Web Creme | Web design inspiration 30+ principles to a better landing page design | landing Page Op After hundreds of landing page optimization projects, we wanted to share few of the lessons we learned when creating a successful landing page. We hope that you will find this article helpful. Also, please consider subscribing to our RSS feed or leaving a comment. There are four basic components to a successful web page design: Research; Design; Copy and Testing and Modification. It is important to devote adequate resources to each component – they form a chain that is only as strong as the weakest link. For instance, if you fail to properly research your audience, then the greatest design will never be able to save the campaign. 1. 2. The topic of customer research is beyond what we cover in this post. 3. 4. The value proposition will help establish trust and gives a sense of congruency throughout the page. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
CSS Awards - 15 Awesome Websites We asked the CSS Awards team to create a selection with the greatest submissions from the last week. Check them out below and suggest other entries in the comments! Also, feel free to submit here other cool finds or your own creations. Toomas Tartes Design Chichester Music Academy Yurbuds TMdesign Reverse Büro Cappuccino Digital Smokey Bones Playtype vivas comunicação Snowden Industries ultranoir Francesco Mugnai Pub Design Sullivan
36 More Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism If you are a graphic designer looking for some logo ideas and inspiration, then it’s your lucky day because we handpicked another list of Clever Logos With Hidden Symbolism. And if this is not enough, there’s 100+ more creative logos in our previous posts: see part I, part II and part III. However, if you are a mere mortal and not a designer, you can still view these cool logos and try to find the hidden symbols. Now, enough will all the old post promotion stuff, let’s jump to the pictures! 1. Designed by JoannaMalik 2. Designer: unknown 3. Logo for a champagne bar. 4. Designed by by Bitencourt 5. Designed by pepscom 6. Designed by by Denis Wong 7. Designed by alekchmura.com 8. Designed by sneeze 9. Designed by chrisadams 10. Designed by ideoma 11. Designed by wind007 12. Designed by logotyped 13. Designed by Raoul Camion 14. Designed by HC Wong 15. Designed by Andrew Newhouse 16. Designed by Jan Zabransky 17. Designed by The Color Cure 18. Designed by nima.elias 19. 3D Rocket 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
How to Get Started With Google+, Your Complete Guide By now, you have all probably heard about the Google+ project , Google’s next attempt at making their network more social. Its goal is to make sharing online more like sharing in real life. If you haven’t gotten your invite just yet, you can in the following quick-look video, and by visiting the Google+ project overview , searchable details and discussion pages. You can also take a demo tour so you can once you are able to join the project. Limited Field Trial Invites If you’re one of the lucky ones, you received an invite for Google+ during their limited field trial. Here is an example email invite to Google+. Whenever you click on the button, you’re taken to the invite screen for Google+. Join Google+ when someone sends you an invite. Two things to note when joining “Things may not always work as intended. There is also a checkbox that says “Google may use my information to personalize content and ads on non-Google websites.” The Welcome Screen Creating Your Profile Adding Connections
LimeJam Blog A marvelous video from our colleagues in Continuum Design about the quality of design work, aspirations and user-centered design. On the previous week, the LimeJam team visited Grasse. The small artisanal village of Grasse is recognized from famous novel “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, a 1985 literary historical cross-genre novel (originally published in German as Das Parfum) by German writer Patrick Süskind. Currently Grasse is counting about 60 independent perfume producers with global marketing all over the world. During our visit we not only stepped into the marvelous streets of an ancient city that, literally, smells history of artisanal perfume production, but also discussed possible collaboration possibilities in the field of aromamarketing. Brand and scent marketers are very particular when it comes to choosing a scent that will connect with their target market. For example, the smell of a freshly baked apple pie increases the chance of selling a house. Zoom Info
RIOT - Radical Image Optimization Tool What is RIOT ? Radical Image Optimization Tool (RIOT for short) is a free image optimizer that will let you to visually adjust compression parameters while keeping minimum filesize. It uses with a side by side (dual view) or single view interface to compare the original with the optimized image in real time and instantly see the resulting file size. It is lightweight, fast and simple to use, yet powerful for advanced users. You will be able to control compression, number of colors, metadata settings and much more, and select image format (JPG, GIF or PNG) for your output file. RIOT can be integrated as plug-in in well known programs like The GIMP, IrfanView and XnView RIOT Plugin Integrate RIOT with your favorite application. More info Contribute You like RIOT and want to help ? Then you can donate a little money if you use this program at work or if you simply want to express your gratitude.
A Grotesk Love Affair May 9th, 2011, Posted in Graphic Design, Typography “Good designers like fonts, Great designers find them physically arousing.” These set of posters by Ryan Atkinson and Stephan de Lange are a direct reflection of this concept. Via Behance Network 60 Highly Clever Minimal Logo Designs - StumbleUpon Depending on the flavor of your business, your logo may appear big and flashy, bold and colorful or just plain simple and clever. In this roundup, I’ve turned the spotlight towards the more simple and clever logo styles that leave a strong impression. As simplistic as they may appear, there is genius behind these 60 highly clever minimal logo designs. OneFund Filmaps Folder back Bipolar Backspace Stairs Fence v.2 Walk Unarmed Frankenstein Films Thinktank Pelican eveva Love Clip SewPerfect Wave Pendulum Sex Lovers City Direct FishLine Up Straight UP elefont Rocket Golf Illusion Circus of Magazines CodeFish Zip Mummy Foot Missing Helium Killed Productions Bird Giraffe minimum Catch 5 ascus HandsUp Pencil James Forbes Plumbing Wine Searcher Ed’s Electric LocKey Handmade Pictures upside down productions More Wine Kingdom brand Twins Horror Films Ross Poultry Half Crown Jump Atack Tulipart Have a Favorite? When putting a showcase of inspiration together, I often find myself picking a couple of favorites out of the bunch. Written by Shawn Ramsey
The Very Best Web Designs Of 2010 Subscribe D-Lists Design + Developer Resource Facebook Fan Page CategoriesArchives The Very Best Web Designs Of 2010 This is a little bit later than some other year reviews but I just had to compile this list for you. I have been through every single Weekly Web Inspiration from 2010 and picked my favourite from each. What are you expecting from 2011? Fitbit The Croquis Cog’aoke Blissfully Aware Gingerbread Construction Company Acosmin Creanto Black Harbor Urban Airship Bingo Reviewer Shaun Inman United Pixelworkers dConstruct 2010 Simon Corry Digitallabs Yanis Markin A Modern Eden Mealeo Awesome Simone Maranzana fflick Brand New Conference Amazee Labs Courier Dropr Old Pulteney Threadbird Glitch Firefox Tweet Machine Lewro Damn Good WP Bundle Mark Hobbs DrupalCon If you like this post you may also want to look at: The Very Best Web Designs Of 2009
Best Open Source Resources for Web Developers | WebAppers Pro Blog Design Images enhance the visual impact of a blog and make it more likely a post will be read. One good photo can grab a reader’s attention and drive them to the article. A post without any graphs, drawing, or photos can look daunting. Even if it’s well written, the wall of text might not appeal to anyone. But sometimes the images available for publishing are poor quality, or just don’t suit quite right. With the tricks below, you can use Photoshop to fix up your images in minutes. Strong Focus for Killer Portraits [View Tutorial] Create A Photo Within A Photo using Photoshop [View Tutorial] Enhance Your Image with Selective Color Adjustments [View Tutorial] The effect of Tilt-shift camera lens [View Tutorial] Easily Smooth And Soften Skin In A Photo [View Tutorial] Add A Realistic Water Reflection [View Tutorial] How to Create a Fantastically Formal Photo Effect [View Tutorial] Photo Retouch using Photoshop Techniques [View Tutorial] Turn A Photo Into A Collage Of Polaroids [View Tutorial] [View Tutorial]