Posts Tagged ‘Inspiration’
We are pleased to present below all posts tagged with ‘Inspiration’.
Designer-Client RelationshipGetting Engaged
- January 7th, 2013
- 20 Comments
You probably hear about it every week, if not every day: a spiteful or ragged relationship has ended badly. There are bitter arguments, custody battles, legal entanglements, lives and homes broken in the wake of moral incompatibility, poor choices, and a lack of sober discrimination. It’s the predictable result of kids ...
Read more...Talks To Help You Become A Better Front-End Engineer In 2013
- December 22nd, 2012
- 55 Comments
Many of us care deeply about developing our craft. But staying up to date can be a true challenge, because the quantity of fresh information we’re regularly exposed to can be a lot to take in. 2012 has been no exception, with a wealth of evolution and refinement going on ...
Read more...The Smashing ConferenceExclusive Videos And Interviews (Part 1)
- December 7th, 2012
- 9 Comments
In September 2012 we ran the very first Smashing Conference — friendly, valuable and inspiring community event — in a beautiful medieval building in our home town Freiburg, Germany. The conference was a huge success, and we haven’t anticipated the fantastic feedback we’ve received during and after the event. All conference ...
Read more...Useful Talks And Videos From Web Design Conferences
- November 9th, 2012
- 19 Comments
As a Web professional, you can get great inspiration from a good conference session. While conferences may not bring value to all industries, the Web industry is stacked high with inspirational experts and quiet little geniuses beavering away from small home offices. A good Web conference shines a light on ...
Read more...Retiring The Portfolio Screenshot
- November 6th, 2012
- 33 Comments
The humble screengrab, staple component of a million personal and agency portfolios, can now retire with thanks for years of sterling service showing snippets of work done for a particular client or project. The screengrab always reflected a mythical state in time where the website looked just as the designer ...
Read more...InterviewStefan Sagmeister: “Trying To Look Good Limits My Life”
- October 3rd, 2012
- 5 Comments
Stefan Sagmeister is a designer who has been following his instinct and intuition to the fullest, having gained recognition for his unique, and often provocative, visual explorations. It’s possibly his very personal and almost self-centric way to design that leads to his original approach. On May 31, 19 years after starting ...
Read more...CreativityChanging Perspective: A New Look At Old Problems
- September 3rd, 2012
- 19 Comments
There is an old story of blind men and an elephant. The blind men all meet and are asked to describe the elephant. One says that an elephant is long and skinny like a snake. The other says that the first doesn’t know what he is talking about and says ...
Read more...A Matter of AestheticsThe Designer Will Make It Pretty
- August 24th, 2012
- 40 Comments
I am sure that my day job as a designer has a lot of similarities to that of the entire Smashing community. I create wireframes, mockups and concepts. I craft HTML and CSS using methods that I hope are fluid and adaptive. At the same time, my coworkers and I ...
Read more...Recommended ReadingUseful Print And Online Magazines For Web Designers
- August 16th, 2012
- 32 Comments
One of the advantages of working in a creative industry is the number of designers and developers who take their craft seriously. The design community shines in one regard in particular: the design community seems to be less willing to hoard knowledge and skills. Instead, we present them, elaborate on ...
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