On occasion, you might have to work on a project that has unique layout or UI requirements – things that can’t be achieved with CSS alone. With projects like these, jQuery can be very useful. So for this post, we’ve rounded up some jQuery plugins that can help you accomplish some amazing things when it comes to enhancing web page layouts and User Interfaces. (more…)
I often read about designers who cannot stand freelancing yet continue to use this path for solid income. I suppose there is nothing wrong with hating your job, but some designers actually enjoy freelancing. It is not a career choice that many people would keep for decades. But it does offer a unique lifestyle of working on various projects and studying new trends. (more…)
DealPixel.com is a site where you can find discounts of 50% and above on stuff like Icons, Vectors, Premium WordPress themes, Photoshop actions, brushes, premium fonts, and much more. (more…)
Back in january we showed you some Creative Techniques for Single-Page Websites, and since the single page design trend is getting more and more attention from designers, today we decided to show you some inspiring examples of websites that have all their content in a single page. (more…)
Visual identity is what represents a company’s image. It’s that thing that we will see and will associate to a firm or a product. From logo to business cards, from website to package and everything else that you may use to represent your product, your name – everything is part of the visual identity. It is always nice to see some beautiful and well designed visual identities, to check out how designers approach the task of creating the “face” of a brand. Today we gathered some examples that will show you beautiful type, textures, colors and other details that may inspire you for your next project. (more…)
Birthed in May 2010 in an article by Ethan Marcotte published on A List Apart called “Responsive Web Design“, this device-independent design philosophy has spread like wild fire amongst the design and development community. Evidence of the larger business community embracing responsive web design began in 2011 with notable redesigns of Starbucks, Time Magazine and Boston Globe websites. It’s no surprise given the rapid increase in the number of different devices used to surf the web – phones, tablets, handheld gaming devices, consoles, refrigerators and who knows what else in the near future. Our recent article “21 Fresh Examples of Responsive Web Design” highlights some fantastic websites that showcase the beauty and capability of Responsive Web Design. (more…)
Creating a responsive web design goes way beyond arranging things in a way that won’t compromise the look of your website in different screen sizes. Even tough we talk a lot about responsive web design, we are all figuring out the best way to go about developing a responsive site. One of the best ways to approach the issue is checking out tools that may help you with the task. However, there are a lot of tools out there, and it can be difficult to sort through them all. So for this post, we gathered some of the ones we find the most useful. (more…)
Typography is certainly a huge part of a design. It doesn’t matter if it is web design, print or packaging, the right typography can get the attention of users, setting a project apart from all the others, showing the importance of choosing the right type for your design. Today we gathered some inspiring examples of typography in web design to show you different approaches of websites that will get your attention. Enjoy. (more…)
Here at WDL, we like to gather all types of freebies for our readers. We know designers need as much resources as they can get to keep their designs fresh and beautiful. Since fonts certainly play an important role in a design and also because we know you can never have enough fonts at your disposal, today we gathered a new round for you to use in your projects. Enjoy. (more…)
Web design isn’t what it used to be. Web design used to be a fixed process. Except for some browser quirks here and there, and for the regular lockdown of creativity of course, it was a fairly straightforward operation. It used to be the defining of a canvas and as long as we kept the design within the 960 horizontal pixels of a grid, everything would be safe and sound. (more…)
