Current style in web design In this article I try to sum up the current state-of-the-art in graphic design for web pages (late 2006, but still highly relevant today), and identify the distinctive features that make a modern web page look fresh, appealing and easy to use. The key feature of modern web design is simplicity. To learn how to apply simple web design to your own sites, you need to read “Save the Pixel – The Art of Simple Web Design”, which takes you through a full set of simple design tools, illustrated with 22 before & after redesigns. I’m glad to say that web design is better today than ever – and it’s continuing to improve. The examples below (which I’ll roll over time) show excellent modern graphic design technique. Hotties I’m not saying these are the very best sites out there, just that they’re typical of today’s best design. Common features The great sites above share the following design features: Let’s look at these features one by one. Simple layout Centered orientation Design the content, not the page
TheVectorLab: Download Vector Stock Art and Bitmap Textures aesthetics of joy » color Do we have a universal right to joy? I’ve recently had some new people come into my life who really understand Aesthetics of Joy and what I’m trying to achieve with it. And because they understand it so well, they’re able to challenge me to think about the subject in very different ways. So a couple of weeks ago, one of these new acquaintances asked me this question, and it’s had my mind humming ever since. I answered “yes” immediately, purely on intuition, and since then have been thinking through why I believe this so strongly. Why joy and not happiness? Joy, by contrast, is much simpler. This the crux of the matter: the potential for joy is an intrinsic and essential part of our minds. So if we all have the potential for joy already within us, why does it need to be a right? It may sound silly in the abstract, but in practice, there are obstacles to an equal right to joy. What devotees of Maslow’s hierarchy fail to realize is the subtle relationships between the levels.
Vector Mill — Mid-Century Modern Mid-Century Modern The Mid-Century Modern crate is my favorite and most extensive crate to-date and it's packed with over 200 graphic styles, over 100 seamless pattern swatches, 60 brushes, 3 sets of 32 icons, 1 font and more! These elements are 100% vector art and optimized for Adobe Illustrator CS4-CS6. Required Program: Illustrator CS4-CS6 Ideal Experience Level: Intermediate - Expert Check Out the Booty Vintage Mill Icons The Vintage Mill Icon set contains 32 icons in 3 different color palettes. Heritage UI Graphic Styles The Heritage UI set of graphic styles is brimming with 30 graphic styles for buttons, typography, sliders, radio buttons, check boxes, drop downs, and more. Vintage Wood Seamless Pattern Swatches The Vintage Wood seamless pattern swatches consist of 4 wood styles in 6 colors oriented vertically and horizontally making a total of 48 pattern swatches. Murky Neon Graphic Styles Dusty Daze Seamless Pattern Swatches Vintage Gadget Graphic Styles Stamps & Stationery Graphic Styles
An agency workflow for Responsive Web Design by Rian on 3 September 2013 I’ve been thinking about workflows for Responsive Web Design quite a bit, particularly since it’s now become our default approach on every new project (similar to Cloud Four’s recent change of heart). I’ve been especially influenced by two recent articles on the topic, namely Dennis Kardys’s A More Flexible Workflow, and Viljami Salminen’s Responsive workflow. I struggled a bit to make their approaches fit into how we worked, so I decided to expand on what they’ve done and draw something that reflects a bit more accurately how we are incorporating Responsive Web Design into a user-centered workflow within an agency model. The goals of this approach is to stay grounded in two core principles: Content first. I’ll briefly go through each step in the diagram and how it helps us to accomplish these goals. In the Planning phase we evolve the user journey map into a content plan and Information Architecture document (see my post on this topic).
Typography in Prints & Posters - Etsy Art - Page 13 25 Clean and Light Web Designs for Inspiration Startup Framework Close 25 Clean and Light Web Designs for Inspiration Adrian • Inspiration • March 1, 2011 • 3 Comments One of the trends in web design that is still popular and used today is: keeping it simple. The correct use of typography and the correct alignment will help you get the light design you are opting for. This collection of clean and light web design might offer you the inspiration you are looking for. Clean and Light Web Designs for Inspiration Adrian If you would like to be kept up to date with our posts, you can follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or even by subscribing to our RSS Feed. Related Posts Newsletter Get our products/news earlier than others, let’s get in touch. 239,770 Subscribers Email marketing powered by MailChimp 3 Comments Dessign Mar 2, 7:14 pm No question about it, clean, minimal, and simple will always win. Leave a Reply * Minimum length: 20 characters Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. Top Selling ProductsShow more Sponsors - Advertise With Us -
nolimits4web/Swiper @Issue Journal of Business & Design | by Corporate Design Foundation Interactive Infographic with SVG and CSS Animations Learn how to build an interactive animated infographic using SVG, CSS and JavaScript. View demo Download source One of the less talked about features of newer browsers is increasing support for the SVG file format. If you are unfamiliar with SVG, it stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. But one of the really cool things that some developers do not realize is that SVG is built on the XML specification, which at the end of the day means that its plain old markup, and can be worked with in a similar manner to HTML. With the right techniques and modern browser support, developers can now produce some pretty impressive animations, effects and interactions using SVG. Preparing an SVG file There are tons of ways to create SVG graphics, and while it is possible to do some SVG coding “by hand”, for more complex graphics we will want to have some type of vector editing software that can export as SVG. Any object or group can then be assigned a name. Loading SVG into HTML using JavaScript The HTML
45 Useful Google Chrome Extensions/Apps. for Web Developers,Designers and Bloggers To be honest,when Google first released its first web browser Chrome,i never thought it will gain this much popularity.But,day by day Google Chrome became more popular and still increasing its popularity. If you check the Statcounter Global Stats you can see how Google Chrome increasing its popularity. So web developers and designers draw much more attention to Google Chrome in recent years and as a result many Chrome extensions and applications have been released and still are being released.Today we are featuring really useful chrome extensions and application for web developers,designers and bloggers. HTML Instant It’s areal time HTML editor.Just enter HTML, CSS, or Javascript in the left pane and you will get instant results as you type in the right pane. Great for editing on the fly and for teaching/learning HTML. Add to Chrome MeasureIt! Draw out a ruler that will help you get the pixel width and height of any elements on a webpage. Add to Chrome Palette for Chrome Add to Chrome WhatFont
Cloudy Collection / Print Editions Sometimes it pays to take a step back from all the tiny details and try to distill something to its essence. Simplicity can sometimes be used to gloss over something more complicated, but in the hands of a master, simplicity can clarify an idea so it declares its message more succinctly. On the other hand, in the hands of a master who also happens to be snarky, the idea of simplicity gets turned on its head, and turned into a great visual joke. Have it both ways in this set called “Simple,” with art by Graham Annable, Tad Carpenter, Jennifer Daniel, Tom Gauld, Blanca Gómez, David Huyck, and Lauren Nassef. This stack of seven letterpress prints is made on 4"x6" white bamboo paper using vegetable-based inks on a Vandercook press. Edition released in December 2010 A special note about this print set: A portion of the proceeds from these print sets will be given to Susan G.
Graphic Design Is About to Be Upended By AI Vendredi c’est Graphism ! Découper des renards, réciter des arbres, rendre ronde une table ou retrouver les pixels, le tout au son d'une vieille machine à écrire. C'est juillet mais c'est encore, et toujours Vendredi, c'est graphism'. Ouf. Bonjour et bienvenue sur l’avant-dernier épisode de “Vendredi c’est Graphism” ! Avant la trêve du mois d’août, on va faire le plein de graphisme, de design, avec notamment des arbres qui poussent dans la typo, un clip rock en 3D ou encore un écran électromagnétique. Oui, vous y êtes, c’est Vendredi et c’est “Graphism” ! Geoffrey Allez, on commence notre revue de la semaine avec le travail de HeineJones, un designer interdisciplinaire basé à Melbourne ! Les arbres poussent donc à différentes échelles et sur différentes langues. source Voici un clip qui est à voir cette semaine ! source On continue avec cette découverte de la semaine grâce au groupe Breakfast qui nous éblouit en faisant revivre une technologie d’antan. source | source source source source