Thinking Outside the Box: Desirable Packaging Collection
The First of hopefully many guest posts from Jared Thompson of Design Juices.This roundup features several different types of products which all have unique packaging designs, all of which I find to be of the highest quality.
A Collection of 400+ Free Fonts
Typography is an integral part of any design and getting it right can take your design from good to great. Finding the right font is the tricky part and can often take up a lot of your whilst you test out different fonts styles, etc. Font's can also be very expensive costing anything from a few quid up to several hundred which will soon eat up your budget.
Okay so my post title might sound a bit negative but don't get me wrong Twitter is great! For anyone who hasn't joined or for anyone who is in the 'I don't get it phase' well Twitter can be a great web tool, it's not all about telling the world you've just had a cup of tea or something daft like that...
5 Reason’s to work directly from your Dropbox account
Dropbox, the must have app for 2009! Right? Well for most of us with a brain it was and my god it's a life saver! For anyone who hasn't heard of Dropbox yet, in a nutshell, its a piece of software that allows you to sync your files online and across your computers automatically. Better yet, it works on Mac, PC, Linux and as from a few months back the iPhone too.
Further Reading
Write a Guest Post on Design Woop! »
Posted in News on 25 Feb
Design Woop is looking for guest writers to help push the blog even further after a great start to the year. If you are interested in sharing anything design related, including inspirational posts / showcases / tutorials / tips or anything along them lines then give me a message on Twitter (via @stugreenham).
Favourite Links of the Week (#4) »
Posted in Freebies, Inspiration, Web Design, WordPress, jQuery on 01 Feb
Week 4 is up and here are my favourite posts/links/freebies of the last 7 days. There are not much this week unfortunately I will make up for this next week!
Guest Post: 50+ Beautiful Websites with Great Colour Schemes »
Posted in Inspiration, News, Web Design on 25 Jan
The guys over at Inspired Mag kindly asked me to write a guest post for their amazing website, which I did, titled 50+ Beautiful Websites with Great Colour Schemes and you can see the post here. I am happy to say that several hours after the post went live it actually appeared on Digg's homepage which is amazing! I would appreciate any help with the diggs / retweets / bumps / moo's etc to help the post stay there.
Favourite Links of the Week (#3) »
Posted in All Posts, CSS, Freebies, Inspiration, Tutorials, iPhone, jQuery on 18 Jan
Time again for another round of fun and exciting links! If you have any you want featuring on next weeks roundup then let me know via Twitter (via @stugreenham).
Tutorial: Using CSS Shorthand in your Stylesheets »
Posted in All Posts, CSS, Tutorials, Web Design on 14 Jan
Using CSS Shorthand is great for reducing the lines of code and preventing us typing lots of duplicate lines of code in our stylesheet's, but how many of us use it? I notice on a lot of developers stylesheets that they have multiple lines of code where only one is needed and I don't really understand why! I guess it's a personal preference, but here is how you can start coding CSS in shorthand.
Favourite Links of the Week (#2) »
Posted in All Posts, Freebies, Inspiration, Photography, Tutorials, Web Design, jQuery on 10 Jan
Right guys, continuing on from last week, here are some of my favourite links that I have seen in the last 7 days! Some crackers here and if you agree then help me out with a cheeky Tweet, Bump or Digg! You will find all the sharing links at the bottom of the post page. Heres my #2 set of links....
Favourite Links of the Week (#1) »
Posted in All Posts, CSS, Freebies, HTML, Inspiration, Photoshop, Tutorials, Web Design on 31 Dec
I am going to start a set of weekly posts that will show you my favourite links I have found, been sent or have used myself at some point. Please, if you have time to take a few minutes to help spread my posts using the share links at the bottom of the page I would be very greatful! Right heres my #1 set of links...
Posted in Freebies on 10 Dec
I have got 15 Google Wave invites at the moment going spare if you need one then post your details and I will send one your way! First come first serve bases though!
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The Ultimate iPhone Setup for Web Designers (40+ Apps)
The perfect post for any Web Designing iPhone lovers! A huge list of some great apps which will help us all be that little bit more productive! Thanks Appstorm!
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How To Write The Perfect Tweet
Interesting post from Twittercism looking at things we can do to help us write better Tweets. I'm guilty for a lot of these but a good article for anyone looking to use Twitter as a marketing tool.
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130+ Stunning Examples of Macro Photography
Great article from Photo Tuts+ showcasing over 130 amazing close up Macro shots. Mainly insects here but still amazing to see so close up!
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jQuery Resources for One-Page Portfolios
Another good post from Vandelay Design showing off some nice tools and tips for one page websites. I've just become a fan of the Smooth Anchors myself!
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Really cool post by Nicolas Gallagher looking at pure CSS Speech bubbles with lots of cool examples here!
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Showcase of Twitter Integration on Blogs
Cool showcase from Vandelay Design looking at various websites and how they have integrated Twitter. The post is from last year but some great examples non the less.
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20 of the Best Typographical Portraits Found on the Web
Very cool post from Jared over at Design Juices showcasing 20 amazing typographical portraits! The Mr.T one is soo cool!
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How to Shoot and Post-Process Professional HDR Photos in One Day
Interesting tutorial from Photo Tuts showing how to make HDR photos, from the point of taking the shot down to the editing process. Definately going to try this!
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25 Mega Menus for Your Design Inspiration
Design Mag's article looks into 25 websites using the 'mega menu'. Great article and nice examples!
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