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Designing Memorable Websites: Showcase of Creative Designs

From Sarah & Adrienne Kahn
November 11th, 2010
70 Comments

One of the main goals of having a website, whether it be a portfolio website or a business website, is to declare your presence on the Web. There are thousands upon thousands of websites out there; it’s pretty well established that you are competing for your audience’s interest and attention. ...

Billboard Web Design: How To Win Your Audience’s Attention

From Thomas McGee
October 28th, 2010
56 Comments

Let’s say you’re driving down the freeway at 65mph and you see the roadside plastered with advertising posters on both sides. Some small, some large, all meant in some measure to cause you to remember a brand or identity, to keep that company name in your mind. The more saturated ...

When A Thousand Words Is Worth A Picture

From Felicity Evans
October 26th, 2010
31 Comments

Good design speaks for itself, right? Unfortunately, that is rarely the case. Most of us don’t have the privilege of designing for ourselves; we design for clients, clients who have their own taste and ideas, clients who ultimately need to be persuaded on why we’ve made certain decisions. Good design ...

Fashion Websites: Trends, Showcase, Interviews

From Julia May
September 27th, 2010
57 Comments

Fashion is a cultural phenomenon. It’s so often transient, but at the same time one of the most polished mirrors of our time. Unlike other art forms and creative media, fashion is a mode of self-expression for all players involved: the designer makes clothes to express their personality, and the ...

Showcase Of Web Design In The Arab World

From Otba Mushaweh
September 19th, 2010
128 Comments

Sand, magic carpets, Islamic art, Mecca, turban, luxury, camels, incense, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves, arabesque art and cous cous are just a few of the images that spring to mind when thinking Arab world. But there is actually a misconception of what is the ‘Arab world’. Most often ...

Expressive Web Typography: Useful Examples and Techniques

From Fran Melo and Angie Bowen
September 13th, 2010
47 Comments

Wherever we turn online, typography jumps out at us — sometimes literally, with the assistance of some clever coding. And now more than ever, we are seeing greater focus on this design element and its varied implementations around the Web. With the growing popularity of font embedding services and @font-face, ...

Showcase of Interesting Navigation Designs

From Sarah & Adrienne Kahn
September 7th, 2010
81 Comments

Everyone is always looking for interesting and effective ways to organize their website and allow users to move about and find things. But there’s a fine line between unexpected and unusable. Three points to consider in any navigation scheme are consistency, user expectations and contextual clues. If page is long and ...

Showcase Of Appetizing Restaurant Websites

From Sam Wilson
September 2nd, 2010
89 Comments

They say the first bite is taken with the eye. If so, these appetizing restaurant websites succeed in whetting our appetites, inviting us to a savoury next bite. In these designs, color scheme and introductory copy show vastly different aspects of the restaurant experience. Moody warm tones create atmosphere, vibrant ...

Improve Your E-Commerce Design With Brilliant Product Photos

From Peter Crawfurd
August 24th, 2010
45 Comments

Product photography could well be the single most important design aspect of any e-commerce website. Without the ability to touch, hold, smell, taste or otherwise handle the products they are interested in, potential customers have only images to interact with. Ultimately, the softer, tastier, flashier and more attractive your products ...

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