About Us
This page provides general information about Smashing Media GmbH, the company that runs Smashing Magazine, as well as our contact details and legal information about the online presence.
Impressum/Imprint
In German:
- Sie können uns erreichen über unser Kontaktformular. Bitte lesen Sie zuerst unsere Richtlinien und Prinzipien.
- Unsere postalische Adresse:
Smashing Media GmbH
Werthmannstr. 15
79098 Freiburg
Germany - Fax: +49 0761 29280566
- Amtsgericht Freiburg: HRB 704836
- Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer (UStIDNr.): DE264172548
- Verantwortliche für die Inhalte auf der Seite gemäß TMG: Vitaly Friedman, Sven Lennartz
In English:
- You can contact us via this form. We kindly ask you to review our Publishing Policy first.
- You can also use our postal address:
Smashing Media GmbH
Werthmannstr. 15
79098 Freiburg
Germany - Fax: +49 0761 29280566
- Amtsgericht Freiburg: HRB 704836
- Value-added Tax Identification Number: DE264172548
- Responsible for the content on the site: Vitaly Friedman, Sven Lennartz
- Typefaces used: Skolar by David Březina, Proxima Nova by Mark Simonson, Elena by Nicole Dotin.
- Syntax Highlighting: Prism by Lea Verou.
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Special thanks go to our ad partners:
- PSD to HTML (Human-Coded HTML/CSS),
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- Veer (Makes It Easier To Be Creative),
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- Webydo, (Freedom of Website Design).
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The Smashing Editorial loves high-quality content and cares about little details. We also believe that content and design are crafts worth sharpening.
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I visit this site for years and only now I realize that you are from Freiburg – just around the corner :-) Keep up the good work! Greetings from Stuttgart, Oliver
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Smashing magazine my daily reading online magazine, it is a world of creative resources and learning center for any web designers and developers.
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8999 comments? I’m not going to load that page again. And it’s true that the comic strip was really boring. Stay Smashing!
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Awesome team :)
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Smashing magazine has french readers also : “J’adore Smashing magazine, c’est toujours des infos de qualité ! Continuez comme ça.”
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I love Smashing magazine
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There is no such theme, friend.
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I guess that “about us” page is here since ever but never noticed.
I have only one critic to your magazine: why is the search done through google, when it could be much nicer and effectiver done by your own means? -
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i realised only now, reading your about page, that you live in freiburg. the city of my dreams.. awesome!
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I’s been a year and i have been regularly reading smashing mag, a creative block , some leisure time , a bit of R & D , and i know what i should be doing. By far its still in the top of my list for web logs and magazines on webdesign to read. 3 cheers to the guys who work hard so that we easily get great articles to read. Thanks to the whole team.
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Super informative Seite – ABER schade, dass es sie nicht auch in deutsch gibt
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This about page is quite new. There was an earlier one we’ve deleted.
@Radeksonic: Articles are published every day. I don’t remember a 2-3 days delay. There might be some exceptions though.
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The best magazine in the world! Thank you for the great stuff!!!
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Think there is a typo under A Smashing Time Line
2008 (July) Gues Author Contest is heldCheers.
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mailing of printed book not professional. lot of delays. lot of complaints.
what really is the bottleneck?
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Just want to say: Keep it up. Nothing else.
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Comic cartoons are not often conveying the exact message, or rather stay away from reader’s expectations. please avoid this space with some other stuff.
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One of the site which i have been visiting for years. Keep up the good work.
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Smashing Magazine is my one stop destination whether to update myself, design inspiration or anything else. All you guys or “design Smashers” really rock. Learnt a lot from your articles from over past 2 years. Keep on doing the great great work like you are doing.
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Hi Smash guys >>>
Me ! a Web designer…
Your’e Suppperbbbb >>>
I like the way you approach the UI/Web Elements/
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What is the address to submit something other than a calendar for publication to give as a freebie? Thank you.
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I wanted to say I think this is my favorite site on the web by far. Amazing amount of resources, tool and suggestions.
Question:
I was wondering if there was any way to alter the pagination, throughout the site to show all? My only issues, if i can even call it that, with the site, is that search results force you to stroll through many many pages.Thanks for your consideration,
Stu
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The only thing that sucks on SM is that sometimes there come multiple new articles on one day, but sometimes there comes nothing new in 2 or 3 days. But it’s still a great website ;)
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best
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liked the concept of showing look-alike cartoons for About Us :)
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I love your site, its incredible. I have learned so much from this site. I wanted to ask you if its fine with you if I copy your articles (with reference) and paste on my blog? please let me know about it.
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Best resource for webdesign and web stuff, where it is from? It’s from Germany! ;P BTW: Nice Praxisbuch Web 2.0, Vitaly Friedman!
nelopeace
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Hello From Jakarta…
Smashing Magazine makes the best bread in town.
Can’t live without it…:)
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hi. SM is one of my best sites ever i want to know how to follow u from buzz?
thankyou
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The amount of information and resources that you guys pump out on a weekly basis through the SmashingMagazine website and your networks is amazing. As a designer/developer I’m always being constantly inspired and informed by all of the posts and info. Thanks! Big thanks!
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Radeksonic
June 3rd, 2009 12:18 pm8999 comments? I’m not going to load that page again. And it’s true that the comic strip was really boring. Stay Smashing!
stu young
June 5th, 2009 9:01 amI wanted to say I think this is my favorite site on the web by far. Amazing amount of resources, tool and suggestions.
Question:
I was wondering if there was any way to alter the pagination, throughout the site to show all? My only issues, if i can even call it that, with the site, is that search results force you to stroll through many many pages.
Thanks for your consideration,
Stu
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June 9th, 2009 1:33 pmI guess that “about us” page is here since ever but never noticed.
I have only one critic to your magazine: why is the search done through google, when it could be much nicer and effectiver done by your own means?
Jeroen Ransijn
May 9th, 2011 2:31 pmSmashing magazine is based on WordPress. The built-in search functionality of WP is not so great. There are lots of articles and plugins on the web about changing the default WP search to Google Custom search. Why? Google gives concise and relevant results.
I could argue with you the styling of the embedded Google search is a bit off, this is really hard to adapt, and on the other hand, it gives users an experience they know.
What do you suggest with this? “when it could be much nicer and effectiver done by your own means?”
~J
Jacob Gube
June 11th, 2009 11:56 amYou’ve revamped the “About” page with much more Smashing information! I feel like I’ve learned a lot more about Smashing Magazine – great write-up!
Frank K.
June 11th, 2009 1:33 pmSuper informative Seite – ABER schade, dass es sie nicht auch in deutsch gibt
(man(n) bekommt aber halt nicht alles im Leben :-)
mary
June 14th, 2009 2:06 pmWhat is the address to submit something other than a calendar for publication to give as a freebie? Thank you.
Lars
June 17th, 2009 4:57 am@Frank K.
Yeah but the most good sites are in english and if you wanna be a good designer and want to be better you should read english articles more than german articles. It’s like learning a programming language. If you don’t want read english papers you will be lost. :P
Radeksonic
June 23rd, 2009 5:49 amThe only thing that sucks on SM is that sometimes there come multiple new articles on one day, but sometimes there comes nothing new in 2 or 3 days. But it’s still a great website ;)
Smashing Editorial
June 30th, 2009 9:26 amThis about page is quite new. There was an earlier one we’ve deleted.
@Radeksonic: Articles are published every day. I don’t remember a 2-3 days delay. There might be some exceptions though.
Jônatas Couto
July 1st, 2009 10:38 pmGreat work!
Thanks for every article!
Thomas Christensen
July 2nd, 2009 10:16 pmReally really great site
One of the top places to go – for inspiration, ideas etc.
One of my top RSS favorites!
Compared to many other sites out there – the CONTENT of the articles are very good.
Reinis Lejnieks
July 4th, 2009 7:20 amYou are the best. Keep up the good work :)
Cathy
July 19th, 2009 12:45 pmWhere’s your copyright – article usage information??
Gaurav M
July 25th, 2009 8:44 amwonderful claps 4 u people
Radeksonic
July 26th, 2009 2:33 amI’d like to see an article like: 20 techniques to browse faster. Or something. Two of them are (Firefox only) adblock plus and: http://www.forevergeek.com/2004/12/make_firefox_faster/ .
Jeton
August 5th, 2009 1:17 pmWith all the design love and usability love you give us, what’s up with the ugly table at “Who Produces This Fantastic Resource?” section?
You could put a better looking table :)
Mathias
August 7th, 2009 3:48 amwie ? smashing magazine hat deutschen ursprung?
geilo:D
alanc
August 12th, 2009 5:16 pmSince I was told about this site in mid-2007 it has become my first port of call for updates about web design trends and resources. You guys do a fantastic job of aggregating useful information from around the web.
kumar
August 27th, 2009 11:54 pmamazing
Marcin Szewczyk
September 4th, 2009 3:46 amI say this again: I Love Smashing Magazine! :)
baloot
September 28th, 2009 7:41 amlove u all guys.. you were awesome in magazine on internet. order smashing magazine last 1 1/2 month ago. still waiting for the book, but its ok for the delay because you added some pages. :)
cheers for guys at SM. you did the great job. just 2 awesome years gets you here…
Filippo B
September 29th, 2009 5:28 amThis is the best resource of ever! u are the best!
Bim
October 8th, 2009 2:58 amDoing a great job at SM. Keep up the outstanding work.
Judit & Corina
October 11th, 2009 9:02 pmHello Smashingmagazine!
You are a welt of Information with awesome resources.
Cheers,
Judit & Corina
WineDIneTv
G Wilson
October 20th, 2009 3:41 amI am looking for a theme on wordpress just like the Smashing Magazine theme. Please advise if this theme is available for download.
Thank you.
G Wilson
October 20th, 2009 3:42 amPlease advise if the smashing magazine theme is available on wordpress for download
Sven Lennartz
October 21st, 2009 9:15 amThere is no such theme, friend.
Bleyder
October 23rd, 2009 2:52 amGreat “about us” page. I read it with interest. SM FTW!
Honeysuckle
July 7th, 2011 1:25 amIts really great that people are shrinag this information.
Dan
October 25th, 2009 1:34 pmPlease respond to my comments and/or e-mail about cancellation of the smashing book.
Thank you.
Sven Lennartz
November 3rd, 2009 9:38 amthe support guys are trying to send you an email, dan.
barthes frederic
November 3rd, 2009 9:00 amjust few words to thank you very much all of you for your smashing wonderful work. fred. madagascar webdesigner.
banan
November 3rd, 2009 10:39 amnow – first menu is poooooooooooooor – think about!
np:(1)+(2) freebies
:(
can I BUY yours old SKIN ?
Rafi
November 3rd, 2009 10:42 amHey, my love to smashingmagazine.. I have been a regular reader of SM and I ‘ve seen it growing over the years.. Great job you guys and great content as weel. Keep up the great work and help us with more and more smashing info.
Thanks,
Rafi
Nidcha
November 5th, 2009 7:32 pmThe best magazine in the world! Thank you for the great stuff!!!
sujit
November 9th, 2009 2:17 ambest
Edugrafico
November 10th, 2009 4:27 pmFirst bookmark in my computer and my design classes meinen Freunden.
Vielen Dank aus Perú!
Tommy
November 11th, 2009 7:07 amThink there is a typo under A Smashing Time Line
2008 (July) Gues Author Contest is held
Cheers.
Sven Lennartz
November 11th, 2009 12:07 pmthanks tommy ^^
minanube
November 11th, 2009 5:25 pmimazing work.
I hope smashingmagazine more featured drupal article
Keep writing !
Anggi@icreativelabs
November 12th, 2009 10:25 amYou are always become my true bible :D
Rüstem Çetinkaya
November 14th, 2009 11:59 pmThis is a really good team.
Dumitru
November 19th, 2009 12:59 amThank you for existing! You are my daily source of life & inspiration. You are the best! God bless you! Greetings from Republic of Moldova!
Jeremy
November 19th, 2009 11:57 amWho did the caricatures of you guys for the About page, love ‘em!
Sven Lennartz
November 21st, 2009 11:11 amPasquale D’Silva
at
http://work.pasqualedsilva.com/
Richie Rich
November 21st, 2009 3:22 amI work for a newspaper group in Africa and libraries and bookstores do not stock up the kind of stuff I need. You do not know how much you have helped me in my job.
dating
March 16th, 2011 8:43 amI like it very much because it has very helpful articles of various topics like different culture and the latest news. I am a googler and search on many topics.
Rodrigo
November 27th, 2009 4:13 pmSmashing about page indeed!
Only setback I ever had with SM was the unexpected (sucessive) delays on the much expected Smashing book. But I’m sure that even you guys were surprised and must be way more upset than we are. I’m really looking forward to it.
Keep up the good work.
Michael
November 29th, 2009 11:31 amGreat site and helpful information. You guys have a great statistics ;)
purabgaur
December 1st, 2009 2:56 amfollowing this site is like living at the edge of latest trends on web.
thanks.
wow is the only word which came to my mind when i saw your articles for the very first time.
Thanks once Again.
playmobilman
December 3rd, 2009 4:30 pmHi guys, you are awesome!, thanks a lot for keep me up to date in web technologies day by day, i come from Uruguay and i recently bought your SmashingBook.
Lars E
December 7th, 2009 4:14 amIm a great fan – I read and use your website every day to keep up to date..
Thanx – keep up the good work!
Brian Jones
December 9th, 2009 7:33 amThank you guys for producing the best design & development site on the web. I have to visit SM 3-4 times a day or I know I will miss something good, whether it be an article or tutorial. Thanks to all of you for helping me grow as a designer / developer (still in my studies). Here is to many more successful years & Best of luck to each of you!
B Dickinson
December 14th, 2009 5:30 amAttempted to order the Smashing Book today.
Took all my details including credit card details. But I haven’t received any confirmation or response.
Please advise.
ezrockstar
December 15th, 2009 4:55 amI really-really-really love your website.
Keep on rockin’ and rolling!!!
Ben
December 17th, 2009 11:15 amNot being funny but the cartoons drawings of the team are absolutely shocking… they kinda look like the flintstones. hopelessly out-of-date and rather embarassing.
pouriya
December 19th, 2009 9:09 pmAmazing, Thank you!
Ken Pritchett
December 24th, 2009 10:28 amI appreciate Smashing Magazine so much. I am the web design lead for my company, and I can’t count how many times I have sent SM links to my team as recommended reading. I make it a point to read every day. SM has taught me and inspired me and for that I send my sincerest thanks.
waiting too long
December 29th, 2009 1:28 amI’m writing here because I can hardly find the customer center.
I bought this smashing magazine 2weeks ago by international shipping , and I haven’t got my book on my hand!
There isn’t any menu to track my pacakge or even customer center!
Where is it now? I have to know Please reply me, sooner the better.
maryam
December 31st, 2009 5:03 pmJust wanted to thank you for all your hard work and amazing website, I am dead without you =)
Happy New Year
Horst
January 4th, 2010 3:02 ammailing of printed book not professional. lot of delays. lot of complaints.
what really is the bottleneck?
krizalis
January 5th, 2010 1:07 amBy the way guys, Wikipedia has an article on Smashing Magazine. Although, it’s not been updated in a while. Maybe someone who’s an editor there could update your outdated Smashing Magazine article over at Wikipedia :)
nelopeace
January 11th, 2010 9:01 amBest resource for webdesign and web stuff, where it is from? It’s from Germany! ;P BTW: Nice Praxisbuch Web 2.0, Vitaly Friedman!
nelopeace
pankaj
January 14th, 2010 10:38 ami think now i got the right place for …… this site is very good……. turn page u find new it wil be my dream to make the site like……….hope………. i willll
Hemant
January 29th, 2010 4:22 amliked the concept of showing look-alike cartoons for About Us :)
tuannmdo
January 31st, 2010 7:37 amI love this site, and save every articles to my pc
Jamil
February 4th, 2010 2:20 amI love your site, its incredible. I have learned so much from this site. I wanted to ask you if its fine with you if I copy your articles (with reference) and paste on my blog? please let me know about it.
兰
February 4th, 2010 5:29 amthank u! love you guys~~~~~~^3^
Srecko Bradic
February 6th, 2010 10:51 pmFinally to see your faces :) This morning I have for first time scroll absolute to the bottom and see excellent comics characters and link to this page! Nice to met you and I hope that you will last for a long time. You are doing great job for all of us!
Cheers :)
Bruno
February 9th, 2010 6:57 amFirst, forgive for my english, i am a brazilian curious. The Smashing Magazine is a reference on the web! No doubt about it! At personal level, you help me a lot. Thanks to you, me, a webdesigner beginner from a small town of Brazil, follow the latest trends in the subject, learn the best pratices and get ahead of people with more experience than me ;).
Thanks to all of you who make this blog, and it remains ever alive and present in the world of webdesigners and developers!
Akyno
February 9th, 2010 1:23 pmHi Fellas, only one thing, the “Smashing Time Line” is not updated, which is the version for mobile phone that you did
aumar
February 10th, 2010 8:20 amwow is the only word which came to my mind when i saw your articles for the very first time.
Thanks once Again.
Fernando
February 11th, 2010 7:50 amthank’s for everything!
Joyce Clark
February 16th, 2010 6:50 amDo you currently have any programs which could help teach me to design my own e-store? Please let me know when you might develop such a program if you currently do not. Thank you so much. One other thing there are programs that allow you to read literature with features that turn the page. I might need that feature as well because I write spiritual prose and prayers, I make prayer pillows and things like that. Let me know if you can help me. Again thank you Joyce
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Ms Joyce D Clark
ardianzzz
February 17th, 2010 7:17 amI think this is the most informative magazine in the world….
keep smasH
ceops
February 22nd, 2010 1:31 amhi. SM is one of my best sites ever i want to know how to follow u from buzz?
thankyou
Lisa Smith
February 24th, 2010 5:18 pmI absolutely LOVE smashingmagazine.com – always fresh, always really good. Keep it coming!
Social Media MC
March 9th, 2010 8:03 pmWe enjoy keeping up with your site but I must say your about page is great too, love how you included statistics, success and even the not so great comic strip failure. :) Nicely done!
Dhion Toradan
March 12th, 2010 8:30 amHello From Jakarta…
Smashing Magazine makes the best bread in town.
Can’t live without it…
:)
Catherine
March 19th, 2010 1:22 amHello there! I am here for the first time. First impression is that you have a friendly design and an interface of your site.
Best wishes
Ashley Ob
March 22nd, 2010 7:52 amGreat job of all your team.Regards.
ajith
March 27th, 2010 7:27 amI really started reading a lot these days… thanks to smashingmagazine team… this is what i would like to read…
thank you so much
Kelly
April 1st, 2010 6:59 amDoing a paper for college on the make up of your company. Could use more info like how many people on your board of directors- more about how you got to where you are today and where you see yourself in the future. SM is one of my favorite places on the web and is so helpful. That is why I chose you for my paper, but I need 3 pages and there isn’t that much info on your company on this page. BTW- just ordered your book last week- hope it makes it to the US.
Design Earth
April 9th, 2010 11:50 amJust want to say: Keep it up. Nothing else.
Peter
April 19th, 2010 10:12 pmThe amount of information and resources that you guys pump out on a weekly basis through the SmashingMagazine website and your networks is amazing. As a designer/developer I’m always being constantly inspired and informed by all of the posts and info. Thanks! Big thanks!
Alex
May 1st, 2010 12:46 pmUp to more years of smashing magazines and articles!
Anju P R
May 7th, 2010 4:35 amYou guys are great mind readers!
Julian Gruber
May 26th, 2010 3:11 amWow I had never thought that you guys come from germany until I saw that soccer comic strip. Keep up that great work!
Evolution World
June 13th, 2010 2:07 amLet me tell you ~ Smart Job by Smart People !!!
NaderHamandi
June 21st, 2010 1:46 amNever bought anything but i read alot of good and useful articles
zip
July 5th, 2010 11:18 amsuper website
Scott Richardson
August 2nd, 2010 10:32 pmCan someone tell me where the smashing forums have gone?!?
Sven Lennartz
August 10th, 2010 10:21 amThe Forums closed in April. Here is an old text about what happened:
Merely one year after its introduction the Smashing forum will be closed. it’s an open secret – as everybody can see – that the Smashing forum is not eactly the happening place. Frankly speaking, it’s all but Smashing. When it comes right down to it, the forum never even had a chance. Having survived the instant floods of spam mails and SEOs in its first days of existence, it’s never been capabale to grow by itself as Google would’nt index it. Today it’s still being abused as dump for links and advertising which is a source of nuisance to all honest forum members, who have used the forum to discuss webdesign topics with other professionals, who sought advice or contributed useful input. We thank all of these faithful members. But now the time has come to say goodbye. The server is going to be closed down next week. You may rest assure that your data will safely be deleted; they are not going to be used for any other purposes. See you at Smashing Magazine!
Sidd
August 12th, 2010 1:44 amEven the About page is smashing. Done with care, patience and quality , which are now synonymous with Smashing Magazine.
The Smashing Book had very interesting stuff about the genesis of SM ; can that be included on this page ? Just a thought.
Matias
August 26th, 2010 9:46 amThis is my favorite site.
Thanks for all!
seawitch13
September 4th, 2010 1:08 pmOk. I’m a newbie at this site, but it does seem to be one of the most reliable ones I’ve run into so far.
Kasun Kapuwatta
September 18th, 2010 7:58 amDear All,
My Favourite tech site is this one .
i love so much to smashmag
kasun from Sri Lanka
Criselle
September 20th, 2010 1:35 amSuper Cool Site! Thanks for posting good stuffs!
Pedro Piedade
October 21st, 2010 7:08 amGreat job on keeping us up to date with all the new and cool stuff out there.
Greetings from Portugal.
Rakesh Sivan
October 21st, 2010 7:17 amComic cartoons are not often conveying the exact message, or rather stay away from reader’s expectations. please avoid this space with some other stuff.
Eva
November 5th, 2010 3:58 amThis is my header magazine!!!
Teague Gray
November 12th, 2010 12:07 amSmashing Mag has become my bible and I design by it… I cannot go a day without soaking in some sort of inspiration from it.
thank you SM!
Alex Woetzel
November 23rd, 2010 3:40 amWow! I’ve been researching the search engines for hours due to this and that i eventually thought it was the following!
sangeeta
December 16th, 2010 4:38 amI’s been a year and i have been regularly reading smashing mag, a creative block , some leisure time , a bit of R & D , and i know what i should be doing. By far its still in the top of my list for web logs and magazines on webdesign to read. 3 cheers to the guys who work hard so that we easily get great articles to read. Thanks to the whole team.
Looking forward to some more interesting and innovative creations and articles.
riccardo
January 6th, 2011 2:41 ami realised only now, reading your about page, that you live in freiburg. the city of my dreams.. awesome!
Luke
January 10th, 2011 12:05 amLike the new redesign, its just a shame that most of the whitespace has been linked to the smashing shop.. Clever, but irritating.