Last week we showed you some good examples of White Usage in Web Design, and today, to go the opposite direction, we decided to gather some examples of dark colors in web design. Deciding when to go dark can be tricky, but the decision should always be about enhancing the content and the user experience. In this showcase you’ll see that the choice to use dark colors in each of these sites is appropriate and fitting. (more…)
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Visual identity is the “persona” of a company and creating one is a very changeling process. A designer must research and find the right inspiration to deliver an identity that will really represent a companies personality and philosophy. Today we will show you some nice images of different visual identity projects we found on Behance. You will find some details of each projects as well as some nice images about them. Make sure to click at the images to visit each designer page to know more about the identities. (more…)
Responsive web design continues to become more widely practiced. Because of that, as web developers and designers, we have more tools and resources that make it easier for us to create responsive web sites. So for today, we gathered 8 CSS Frameworks that will help you do just that. As you know, we never get tired of showing you tools to help you do your job, especially when it comes to something like responsive web design – something that is not only trendy, but useful and extremely user experience oriented. This is ever so important with the diversity of screen sizes you need to cover these days. (more…)
There has always been much debate on whether white is really a color. Someone who works with inks and pigments might argue that white is the absence of all color. While someone taking a more scientific approach would tell you that white has to be a color since it is the blending of all colors of light. (more…)
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The first step of the design process for every designer should be research. The research process is especially important for website and user-interface design, although it is often overlooked. This may be due to time constraints, bosses or clients who are ignorant of the design process or think it is unimportant, or it could be out of just plain laziness. Sadly, design research is often set aside because nothing tangible is seen to come from it, like a wireframe or a mockup, even though research always helps to create a better end result. (more…)
E-commerce websites are all over the internet. From ice cream to designer products, from your day to day grocery to hand made jewelry and almost anything you can think of, there is a website selling what you need online. Too bad that a lot of e-commerce websites don’t worry much with usability and user experience. But today we will show that there are e-commerce sites delivering well done designs, layouts that make your purchase a good experience, check it out. (more…)
Packages, when well designed, are a great source of inspiration. If you stop to analyze details such as shapes, colors, textures and typography, you will notice that package design is an art and we can certainly learn something from them. Today we gathered 23 examples of beautiful and clean package designs to show you that we can learn a lot from these designs. From color combinations to texture usage and type, these packages are pure inspiration. Make sure to click on the images to read more about each design and its designer. (more…)
The startup scene has been changing tremendously in a few short years with a heavy influence on mobile devices. The iOS App Store combined with Google Play brings about a large sense of innovation. Mobile app developers are constantly jumping from one trend to the next when building their ideas. And in today’s world it only takes one good idea to find yourself well ahead of the curve. (more…)
