Posts Tagged ‘Web Design’
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“Meet the Team” Pages: Examples and Trends
- June 1st, 2010
- 136 Comments
In any industry where the people behind a company are as important as the company itself, you’re likely to find a kind of expanded “about” page that includes information on individual employees. “Meet the Team” pages are popular among web design and other creative firms, but are also found on ...
Read more...Bizarre Websites On Which You Can Kill Time With Style
- May 25th, 2010
- 119 Comments
Modern Web-building technologies allow designers to realize their most daring and creative ideas. Enhanced interactivity and a remarkable visual appearance can be achieved by means of such tools as Flash, JavaScript and Papervision3D, to name just a few. These strengths usually impress and entertain visitors and thus are often used ...
Read more...Website Archives Design: Good Practices and Examples
- May 24th, 2010
- 31 Comments
The archive is one of those often-overlooked parts of a website that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Too often it’s thrown on a page that’s no different from any other page on the website, or it’s ignored altogether. The archive offers a lot of room for creativity, though. Whether ...
Read more...Web Design Trends 2010: Real-Life Metaphors and CSS3 Adaptation
- May 20th, 2010
- 61 Comments
In our earlier article about Web design trends for 2010 we covered the strong influence of print design techniques, keypress navigation, horizontal layouts, rich typography and aesthetically pleasing designs. Web design today is developing rapidly, breaking the limitations of conventional approaches and exploring the possibilites of upcoming technologies. Designers are ...
Read more...Principles Of Minimalist Web Design, With Examples
- May 13th, 2010
- 107 Comments
Minimalism is achieved by reducing a design to only the most essential elements. Expressions of minimalism span multiple disciplines, as well as other art forms such as music and literature. For website designers, though, minimalism can be intimidating and difficult to master. But anyone can master minimalism. Essentially, minimalism is about ...
Read more...The Current State of Web Design: Trends 2010
- May 4th, 2010
- 142 Comments
Web design is a fickle industry. Just like every other form of artistic expression, Web design has undergone a continuous and surprisingly fast evolution. Once a playground for enthusiasts, it has now become a mature rich medium with strong aesthetic and functional appeal. In fact, we are experiencing what could ...
Read more...Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified
- April 29th, 2010
- 87 Comments
A grid at its barest is nothing more than a series of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines spaced at regular intervals, but its innate propensity for creating order out of chaos makes it one of the most powerful tools at a designer’s disposal. If you want to reap their benefits ...
Read more...Usability Do’s And Don’ts For Interactive Design
- April 27th, 2010
- 46 Comments
We often talk about how to make our websites more usable, whether it’s tweaking the HTML structure of pages to benefit the user’s process or figuring out how best to display a message via CSS. But we never bring this thought process into our jQuery-based (and other JavaScript-based) elements. How ...
Read more...Designing For A Hierarchy Of Needs
- April 26th, 2010
- 60 Comments
Based on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the idea of a design hierarchy of needs rests on the assumption that in order to be successful, a design must meet basic needs before it can satisfy higher-level needs. Before a design can “Wow” us, it must work as intended. It must ...
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