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Effective Website Design - 160 Articles of Autumn 2011 This post continues the roundup “Designing Effective Websites – 80 Articles of Summer 2011″ and presents articles retweeted at @htmlcut this autumn. Autumn 2011 was very rich in great web design articles and inspiration collections, so we have decided to gather as many as possible of them. As usual, you’ll find a lot of interesting information on web design principles, usability and user experience, content writing, designing e-commerce websites and effective call-to-action, and many other questions. This time there is a great deal of articles on development for mobile devices, responsive web design, as well as on redesign techniques and cross-cultural websites. One more novelty is that we’ve added several controversial articles, in particular, about HTML semantics. Please note: Most of the articles contain lists of useful additional resources. Web Design Principles and Basics 2). 3). 4). 5). 6). 7). 8). 9). 10). 11). 12). Website Layout 2). 3). 4). Psychology, Web Design and Manipulation
Are You Ready For A Web Design Challenge? - Smashing Magazine Advertisement This is not a normal Smashing Magazine post. I’m not going to teach you something new or inspire you with examples of great work. Instead, I want to encourage you to complete a Web design challenge. If you complete this challenge, it will make it easier for clients to sign off on your designs, and it will improve the quality of your work. So, what are we waiting for? The Challenge If you’re like me, you did some form of higher education in art and design and will know about “the crit.” These were terrifying meetings in which I justified my design approach and defended it against criticism. The ability to logically justify our designs is a skill many of us lack. My challenges is this: Write a blog post justifying the design approach you took to one of your websites. Admittedly, this might sound like a lot of effort, so let me explain why it is worth your while. Why This Challenge Is Worth Undertaking As I said in a previous article1, being a great designer is not enough. Grid
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...
webdesign - Photoshop WebDesigner Toolbox: Resources You'll Ever Need If you’re using Photoshop daily it’s essential to have an asset library. Having a pre made toolbox or asset library can be extremely handy. Having the right toolbox can save you a whale of a time and provide you with nifty resources. If you’re a web designer, your asset library will probably differ from a photographers library, however there are things which should be found in every Photoshop user’s toolbox. While you could spend countless hours making your own resources, usually there’s no need to do that. Brushes 1. Brusheezy is the place to share your free Photoshop brushes and other Photoshop related resources. 2. PS Brushes is another place where Photoshop brushes are gathered. 3. BrushLovers has one of the largest collections of exclusive and high-quality Photoshop brushes on the Web. Patterns 1. 2. At Squid Fingers you can find over 100 creative patterns to use for your projects. 3. BgPatterns is a tiny web app for making background patterns in a few clicks. 4. Textures 1. 2. 3.