Inspiring Typography and Color Schemes from Beverage Bottles

Here at WDL we believe that typography is always a great source of inspiration… and we never get tired of finding good examples to show our readers. Today we gathered a few breathtaking beverage bottles to show you that a good combination of typography and colors can deliver an amazing result. All these examples are from Lovely Package, a super inspiring site for package lovers. Click at the images to check out more about each design. (more…)

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24 Excellent Examples of Responsive Web Design

With the ever increasing popularity and wide spread use of mobile devices like the iPhone and iPad, it’s difficult to ignore the fact that websites are being viewed across various screen sizes. And it looks like the days of designing a site for one minimum resolution are almost gone. That’s why “responsive web design” is such a hot topic lately.

If you’ve yet to incorporate this concept into your web designs and you’re looking for examples, or if your simply in search of some responsive inspiration, you’ve arrived at the right place. Here are 24 excellent example of responsive web design in action. (more…)

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25 Examples of Big Typography in Web Design

Here at WDL we love typography and we are constantly showing our readers good typo usage, from print to logos, from web to random typographic works, we really feel the need to keep the juices flowing in that area, and we could not forget to mention all the free fonts we like to show you! So today we decided to show our love for typography gathering some examples of big typography in web design. From bold and colorful letters to delicate handwriting ones, you will find a lot of inspiring examples of how to get attention using typography, enjoy. (more…)

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Illustration Inspiration

Illustration is a pretty common element of web design and we already showcased a few lists of illustration in web design here: May/2011, Nov/2010 and Mar/2010. So today, to inspire your Friday we decided to gather a few examples of beautiful illustrations. From delicate to strong and colorful lines, you will find a lot of nice examples to make you start thinking about including illustration in your next project. (more…)

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20 Inspiring Food Related Websites for Your Delight

Food related websites are getting better and better. There are a lot of new apps and services being launched to help those that love food. From organizing recipes to suggesting new restaurants, there’s always something new popping up. So today we decided to gather some good examples to inspire you. You’ll see that food websites are usually great inspiration for things like using big and colorful photography, elegant typography, and occasionally subtle textures. Enjoy! (more…)

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Fresh Examples of HTML5 Websites

We already showcased HTML5 websites here a couple times (Apr 2011, Dec 2010, Aug,2010 and so on). And since a lot of sites are embracing the duo of CSS3 and HTML5, we decided to gather a new list, with some fresh examples of the new standard in use. Today we also gathered some interesting links so you can take your HTML5 knowledge to the next level. Also, make sure to check out Dive into HTML5, they have tons of useful information there. Enjoy! (more…)

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Excellent Examples of Package Design

Today we decided to change mediums and show you a collection of beautifully designed packages. As designers, most of us can find inspiration in almost anything, and something that I really like to do when I need some ideas is browsing around package design galleries. I believe we can get a lot of inspiration from packages, specially color schemes, use of typography, textures and proportions. Check out the examples we gathered here and click at the images to know more about each design. And remember, a good design can be recognized in any medium – from print to web, from packages to products. Enjoy! (more…)

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25 Examples of Footers in Web Design

As a user I really like to find a well designed footer in a website. I think it is nice to know that the designer was thinking about everything when putting the layout together, I feel happy to find a beautiful design “from header to footer.” And by that I don’t mean that the layout must be fancy, I just mean that is nice to find a nice image, illustration or simply well organized info and maybe some nice and elegant icons. So based in all that, today we decided to gather a list showing a few examples of footers in web design. And I have to say that this time around – we already showed footers here twice: nov/2010 and dec/2009 – it was harder to find interesting examples to show. Guess footers are being forgotten lately, what do you think? (more…)

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HDR Photos by Trey Ratcliff

Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet the great HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff, the guy behind the world famous travel photography blog Stuck in Customs in a really nice Photowalk around Stanford University. His photos are an explosion of colors, they are pure inspiration. I even remember the first time I saw his work, back in 2008, and I was not familiar with HDR, so the beauty of the images got my attention and I wanted to know more about the technique and the guy behind that blog. (more…)

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23 Inspiring Typographic Logos

A logo is the graphic representation of a company, it’s the company’s face, is the way people will relate to it, recognize it. Since here at WDL we love logos and typography, today we decided to gather a list of typographic logos to inspire you. The logos are clean, simple and really beautiful, and they show how simple logo design can be effective. (more…)

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