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Game Sites Design Survey: Examples and Current Practices

Game websites are a little bit of a mystery. You won’t find them in the popular CSS-showcases since they are seldom fully CSS-based; however, they also rarely show up in sites that collect best Flash... More... 70 Comments
Pop Art Is Alive: Classics and Modern Artworks

As a visual art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s, pop art aims to emphasize the nature of things popular in our daily routine. In pop art, most artists use mechanical means of rendering techniques... More... 76 Comments
Favicon Episode 7

Every now and again we showcase beautiful favicons — tiny pieces of art you’ll usually find in your browser's address bar or when searching through your bookmarks. Favicons are important as... More... 61 Comments
Hand-Drawing Style In Modern Web Design - Volume 2

When it comes to web design too often perfect, colorful and boxy designs make the cut; however, the reality is different as it is hard to find objects with a perfect shape and a perfect color in our... More... 106 Comments
The Showcase Of BIG Typography - Second Edition

In Web typography doesn’t have to support the overall design. It can dominate. It can be loud. It can be bold. And it can be everywhere on a web-site. In many situations it’s reasonable to give... More... 77 Comments
Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs

Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any... More... 177 Comments
Best Of March 2008

Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. We read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll... More... 58 Comments
Favicon Episode 6: Black, Abstract and Hand-Drawing

Every now and again we showcase beautiful favicons — tiny pieces of art you'll usually find only if you are looking for them or search through your bookmarks. Below you'll find 50 more outstanding... More... 53 Comments
Best Of February 2008

Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. We read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll... More... 84 Comments
Favicons Episode 5: The Delicate Beauties

The New Year's Eve is a tricky time for designers. Some of us eagerly analyze deadlines, define milestones and refine the time schedule for the upcoming year. The other ones discover the need to update... More... 51 Comments
Dilectio: A Smashing Wordpress Theme

Update (22.12.2007): the theme had some comment errors; Elena has just fixed them. Please download the new version, you'll find the links below. Over the last year Elena Gafita, the creative mind... More... 279 Comments
Paper Strips Menus

The beauty of an excellent design lies in designer's attention to smallest details. Conventions are our friends; however, to stand out, a design needs a creative spin, an elegant play of colors, some... More... 64 Comments
Matt Stuart

Can you shoot photos of things that don't really exist? Matt Stuart is a professional photographer. He lives in England and is fascinated about people and the way they live their lives. But what is... More... 17 Comments
45 Fresh, Clean and Impressive Designs

Sometimes it's just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talanted web-developers manage to deliver... More... 206 Comments