Showing posts with label Web Design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web Design. Show all posts

Creative Domain Names: Some Clever Alternative Methods

The web’s been around for quite some time if you really think about it, the first domain name Symbolics.com was registered on 15th March 1985, yes, some 23 Years ago! That means that any idea you have for a domain name today has been through someone else mind up to 23 years before you. Here are some clever ideas..




Powering your website with social media

Social Media is “media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques” (Wikipedia), and if that doesn’t make sense I don’t blame you.







25 free Mac apps that will boost your productivity

There are many applications that can help you work faster and efficiently. Though, not many applications come cheap. For this post we tried to digg deep to find the best selection of free and/or open source Mac applications that will help you be a more efficient designer. We’re covering from application launchers, GTD (Getting Things Done) to design utilities that can help you focus on what’s important: create.


Web design criticism: a how-to

Web design is a relatively young field. It’s youthful, growing and made up of people from all kinds of backgrounds, many of whom lack formal design training. We have learned, and still are learning, as we go.

D. Keith Robinson came into his job as a Web designer for Boeing back in the mid-1990s, with no formal design training.




This post illustrate you a simple way to implement a mobile version of your blog/website in three simple steps using Mobify.me, an awesome on-line service that allow you to design mobile versions of a website just with some clicks.






10 beautiful sketches for website prototypes

When you start designing a new website it’s very useful to sketch out a first idea of page layout using paper and stencil. In general this is a top-down process: you can start sketching first the main sections and then adding more details progressively. In this post I want to suggest you some interesting examples of beautiful sketches for website prototypes for your daily inspiration.



10 useful Google spreadsheet formulas you must know

Google Spreadsheet is a powerful and free tool to manage complex spreadsheets. This tutorial illustrates ten useful formulas you must know to help you simplify the way you work in Google Spreadsheet.







The sidebar is an important element of every blog. In a standard two-columns layout it’s placed to the right of the main section and includes information and links related to the content of blog posts. A well organized sidebar should include some important items, such as subscription options, advertisements, recent and popular posts, and help blog readers find contextual information related to the article they are reading.

Useful tips every web designer should know about SEO

In the process of developing a web site, there are many professional profiles that work on it, one of these is the SEO profile (Search Engine Optimization). Explain SEO in just a post is impossible, so here is a list of tips, tools and suggestion for a good optimization of a web page , that every one can do although is not a SEO.




All of us are looking to give the website the edge to make it one in a million. We look for the style that allows the website to speak for itself, because a picture is tantamount to a million words. Here we have showing you the top 20 designs that have inspired us; we are sharing the web app designs that have made the difference; we have been eclectic with an esoteric collection.


More and more applications these days are migrating to the Web. Without platform constraints or installation requirements, the software-as-a-service model looks very attractive. Web application interface design is, at its core, Web design; however, its focus is mainly on function. Here you’ll find a collection of 10 useful interface design techniques and best practices used in many successful web-applications.

How to Spot Quality within Web Design: Examples & Tips

Quality is a word that a lot of people like to use when describing their web design services. But what is quality, how do you know if a design is quality or not. Well, I think that there’s quite a few ways to spot quality within web designs. Once you can see just what goes into making a quality web design, you can use the techniques to perfect your own style.



If I had to looking for some attributes to describe the japanese style in web design I’d choose: essential, minimalist, with an intensive use of Adobe Flash, animations and music in background (mainly solo piano, inspired by Ryuichi Sakamoto’s compositions), traditional and modern at the same time. Here is a collection of some beautiful examples of japanese websites for your daily inspiration.


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