Foto by Retinafunk “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” –H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927. Think out of the box! It’s a buzzword we continuously hear, but not always meditate on its the practical meaning. What does that really means? Thinking inside the box means take for granted the status quo status quo: The [...]
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Five CSS-Coding Steps from a Professional
February 8th, 2008 10 Comments
Image by : hamron Last week I had the opportunity to interview Chris Coyier from css-tricks.com and he gave us his approach on css-coding. In that interview he describes how his coding process can be resumed in five steps which I wanted to review again for you in this post. document.getElementById(“post-233-blankimage”).onload();
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2587+ Free MS Powerpoint Templates
January 18th, 2008 14 Comments
Your cousin asks for help on a presentation about wild life in Africa, but you have a deadline the same day with your client and he is already sending emails and trying to get you on instant messenger. Sounds familiar? Designers have to deal every day with “design favors,” asked for by our loved ones, [...]
11 Images you might want to avoid in your designs.
December 13th, 2007 60 Comments
We have been talking about avoiding clichés lately, instead trying to reflect the unique personality of every business. That way our design will stand out among millions. Sometimes the hardest situations come when our clients ask us to implement some not-so-unique elements and it seems almost impossible to convince him that it would be better [...]
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How Can Webdesigners On Linux Survive Without Adobe?
November 26th, 2007 29 Comments
Image Credit: Oliver Saraja We all heard about Linux OS. There are a lot of myths about it, not very many people are using it (all Linux freaks won’t agree with me on this – but let’s face the truth – the Linux users are niche community). In this short article I would like to [...]
How To Destroy The Web 2.0 Look
November 20th, 2007 172 Comments
A trend always appears as opposition to another. Detailed Gothic art was replaced with the pure straight lines from Greek temples in the Renaissance. The tons of hair spray, glitter and multicolor spandex 80′s were demolished by the black & white minimalism from the 90′s. The web is no exception. In the beginning, there was [...]
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10 Free Web 2.0 Fonts
November 17th, 2007 19 Comments
These are a selection of 10 fonts from the urban fonts top 100, that I think fit with the Web 2.0 font trends. Please click on the image of each font to go to the download page on urbanfont.com. document.getElementById(“post-130-blankimage”).onload();
Design Trend: Light Graffiti
November 9th, 2007 1 Comment
PS3 New interface for the firmware 2.0 Yesterday, PS3 got a new firmware update to 2.0. And also its interface, sporting a dark background with neon color shapes as if painted with light. So when I saw that nifty interface I joined the dots and identified a design trend I have been noticing since I [...]
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Why should your site have “personality”?
November 8th, 2007 30 Comments
The idea for this post came to me when I was redesigning our company site. I’ve made few different ideas – but they were all dull, and I’ve rejected them after some time.I wanted to figure out what was wrong with those designs – and finally I got it. The problem was that I wasn’t [...]
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15 Free Online Image Editors
September 2nd, 2007 17 Comments
When it comes to image editing, there are times when it can be a really entertaining activity for some. But what happens when you need to modify a picture and you’re not at your place with your fancy computer and much loved editing software? Well, I’ve never been in the situation but my wondering about [...]
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