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How Far Should You Go With Redesigning?

Tanner Godarzi — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:50:04 +0000

Designers often face difficult questions when taking on a new project, one of the biggest being “what’s the best way to tackle this?” but some forget to ask how radical they need to be with their newest project.

Redesign And Realign

FINCH, the site of designer and writer Francisco Inchauste, brought up ...
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Design Inspiration Of The Day: 3 Awesome CSS3 Examples

Tanner Godarzi — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:05:10 +0000

As part of the Design Inspiration Of The Day Series, I’ll be taking a look at three amazing uses of CSS3 to recreate icons and objects.

CSS3 iPhone Icons

Despite being used to style web pages, CSS3 is being used to recreate entire graphics and icons with no images whatever. To showcase ...
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Web Design Using The Grid: What You Need To Know

Tanner Godarzi — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:25:30 +0000

Are you a first time web designer and want to start improving your design? The problem may lie in your perception and use of the grid: here’s how to fix it.

Why You Should Use A Grid

Design elements and principles are hammered into every designer as they trudge through school. learning ...
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The Psychology Behind Web Design

Tanner Godarzi — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:25:19 +0000

The psychology behind web design is fascinating yet some people miss the mark. Focusing on structure, goals and purpose will make your site more appealing.

Structure

As people in a growing world of information that doubles in size at amazing speeds, our daily consumption of data should not be impeded by bad ...
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Tips for Designers to Make Your Site More Usable

Tanner Godarzi — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:05:33 +0000

Making your website user friendly is important for retaining visitors, increasing traffic and fulfilling the purpose of your web presence. Following a few guidelines can improve the usability of your site.

What Does Your Site Need To Do?

A website is a means to an end: it sells a product, informs a ...
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5 Great Sources Of Inspiration To Get Rid Of Designer’s Block

Tanner Godarzi — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 16:05:21 +0000

When designing, drawing inspiration can either be a difficult task or the easiest thing in the world. Finding inspiration in the most unlikely of places can dramatically alter your work for the positive but when road blocks show up, designing can feel like a monumental task. Here’s 5 great places ...
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Interface Website Notepad – Life and its Tasks Organized

Ritika Betala — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:40:38 +0000

Ever had the feeling you are forgetting an important task you are supposed to be doing? Lets agree to it, we all have that feeling, and when we realize what we forgot to do, we wished we had written it down somewhere or in your calendar to remind you in ...
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10 Graphic Designer Resources to Find Online Work

Walyou — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:36:47 +0000

As a professional designer you want to fatten up your portfolio and reach new clients. As a designer hobbyist, you wish to improve your skills, possibly put your works-of-art on ...
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Wix the Free Flash Website Maker

Jude Cavale — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:05:00 +0000

If you are a webmaster, you would know the importance of having a great looking website in order to attract more traffic, but unfortunately, attractive websites do not come for free and if you want features like Flash to be incorporated, you could expect the charges to be more than ...
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Free Social Media Icons: Origami Style

Eran Abramson — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:29:34 +0000

There are so many Social Media and Web 2.0 sites we use every day, and their logos are so familiar to us. It is great to see a new version that isn’t all about flashy and bright colors but a conceptual logo design based on Origami papercraft.

These Web 2.0 icons ...
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