Web Design Trends for 2010

Purists will say that great design is timeless. Yes, in an ideal world, we should ignore trends. Pragmatically speaking, though, there is a lot of value in monitoring and incorporating design trends, especially with regard to websites. Let’s face it: the web changes at a rapid pace. Unlike in other media, design trends on the web are not just driven by aesthetics. Technology is changing that can drastically alter the capabilities of the medium. In 2010, we’re seeing designers continuing to push the boundaries of web design, setting the following clear trends… Print Design Print design has always been a source of inspiration for the web. Serif Fonts One of the most important issues of typography is legibility. Sans-serif fonts have generally been considered easier to read on the screen. Big Headings Print designers have been using big headings to grab attention for ages. This trend started in 2009 and has only grown in popularity. Multi-Column Layouts Big Lead Image Diagrams and Infographics

20 Fresh High Quality Free Fonts - Smashing Magazine Every now and again we take a look around, select “fresh” high-quality free fonts and present them to you in a brief overview. The choice is enormous, so the time you need to find them is usually the time you should be investing in your current projects. We search for them and we find them, so you don’t have to. In this selection we’re glad to present you Kilogram, Adelle, Ayita Pro, Hattori Hanzo Typeface, Andron, Tertre, Luxi Sans, Sapir, Otari and a couple of other high-quality free fonts. Please read the license agreements carefully before using the fonts — the license can change from time to time. 20 Fresh High Quality Free Fonts Link Kilogram5A very bold, striking and unique font which may perfectly serve for headlines. Luxi Sans8A very clean and legible sans-serif font that can be used for headings and body copy. Otari Bold Limited10 (Registration is required)Otari is vibrant and contemporary, but serious and built to last. Andron20 (Private use only!) Reminder Link Last Click Link

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30 New Free High-Quality Fonts - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Every now and then we look around, select fresh high-quality free 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 current projects. We search for them and find them so that you don’t have to. In this selection, we’re pleased to present Piron, Nobile, St Marie, Code, Arcus, Crimson Text, Quadranta, Juice, Prociono, Mr Jones, Ibarra Real and various useful symbol fonts. New Free High-Quality Fonts Piron1 Piron is a highly legible typeface, very well suited to any display or text usage: Web, print (especially magazines), brochures, logos, posters, flyers, motion graphics. St Ryde Regular2 (Registration required, PDF Specimen3) St Ryde is a sans-serif, very casual typeface, that works perfect in your bodycopy within the regular weights. Pigiarniq Inuktitut7 (Download link8) An oldie but a goodie. Juice22 Juice is a modern, dynamic sans-serif type family. Last Click (al)

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Social Media: 150 Icone Vettoriali da scaricare gratis Con la diffusione dei social media, spesso noi Web Desiger siamo sempre alla ricerca di icone che identificano tali servizi. Oggi vi segnalo questa raccolta di ben 150 Icone vettoriali di Social Media creata da Elegant UI tra cui Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube e ancora Apple, MySpace, Amazon e molte altre ancora. Una volta scaricato il set di icone, potremo usare e modificare i file in formato .eps e .png per una facile personalizzazione a seconda delle nostre esigenze. Andiamo a vedere in anteprima tutto il set di Icone. Questti file sono rilasciati in Licenza Creative Commons 3.0, possono essere ridistribuiti, modificati per i nostri progetti indicando la paternità dell’autore. IconeSocial MediaVettoriale Autore: Giuliano Ambrosio Creative Strategist e Designer Freelance di Torino, fonda il blog JuliusDesign nel 2007, attualmente collabora con diverse agenzie su tutta Italia con le quali ha avuto modo di lavorare per diversi big brand.

Designers, Do You Really Know Anything About Design? Does learning the requisite software make you a designer? Just because you know CSS and HTML, can you really call yourself a web designer? Today we’re going to explore the idea that, while you may be a Photoshop wizard, you might lack in fundamental design training that could drastically help you in your every day career. These Kids Today… In a recent article on how to teach someone to be a graphic designer, I touched on the idea that design is much more than Photoshop. This theme resonated with a lot of readers and I thought it would be with exploring further. There’s an interesting problem in the field of design right now. A Trip To the Bookstore This idea really hit home when I went to the bookstore last week. “The section was almost entirely composed of books on Photoshop and those on web development.” Surely here, standing in the Graphic Design section of a very large major bookstore, I would find some solid materials. So What Is Design? I took an art history class or two in college.

ADAA 2011 - The Awards Brian Lucid is a designer, educator, and consultant whose personal and professional work spans from traditional communications in static and temporal media to algorithmic design and physical/digital interfaces. He holds the position of Professor of Graphic Design at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, Massachusetts where he also serves as one of the core faculty members of the Dynamic Media Institute, a graduate program focused upon design research at the intersection of technology and communication. At MassArt he teaches courses across the graphic design curriculum, and has developed innovative curriculum in the areas of typography, visual systems, information design, interaction design, user experience, and service design. Recently, he has been writing curricula introducing visual thinkers (and the math-adverse) to computer programming for creative applications. Recent writings appear in The Education of the Graphic Designer, 2nd Edition (edited by Steven Heller.

50 Creative Logo Design Inspirations #7 Continua la rubrica Logo Design in cui ho raccolto dei design unici di concept logo originali nel loro genere. Progettare un design di un logo grafico per grandi realtà comporta uno studio molto approfondito a livello comunicativo per trasmettere in modo corretto gli obiettivi del brand. Tutti questi fattori possono permettere di creare un logo efficace e con una comunicazione web vincente. Vediamo insieme questa selezione di 50 loghi creativi che ho raccolto per voi. Vi ricordo che ho selezionato per voi tempo fa altre raccolte, che sommate abbiamo un totale di 350 loghi da cui prendere ispirazione: Logo Design Autore: Giuliano Ambrosio Creative Strategist e Designer Freelance di Torino, fonda il blog JuliusDesign nel 2007, attualmente collabora con diverse agenzie su tutta Italia con le quali ha avuto modo di lavorare per diversi big brand.