Using background textures in web design is a great way to add an extra feeling of depth to your designs. The sites I have collected all feature very subtle background textures that may not be so obvious at first glance but all perfectly compliment each web design. Using subtle textures in your designs is often much better then using ‘in the face’ background images and patterns that only serve to distract the user from your website content, take a look at these subtle background textures and see how you could use them in your next design. Read More
In today’s post I am showcasing 20 WordPress themes that are perfectly suited to design studios, creative agencies and freelancers. These premium WordPress themes are perfect for showcasing your work and providing in depth information on your projects, the WordPress themes all feature pixel perfect designs to compliment your studio and work, some featured examples are also responsive WordPress themes. Read More
This tutorial is the second installment of how to create a minimal single page portfolio using HTML5 and CSS3, take a look at part one where I initially designed the single page portfolio concept. In this tutorial I will walk you through the basic front-end build and what resources I used to rapidly build the page. Read More
Incorporating jQuery effectively and modestly in your website build process is a great way to enhance and take your user experience to another level. Using jQuery plugins can be a great tool for helping display content to your users in a much more intuitive and interactive way. The jQuery community is fantastic, developers are consistently releasing new, quality jQuery plug-ins for us to incorporate into our websites.In this post I will take show you a collection of jQuery plugins that are really useful for improving your overall user experience on your website. Read More
This post is the first part of the business card inspiration series of 2012, each month I will featuring a collection of awesome business cards that have been submitted to the business card gallery, you can see some of the best business cards from last year in the business card archive. Read More
If your looking to give your WordPress theme a new design or simply looking to upgrade your code to more modern technologies such as HTML5/CSS3, you will these free WordPress HTML5 frameworks very handy. These HTML5 WordPress frameworks are stripped back and mostly include little or no styling which provides a perfect HTML5 framework for you to build your new WordPress site on. Read More
The human brain is an incredibly amazing organ. It is capable of everything from complex calculations, philosophy, social interactions, and many other tasks, all while also maintaining vital functions. Without the interactions between the hemispheres in the brain, creativity would not manifest itself in humans.However, the brain makes use of patterns and natural observances to make inferences about an object. Optical illusions take advantage of this, by tricking the brain into making an inference about the scene that is not true. Read More
If you want to achieve great results and be productive as much as possible you must find a comfortable and cozy environment to work in. Work takes a lot of time in our lives and we would like to make it enjoyable and interesting. It doesn’t matter if you’re working from home or office your workplace should be inspiring and motivating space where you can let your imagination go wild. Read More
Simplicity is the key to effective and memorable logo design. Creating a logo design you should consider less is more rule and make your logo as simple as possible and creative enough at the same time. Perfect technique to achieve this effect is to use negative space which can help you to achieve brilliant results. Negative space may be most evident when the space around a subject, and not the subject itself, forms an interesting or artistically relevant shape, and such space is occasionally used to artistic effect as the “real” subject of an image.Negative space logos are becoming the next trend in all kind of industries. For that reason I’ve collected 30 clever logo designs with negative space used. Hopefully you will find this collection entertaining as well as inspiring. Read More
Posters makes are a perfect marketing tool for putting up around in public places for people to see, everywhere you travel you are almost always going to pass some form of advertisement or billboard, the problem with a majority of posters and billboards is the design work can be pretty unappealing. I have collected some truly awesome designed posters for your inspiration, if these were used in public spaces think how many extra customers and attention your brand would get. Take a look at this collection of inspiring minimal poster designs, I think if you saw one of these around you would take notice. Read More