Author: Sven Lennartz
Co-Founder of Smashing Magazine. Former writer, web designer, freelancer and webworker. Author of several books.
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50 Designers x 6 Questions
- September 5th, 2007
- 59 Comments
Some months ago we’ve selected 50 prominent designers and design companies, contacted them and asked to answer five design-related questions, sharing their knowledge and experience with fellows developers. 35 designers have responded then. For each of 5 questions we’ve received 5 precise answers. The result was 35×5 professional ideas from ...
Read more...Logotrend 2007: Leaves
- August 31st, 2007
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In modern logo-design leaves stand for fresh ideas or – more generally – for an innovative way of thinking. In Web they are mostly used to communicate light-weight solutions as well as clean and unobtrusive designs. In fact, leaves, plants or ornaments which appear to be related to ...
Read more...Corporate Identity Manuals & Guides
- August 28th, 2007
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The protection of visual identity is probably one of the most important issues when it comes to developing concepts in which corporate identity (CI) is used. Both in web design and in print – corporate identity manuals are supposed to give designers precise guidelines on how logotypes, colors and typography ...
Read more...45 Excellent Blog Designs
- August 28th, 2007
- 211 Comments
Designing a blog is easy. Whatever engine you are using and whatever style you prefer, you’ll always find a number of templates you can apply to your weblog in seconds. No styling is necessary, no playing with colors is needed and no mind jogging about content presentation is required. However, ...
Read more...Wanted: Your 404 Error Pages
- July 25th, 2007
- 144 Comments
Every day you visit one of them. The pages, which don’t exist any longer, have moved to a new server or have never existed at all. Once you’ve missed your intended destination, either through a bad or outdated link, or a typo in the page you were hoping to reach, ...
Read more...Exploring Design: Outstanding Start Pages
- July 17th, 2007
- 81 Comments
Designers have only a fraction of a second to attract users’ eye and win over their loyalty. Clear visual structure, thought-out typography and moderate use of images are extremely important – as they can drastically improve the scanning process for the users. Consequently, to achieve a lasting positive impression, it’s ...
Read more...Inspiration Package: 60+ Usable & Elegant Designs
- July 4th, 2007
- 131 Comments
We all love beautiful, usable and impressive web designs. To achieve them, web developers need to focus on many aspects, but basically it all boils down to the question, how well the content is presented and how easily the information can be perceived. Harmonic color schemes are as important as ...
Read more...Web Domains: Tools To Use, Articles To Read
- June 28th, 2007
- 34 Comments
A thought-out domain name can save you a lot of time and bring you a lot of traffic. Search engines love topic-related domain names and they seem to be an important aspect which is being used to evaluate web-pages. Besides, if you have a popular web-site with enviable reputation, you ...
Read more...Creative Favicons: When Small Is Beautiful
- June 14th, 2007
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We love creative favicons. Their beauty lies in the approach a designer has chosen to put something really unique inside of the 16x16px box. Designing favicons, it’s necessary to work with miniature images, and every extra pixel can be the wrong one. A good favicon is original, beautiful and – ...
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