21 Beautiful Examples of Big Images in Web Design

Big images can certainly create a big impact in a design, and I believe this is why more and more websites are starting to use big images to deliver nice and beautiful visuals to their viewers. Something that is good about this trend is that designers are using images combined with clean and minimal designs, layouts where images take the center stage and everything else complements it. It’s also important that when using huge images, designers optimize them the best they can to deliver a good user experience, which is great.

Today we gathered some beautiful examples of websites using big images and you will see that from full screen photos to header images and more, there are several ways to incorporate images in your website. (more…)

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15 Fresh Freebies from Dribbble

Designers always need new elements to make each of their projects look amazing. And this is why it’s important to have a lot of resources to count on. This is why today we gathered some fresh freebies from dribbble to give you some new options for your next project. From icons and player widgets to login forms, UI kits and more, we have a lot of well designed freebies for you. Click on the images to go to the project’s page to download it and learn more about each design. (more…)

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30 Minimal Logo Designs for your Inspiration

Your logo is your face. It is how you present your brand to your audience. It is how you want people to see you. Designing the right logo is a very tricky process, especially because you want to visually impress your audience without overwhelming them. You want to get their attention for the right reasons. This is why I love minimal logos. Following the trend of minimalism in web design, minimal logos can also be very inspiring. So today we gathered a collection of inspiring minimalistic logos to show you. Here you will be able to see that a lot of times the simple path can deliver amazing results. (more…)

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21 Inspiring Examples of Contact Pages and Forms

A website should have a clear an obvious way for visitors to get in touch with the site’s owner. This is normally done with a contact page. It doesn’t mater if you are a designer, creative studio, shop or anything else, it is important that your audience can easily find how to get in touch with you. And of course it is even nicer if your audience can find a contact page/form that shows your personality – something that shows that you care about your viewers and that you want them to contact you. To show you how to approach the “contact page” we gathered nice examples, showing that from super clean options to colorful ones, from minimal footers to complete drop down forms and maps, there is always a a creative approach you can take when designing a contact page. (more…)

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8 jQuery Plugins for Layout and UI Enhancements

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…)

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The Benefits of Working on Freelance Projects

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…)

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$500 Apple Store Gift Card Giveaway from DealPixel

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…)

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21 Inspiring Single Page Websites

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…)

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Beautiful and Inspiring Visual Identity Projects

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…)

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Responsive Web Design Workflow Considerations

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…)

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