100 Free PSD Files Every Web Designer Should Have In this post we gather a collection of 100 fully customizable web design elements layered PSD files, easy to use and customize with some adjustment as per your need and can be turned into ready web element. PSD files can be used to create good-looking and eye-catching web design layouts, icons, buttons, any web design elements and much more. There are lots of great designer out there who are regularly sharing some awesome PSDs and resources. So in today’s post we think why not to make a collection of some awesome PSDs files. You will find login boxes, icons, upload status icons, maps, coupon code images and much more. The files do not require you to sign up or apply for memberships, instead the web design resources are ready to be downloaded 100% free. Freemium is the new hot thing, and it looks like its here to stay! Upload to Cloud Professional Web Card Profile Pretty little frame Day 176 Beautiful power button, the volume and texture treatment is quite remarkable as well as the 3D look.
What Makes a Design Seem 'Intuitive'? By Jared M. Spool Originally published: Jan 10, 2005 In a recent usability test, I once again witnessed something I've seen a hundred times before: a frustrated user claiming he knows exactly what is wrong with the interface he was fighting with. I think he used the I-Word no less than 25 times during the session. People Intuit, not Interfaces To those who police the English language, interfaces can't be intuitive, since they are the behavior side of programs and programs can't intuit anything. But, I believe that English is an adaptable medium, so it's ok with me if we call a design intuitive. To answer that question, we first have to look at how people understand the design in the first place. Current and Target Knowledge Points Imagine a long wall where you'll line up all the users who will use your design. On the right side, we'll put everyone who knows everything there is to know about the design. There's another point that's of interest to us: the target knowlege point.
50 Reasons not to use Photoshop for Webdesign | reinegger.net - professional webdesign First things first, I love Photoshop. It is the world’s best program for image editing. I do not intend to say Photoshop is a bad program, I just wish to clear up the misunderstanding that Photoshop is the right tool to use for web and screen design. Photoshop was designed to be used for image manipulation. Users generally try to compare Fireworks with Photoshop. Fireworks can be thought of more in terms of a program such as InDesign. The following video demonstrates some of the most important features that make Fireworks the best layout tool for screen design. Adobe Fireworks CS5 Webdesign Workflow Tutorial from Andre Reinegger on Vimeo. 50 reasons not to use Photoshop for Web Design (Feature- & Performance comparison: FW vs. The following list offers a comparison with a rough indication of the time savings when using Fireworks.
Responsive Web Design The English architect Christopher Wren once quipped that his chosen field “aims for Eternity,” and there’s something appealing about that formula: Unlike the web, which often feels like aiming for next week, architecture is a discipline very much defined by its permanence. Article Continues Below A building’s foundation defines its footprint, which defines its frame, which shapes the facade. Each phase of the architectural process is more immutable, more unchanging than the last. Creative decisions quite literally shape a physical space, defining the way in which people move through its confines for decades or even centuries. Working on the web, however, is a wholly different matter. But the landscape is shifting, perhaps more quickly than we might like. In recent years, I’ve been meeting with more companies that request “an iPhone website” as part of their project. A flexible foundation#section1 Let’s consider an example design. Becoming responsive#section2 responsive architecture .
From up North - High quality design inspiration - Part 2 I just love it when companies think outside of the box and uses creativity to market their products. One company that frequently does this is McDonalds and here’s a collection of my favorite McDonalds ads. Which one is your favorite? Official sponsor Torino 2006 Gestalt Principles Applied in Design By Michael Tuck Web designers, like other artists and craftsmen, impose structure on the environment. We enforce order and beauty on the formless void that is our blank computer screen. We do it in different ways — creating an organized layout first, writing text and content first, or even basing a design concept on an image, a color palette, or something that visually trips your trigger, whether it’s a sunset or a Song Dynasty painting. Wherever you gain your inspiration, it’s often not just the particular element that sparks your artistic impulse; it’s the totality of the element and its surroundings. Grasping that totality concept — both the individual element and the whole in which it exists are important both separately and together — is essential to understanding how gestaltism influences our design choices. We’ll cover 6 principles related to gestalt, in the context of design, and they are: ProximitySimilarityPrägnanz (Figure-Ground)Symmetry"Common Fate"Closure Source: Dr. Mr. Symmetry
Symptoms Of An Epidemic: Web Design Trends Why You Should Get Excited About Emotional Branding Globalization, low-cost technologies and saturated markets are making products and services interchangeable and barely distinguishable. As a result, today’s brands must go beyond face value and tap into consumers’ deepest subconscious emotions to win the marketplace. In recent decades, the economic base has shifted from production to consumption, from needs to wants, from objective to subjective. We’re moving away from the functional and technical characteristics of the industrial era, into a time when consumers are making buying decisions based on how they feel about a company and its offer. Read more... A Guide To Validating Product Ideas With Quick And Simple Experiments You probably know by now that you should speak with customers and test your idea before building a product. Mistakes include testing the wrong aspect of your business, asking the wrong questions and neglecting to define a criterion for success. Read more... Read more...
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BLUE VERTIGO | Web Design Resources Links | Last update AUG.27.2012 Personality in Design Our lasting relationships center around the unique qualities and perspectives we all possess. We call it personality. Through our personalities, we express the entire gamut of human emotion. Personality is the mysterious force that attracts us to certain people and repels us from others. Because personality greatly influences our decision-making process, it can be a powerful tool in design. Personality is the platform for emotion#section1 Interface design lives in a broader category called Human-Computer Interaction, or HCI, sitting among computer science, behavioral science, and design. I’ll let you in on a secret. Emotional design’s primary goal is to facilitate human-to-human communication. I’d like you to pause for a moment, and recall a person with whom you recently made a real connection. Hold on to that memory. Let’s think of our designs not as a facade for interaction, but as people with whom our audience can have an inspired conversation. Personas#section3 Brand name: MailChimp