Fancy Scrolling Sites

In the last year or so, there's been enough sites that do fancy things when you scroll down that it's kind of a trend. I thought I'd blog it, you know, for the sake of history. By "fancy things" I mean something happens when scrolling down besides the site scrolling down. Elements might move around in unexpected ways or change their size/shape/color/content in some way. It's easier to just experience some of these yourself than listen to me try to fumble through explaining it. So how do they do that? JavaScript. Know any others? Add them in the comments. Share On

Media Queries Foundry Co 40 Professional Examples of Letterhead and Print Work The Internet is an incredibly powerful tool for the modern business owner. It’s possible to share contact information with people all across the world in just a few seconds. But when it comes to actually doing business you’ll always want to be working in person. This is where print design and branding effects come into play. Many professional companies will at least print some business cards for their employees, but others gather a whole set of print identity. In the spirit of our modern digital era I have collected 40 instances of professional letterhead designs. B’seen Visual Identity Cooper & Ford Freq Nightclub Lewin Consulting Nada Identity A Cowboy’s Dream Herofilm Branding Metrio Coffee Prospectacy. Freestyle Print Typography Stationery Coroa de Alvalade Rooftop Stationary Snowball Studios Creso Wockbar Bexleys Rick Turner Photographer Ikusgune The Foreign Policy Stationery Set CloserStill eau de relax Ionik Tadawi Hospital G-Man Sunshine Orchard Dandelion Club Mercer People Solutions A+B Arkitektura

26 Polished White Letterpress Business Card Designs Get the FlatPix UI Kit for only $7 - Learn More or Buy Now Marketing is a huge part of building any company. And with proper marketing comes human networking which often involves the exchange of business cards. These bits of paper often contain information about your website, phone number, e-mail address, and location of your company headquarters. With letterpress style business cards the type of relief printing uses a printing press accessible to a type-high bed. Cleverly Cut Forget Technology KG Creative Justin Anonuevo Bulldog Drummond Distillery thomas + kristine White Wedding Good Apples Kim Bentley Scarpetta Colleen Elise Scott Salvator Dariana Cruz Tiago Identity Kitchen Portland Sportsman Ryan Prins Yaili Samer Ziadeh Doug Maranda Jessica Morresy Jacob Ward Faber Design Duplex About Jake Rocheleau Jake is a digital researcher and writer on many popular design magazines.

David Airey, graphic designer How To Create a Cool Abstract Radial Pattern Design Whenever I’m stuck for tutorial ideas I always seem to be able to fall back on my typical ‘Chris Spooner’ style of cool abstract patterns people seem to enjoy. We’ve used similar techniques on the 3 poster a couple of years ago and more recently on a colourful abstract poster. Follow this latest step by step guide to create a cool abstract design complete with radial pattern and alternating colours. The design we’ll be creating this time makes use of a radial pattern that draws in the viewer to the centre. Create a new document in Adobe Illustrator at the dimensions of your preference and draw a rectangle across the whole artboard. Toggle on Smart Guides (CMD+U) and draw a small circle from the centre of the rectangle. Go back to Object > Blend > Blend Options and adjust the settings to Specified Steps with a count of 8. Draw a line from the centre of the document, then with the Pen tool add a point at the halfway point. Select the concentric circles and go to Object > Expand.

Free web design resources & layered PSD files on Freebies Booth Keep That New Year’s Resolution and Make the Leap From Print to Web Design You’ve been designing for print since college and have an eye for what makes visuals work. But the landscape has changed (and for some, might even look a little scary). So when the ball dropped at the start of 2012, your resolution was to learn a little more about the digital side of it all and make yourself that much more marketable. Now is the time to get started. Coding for Beginners Sites such as Codeacademy and Carl Herold’s Higher Computing for Everyone allow users to learn the basics of computer coding at no cost. Codeacademy, which started in the summer of 2011, boasts more than 500,000 users and received $2.5 million from investors to finance the venture in October, according to The New York Times. The bonus for Codeacademy is that the lessons are structured in an almost game-like way, allowing you to earn achievement badges for finishing lessons and sharing them online. The game-like atmosphere of Codeacademy is fun. Learn HTML HTML Dog’s lessons are much more of a guided tour.