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The Current State of Web Design: Trends 2010 - Smashing Magazine. Web design is a fickle industry.
Just like every other form of artistic expression, Web design has undergone a continuous and surprisingly fast evolution. Once a playground for enthusiasts, it has now become a mature rich medium with strong aesthetic and functional appeal. In fact, we are experiencing what could be the golden era of Web design — or at least the best period thus far. We have powerful new tools at our disposal (CSS3, HTML5, font-embedding, etc.), a plethora of freely available resources, a strong design community and also (if you needed any more!) Reliable support of Web standards in the major browsers. We’re seeing better interaction design and more aesthetically pleasing designs. Please note: this article is the first in our series on the current state of web design. 1. As designers, our job is to communicate ideas effectively. Attractive things work better and help focus and keep the user’s attention. 20Large version21 Further Reading Link 27Image source3128 FFFFound!
25 New Free High-Quality Fonts - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement Every now and then we look around, select fresh free high-quality fonts and present them to you in a brief overview.
The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually time you should be investing in your projects. We search for them and find them so that you don’t have to. In this selection, we’re pleased to present Pompadour Numeral Set, Lato, Crimson Text, Espinosa Nova, Musa Ornata, Spatha Sans, ColorLines, Roke1984, Neuton, Avro, Baurete and other fonts. Please note that some are for personal use only and are clearly marked as such. New High-Quality Free Fonts Pompadour Numeral Set1 (.eps, released under Creative Commons) A beautiful numeral font released by Andy Mangold under a Creative Commons license.
Lato2 (open-source sans serif) Lato is a san-serif typeface family. Crimson Text3 “Crimson Text is a font family for book production in the tradition of beautiful old-style typefaces. Mota Pixel32 Mota Pixel is a simple pixel font with simple roots. 10 The Most Cool Floating Staircase Designs. There are usually two kinds of people, ones that likes floating staircases and want to have them at their homes, and ones that think that such staircases are dangerous.
Floating staircases are usually very elegant, stylish and minimalist. They are perfect for modern interiors and for those people who like to live on the edge. Sometimes they have railings on the side, sometimes they haven’t. Ones that haven’t are defenitely dangerous so they could be used only if you haven’t kids. Some of floating staircases are good looking enough to become the centerpiece of the ground floor of any house. This minimalist steel staircase links the living room in the French flat to the owner’s private space underneath the roof. flat. This stylish floating staircase connects ground floor and private spaces in Iporanga House designed by Arthur Casas Studio. Inspired by rippling ribbon this staircase was designed by HSH Architects. This sculptural floating staircase is designed by Jordivayreda Projectteam. Data Visualization.