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  Executing Our Ideas: It’s In the Details

  When designing for the Web, how important is it to begin with a brilliant idea for a web-site? Can a quality site be built if the underlying concept is weak? And what happens to a brilliant idea if its... More... 34 Comments

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  5 Useful Coding Solutions For Designers and Developers

  Often creative and truly remarkable design solutions remain unknown because we, designers, simply overlook them. Being busy with our own projects, we sometimes try to grasp the intuition behind... More... 103 Comments

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  How To Stop Being A Lazy Designer

  From working with wide range of projects, I have learned one thing: designers are lazy (sometimes myself included). Most often it comes from our desire to get a quick signoff and move on with the next... More... 84 Comments

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  Design and Independence

  Designers are independent. In work, mindset and lifestyle. Yet in this Web age aren't we losing independence? For most designers the first tool to start designing from is the Adobe suite, a quite... More... 80 Comments

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  Vivid Imagery In Modern Web Design

  By using vivid images designers can draw user's attention, communicate a message quickly and effectively and leave a memorable first impression. Practically all websites use images in their design, but... More... 79 Comments

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  Getting Creative With Transparency in Web Design

  Arm yourself with the knowledge of how different file types of images can be used to achieve transparency on web-pages. It's important to first understand these basics. Then learn how to push the... More... 71 Comments

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  Footers In Modern Web Design: Creative Examples and Ideas

  According to classic principles of web design, everything at the bottom of the page isn't that important. Most users think like that. And most designers are convinced that this is true. Site elements at... More... 141 Comments

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  Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples

  Navigation is the most significant element in web design. Since web-layouts don't have any physical representation a user can stick to, consistent navigation menu is one of the few design elements which... More... 216 Comments

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