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2008 Design Trends

2008 Design Trends
About a year ago, I compiled a huge list of artistic sites. It seems like the trend has carried on in 2008 and is growing stronger (thank God the glossy style is gone). So what's hot now? Pencil sketches, handwritten notes, card stocks, watercolor effects, collage art, script fonts, grungy and splatter ink backgrounds (glossy gradients are not "in" this year). Another trend to be on the lookout for are the vintage and retro styles which I've posted earlier this year. Here is a list of 82 sites picked from Best Web Gallery that show the current design trends. Vintage / Retro Styles Handwritten Notes and Paper Clips Grungy Splatter Ink Watercolor Collage Sketches and Handwritten Fonts Big Fonts Script Fonts Wood Pattern Zig Zag Pattern 536 Comments طراحی وب سایت great collection thanks! Leave a Reply Collapse all Expand all

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55 Inspiring Examples of Gradients in Web Design Gradients are a great way to add interest, color, and even depth to a web design. You can use the same color in many shades, many shades of many colors or several other combinations you may think of. You can go linear or radial. The point is that gradients are beautiful and can give your website a very unique style. Most beautiful websites of 2008 For our first yearly wrap up we want to bring you the best 50 CSS and Flash website designs of 2008 handpicked from our website showcase, CLD Web Gallery. We are looking for contributors We are looking for talented bloggers, that want to promote themselves and their websites by writing articles for our blog. The topics we are interested in are : Graphic Design, Web Design, Flash, Photoshop, Vectorial Graphics, Design Inspiration, Programming, Print Design, Design Resources, photography or just “top 10 articles”. If you like the idea and want to submit an article or just want to find out more, please visit our Contributors Page.

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30 Examples of Clean and Minimal Website Navigation Navigation is one of the most important aspects of a web design, but this doesn’t mean it needs to be overly complicated or over designed. In fact, when it comes to navigating a website, simplicity is a good thing. Some navigations make use of design elements like 3D bars, buttons, and tabs to appear clickable, which works great for certain web designs. 40 most beautiful and inspirational website designs of 2008 2008 has brought some big changes in the design trends. One of the major ones was the end of the so called “glossy revolution“, the wrongful design interpretation of the web 2.0 current. You know what I am talking about : the glossy, vivid and colorful logos and website designs, the major usage of reflections and two tone colors. This style is used less and less, and some new design trends are starting to emerge (the vintage style seems to be catching on).

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Best of CSS Design 2008 Last December, I posted a list of the best designs in 2007. Now, it is time for — Best of CSS Design 2008 (a new list of 50 websites hand-picked from Best Web Gallery). This year, more designers are using the large background technique and utilizing Javascript frameworks (such as jQuery and MooTools) to enchance the user experience. Auction Website Design - auction site, how to create an auction site, auction software, build an auction web site When you have done all of the preliminary things for your site you need to think about advertising. After all, what good is an auction site that has no customers? There are many low cost advertising options for you to use. One of these is to put the link to your site in your signature on forums.

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