Effective Tips on How to Design Billboard Advertisements

Billboards are large advertising structures placed alongside busy roads to be noticed by drivers and passing pedestrians. It is sometimes called … [Read more...]

Graphic Design Basics for Non-Designers

Sometimes you don’t have a graphic designer on staff. So what do you do when you need to mock up templates for business cards or letterhead? With … [Read more...]

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Using White Space (or Negative Space) in Your Designs

Space is a fundamental parameter in web design, but also one of the most underrated. If we grasp control of white space, we can control a subtle, but … [Read more...]

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Easy Steps to Improve Your Graphic Design Skills

Improvement is one thing that everyone would like to have. All of us want to be better in every field we are in so that we can offer more to our … [Read more...]