Posts Tagged design

Emerging New Design Trends

By Liam McCabe on September 14th, 2010 Category: Articles 3 Comments

Emerging new design trends

When designing a website, a poster or pretty much anything it is important to understand what is possible before you begin designing. For example, what software is available, what features are available within these software to produce the result you are looking for. Software and programming/markup languages are always changing with features being removed and added. This can lead to […]

Our 15 Favorite Mac Design and Development Applications

By Matthew on August 27th, 2010 Category: Articles 6 Comments

Our 15 Favorite Mac Design and Development Applications

There’s no shortage of web designers and developers working on Apple hardware. From part-timers and freelancers to major studios, it’s becoming rare to see a major development company without an assortment of Apple gear in the office. From giant iMacs to the in-need-of-an-update Mac Pro, most designers are quite comfortable with Cupertino’s most well-known company’s […]

30 Inspirational Email Newsletters

By Matthew Leak on August 24th, 2010 Category: Inspiration 6 Comments

Email newsletters are becoming more and more popular on the internet as businesses begin to use them as a viral way of communicating with their audiences/customers. They are, without doubt, great marketing and communication tools.  It allows your site visitors to be constantly kept ‘in the loop’ with what’s new and what’s to come in […]

7 Products that Changed the Visual Style of Their Industries

By Matthew on August 19th, 2010 Category: Articles 3 Comments

7 Products that Changed the Visual Style of Their Industries

The world of technology is packed with examples of disruptive design. From Apple’s near endless rollout of slick products to the hundreds of design-is-function startups that have popped up online, it’s difficult not to witness the way that sleek design and careful usability have entered the business world. It’s tempting to think that we’re in […]

Web and Graphic Designers from the Netherlands

By Callum Chapman on August 16th, 2010 Category: Inspiration 5 Comments

In this first post of the series, we’re featuring eight web and graphic designers (as well as studios) from the Netherlands: Yummy Gum, Erika van der Bent, The Olifants, Mark Dijkstra, Illutic Web Design, Rutger Ontwerp, Whoooz, and Jonnotie. The post in total features 40 great pieces of work. Windows 8 Theme In the next […]

20 Inspiring Textured Websites

By Matthew Leak on August 5th, 2010 Category: Inspiration 1 Comment

Textured Websites are becoming more and more popular. Mainly because adding simple, subtle textures to a design can really make a difference and improve the visual appearance. Textures can be anything: wood, metal, brick, even simple dust scratches. There are tonnes of great resources around the net that offer free high quality textures. Two of […]