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Pure Design Awesomeness by Niark
Today were featuring the awesome talent of Niark, a wondrous 34 year old French freelance graphic designer and witty illustrator living in Paris.Niark takes his inspiration from street art, music and graphics.He works in a broad scope of areas such as advertising agencies, music labels, art toys, st …
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Best Practices for 6 Common User Interface Elements
The appearance and usability of certain interface elements and functionality are crucial to the success any websites in todays market.Studies have demonstrated that even a split-second delay in thinking on the users part will weaken their perception and interest in a website and ultimately lower the …
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The Unbelievable and Impossible Photos of Li Wei
Li Wei, a contemporary artist from Beijing China, has been taking self portraits to new heights… literally!His gravity defying photos have been mesmerizing the world, capturing impossible looking moments of apparent extreme danger.Youll find Wei hanging on in dangerous situations, or crashing head o …
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CNN’s New Website Design Deconstructed
On Monday, October 26, CNN.com introduced a new website design, making a number of major changes to their information-heavy layout.The new design is beautiful, clean, organized and well-structured. It invites the eye to scan and find something interesting with the goal of clicking through to another …
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Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Oct 25-Oct 31, 2009
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tw …
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Blog Headers: 20 Great Examples and Best Practices
The header is likely the first thing a new visitor sees on a blog, so it is the first impression — but why is a blog header so much more important, or at least different, than the header of a basic website?Blog headers need more functionality. Other web designs may differ in terms of their use and t …
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The Dazzling Digital Art of Archan Nair
Archan Nair (alias archanN on the web) is an exceptional 26 year old designer, illustrator and digital artist.He is currently based in New Delhi, India. As you scroll through his art, keep in mind his goal of creating works was inspired by various phases or moments of life.Archan comes from a differ …
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To School or Not to School
Education undeniably changes us. Learning new things completely alters our perception of life and the world around us.But formal academic training is a touchy subject for some people. Going to school to learn a discipline is still not an option for everyone.As someone who has worked in the graphic d …
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200+ Free Exclusive RSS Icons: “Supra”
Today we bring you a set of over 200 free and exclusive RSS icons called “Supra”.The icons are provided in both raster and vector formats: The transparent PNG versions are 3232, 6464 and 128×128, and we have also included source files for Illustrator so that you can resize and create the icons as ne …
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BIG THANKS to All Our Sponsors, Oct. 09
Today wed like to thank all our advertisers for their continued support of WDD.Its both thanks to them and to our audience that WDD continues to thrive month after month.We realize that many of you may not click on adverts as you may feel that they may not be relevant to you, or your business.Why n …
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Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Oct 18-Oct 24, 2009
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tw …
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The Weirdest Clouds that You’ll Ever See
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for designers to look at things differently.We all know that a tree doesnt always have green leaves, water is not blue and clouds are certainly not always white and puffy. As designers, we need to know to look beyond the obvious when looking at things.C …
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Systematizing the Graphic Design Process
Unlike other forms of art, graphic design is not just about taking paper and pen and letting the work flow.Graphic designers have to help viewers get the message and help sell a service or product.Creating a design for a client with little or no strategy just doesnt work. Unlike traditional art, gra …
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30 Superb Examples of Infographic Maps
As you search the web youll come across a wide range of interactive and graphical maps.Deciding when, where and how to integrate or display a map on your site is the first step, the second should be what technology and illustrations to use.If youre all about interaction, JQuery, Ajax, or Flash are a …
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Do’s and Don’ts of Photoshop Retouching
A photograph of a stunning model is sitting before you that has serious potential but several flaws.The shade of the female models hair is dull, her eye color just isnt doing it for you, and she has several pimples across her otherwise flawless face.What do you do? Touch up the photo using Photoshop …
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Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Oct 11-Oct 17, 2009
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tw …
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Preparing and Planning for a Redesign
So many businesses out there set up a website and then think, There, thats done with and never bother to re-evaluate their websites design or position in the marketplace.But looking at a website as a static, unchanging bit of advertising will put you at a disadvantage sooner or later.Trends in websi …
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An Analysis of the Amazon Shopping Experience
Designers of e-commerce websites today face a number of challenges in attempting to build a user experience that increases the likelihood of visitors making online purchases.To battle fierce online competition and overcome the apprehension of skeptical shoppers, designers can take a number of steps …
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Super Freaky Movie Posters of the 70’s
From Attack of the Killer Tomatoes to Zardoz, the 1970s were not only home to some of the craziest titles in film, but some of the most interesting movie posters.The 70s were also home to some of the more psychedelic and funky designs for movie posters that more recent directors, most notably Quenti …
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Our Favorite Tweets of the Week Oct 4-Oct 10, 2009
Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tw …
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