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The logo design process. Dache: Logo Design Process. Previously, I have featured David Pache of Dache on WDW, an amazing logo designer from Switzerland.

Dache: Logo Design Process

He is known for designing unique and colorful logos. I'm very glad to have David to share his design process of the WebMYnd's logo. This case study (written by David himself) provides full creative brief and progress images from start to final. Read on to find out how David got inspired by Wassily Kandinsky's art (one of the most famous 20th-century abstract artists) to create this fantastic logo. Introduction Last year, I was approached by a startup who required a logo in order to launch a business in the US. The creative brief The main aspect of their brief was to create an identity which would communicate the idea of collecting everything you look at on the web in one place and to inspire the idea of extending your memory. Getting started Initially, I took the brief at face value and brainstormed some ideas. Because Studio — Design & Art Direction/Low Winter Sun. iPhone CSS—tips for building iPhone websites. 31 January, 2010 With the rapid rise in mobile browsers, it has probably never been more important to ensure your sites can be handled on these platforms.

iPhone CSS—tips for building iPhone websites

By far one of the most popular such browsers is Mobile Safari on the iPhone – this is one of the easiest browsers to develop for: it runs on Webkit (meaning a lot of rich CSS3 support) and it's only ever on one resolution and on one OS. N.B. This article addresses iPhone development and iPhone development only. There is no reason why you cannot or should not develop for other mobile devices and platforms, Apple or otherwise. The practical upshot of this is that you need to do no cross-browser testing, and can use all the CSS3 you like.

To start The first thing to remember when developing a site to be displayed on an iPhone is that it is very similar to designing a print stylesheet. Some people don't agree with browser sniffing, but you need to detect the iPhone somehow. <?

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Typography. Visual design. My projects. Games. Blog. 46 Sites To Get Inspired And Familiar With Hand Drawing Style. As You may notice in Year 2008 hand-drawn designs became one of the most popular creative trends, people tend to add more personal look and creative feel to their sites trying to stand out between traditional web 2.0 style, boxy layout sites.

46 Sites To Get Inspired And Familiar With Hand Drawing Style

Hand-drawn design not always necessarily mean sketched or hand-drawn, there can be also creative things we use everyday like pencils, erasers, stamps, notepapers, stickers – could continue so on, but I will show examples doing through detailed research – so You could understand what’s really represented with “Hand-drawn design”. And actually this trend is very natural since many designers still sketch up their sites on the paper at first and only then start to design actual site. I was really surprised when I read book “Nature Form Aesthetics” and noticed nature has already created everything, we just starting to realize it and through learning use those natural wonders for our own purposes. About Peach - The Peach Design. 40+ Places to Sell Your Designs Online. Whether you're a graphic designer, web designer or other creative professional, finding work in a down economy can be tough.

And what do you do when a client doesn't want your brilliant design, or you have no work to do to begin with? Why not sell those rejected designs as templates, and spend your downtime competing against other designers for projects without having to schmooze the client first? Here are over 40 sites where you can sell everything from logos to web templates, photos, WordPress themes, and much more. Have another site to recommend? Tell us more about it in the comments. Stock Marketplaces Graphic Leftovers - Sell logos, icons, illustrations, templates and more through this site. iStockphoto - Sell photos, illustrations, flash, video, and more through this quality-controlled site. CoSwap - Swap your designs or codes for something else you need, or sell your work outright. VectorStock - Sell vector stock images through this site. Custom Marketplaces.