The top visual design trends for 2014


Beards. Diverse women. Hands-on dads.What do these three things have in common? They will all be visual design trends to look out for in 2014, at least according to one stock photo firm’s predictions. iStock has released an infographic that gives fair warning to anyone wondering what aesthetic you may grow to hate next year. … Continue reading The top visual design trends for 2014

The 5 best tools for responsive design


Let me start by saying this, I will not be including any point-and-click design tools in this list (think Adobe Edge Reflow). The reason is simple enough, I believe that they’re bad for everyone; designers, clients, coders… everyone suffers. It’s not a question of the quality of code output by these programs. It’s not because … Continue reading The 5 best tools for responsive design

New features of WordPress 3.8 “Parker”


Version 3.8 of WordPress, named “Parker” in honor of Charlie Parker, bebop innovator, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. We hope you’ll think this is the most beautiful update yet. JavaScript required to play this video. Introducing a modern new design WordPress has gotten a facelift. 3.8 brings a fresh new … Continue reading New features of WordPress 3.8 “Parker”

10 Web Design Trends for 2013


For starters, we’d like to say thank you for the amazing reception our free eBook Web design and Mobile Trends for 2013 has had since its launch last week, and especially to all those who made it possible by sharing their insightful opinions. Today we’re doing a review of the end conclusions, where we will identify and … Continue reading 10 Web Design Trends for 2013

Free GUI Sets for UI/UX Designers


20 Best Free GUI Sets to Use in Your Projects Photoshop GUI kits contain many graphics that are very useful to designers. In these GUI sets you’ll find graphic components such as buttons, inputs, button groups, selects, checkboxes and radio-buttons, tags, menus, progress bars and sliders, navigation elements and more. Here you’ll find free PSD GUI sets … Continue reading Free GUI Sets for UI/UX Designers

Designing Banners …A Thought Process


Is it a Child’s play or Prodigy? Or something else… A mere look is not sufficient to make someone fall for you, and make them do exactly what you want them to. Can’t be a child’s play, so what it is then? A Prodigy! No. In Designing Banners for advertisements there is nothing like child’s … Continue reading Designing Banners …A Thought Process

When to Redesign?


What is the right time to get the renovation of the house done? Hmm…may be only the residents of the place can answer this question more exquisitely than those who are living nearby or who cross the house everyday and stare at it from the outside. The same way the right time to get the … Continue reading When to Redesign?

Design to Market


Web designers and their creativity have evolved a long mile now. Tracking down the past we see that many new changes and discoveries have been made in the world of designing. We see many designers experimenting with colors, fonts, backgrounds, images and hence coming up with new presentational skills of their design. Today while designing … Continue reading Design to Market

Landing Page is no Home Page, Always


Why the creation of a landing page needs to be so thoughtful? Why can not you design a landing page like any other web page? And does smart designing of the landing page really increases the odds of a goal conversion?Let’s start answering in the reverse order. Yes, a well designed and wisely knitted landing … Continue reading Landing Page is no Home Page, Always