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Redesigning a website is a big job (needless to say) and should be handled with care. Many of us with a portfolio, blog or other website have probably thought about a redesign or at least know we need one. For many designers, though, that redesign never comes. As big and important as it is, the job can turn into a hugely daunting task that we put straight on the backburner of our to-do list. Why is doing a simple redesign so daunting? Why is it so difficult to follow through, even when we’ve decided to do it?

Redesign: When To Relaunch The Site and Best Practices

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/11/11/redesign-when-to-do-it-and-best-practices/
http://webdesignledger.com/tips/most-used-and-abused-web-design-trends-of-all-time The year is 1999. You’ve just watched the Matrix, and it’s blown your mind. You sit down in front of your computer to work on a web design and then create or download an animated Matrix background for your Geocities website.

Most Used and Abused Web Design Trends of All Time | Web Design

10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To « Smashi

Design patterns were first described in the 1960s by Christopher Alexander, an architect who noticed that many things in our lives happen according to patterns. He adapted his observations to his work and published many findings on the topic. Since then, design patterns have found their place in many areas of our lives, and can be found in the design and development of user interfaces as well. In short, design patterns are solutions to recurring problems . By extension, UI design patterns are solutions to common user interface problems. http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/23/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/