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200 Beautiful Seamless Patterns for Web Design
Web Design Ledger has collected a lot of nice seamless patterns for web design. Always handy, so worth browsing! 200 Beautiful Seamless Patterns Perfect... (Posted February 3, 2009)
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3 Nice Resources for Background Images
Patterrific provides free seamless repeat patterns in both vector and pixel format to designers around the world. Some nice patterns here. Patterrific.com | Passion... (Posted January 17, 2009)
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30 Most Incredible Textures for Vintage Style Design
Some nice vintage texture resources in this round-up from Web Design Ledger. 30 Most Incredible Textures for Vintage Style Design (Web Design Ledger) Also:... (Posted January 14, 2009)
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Today's Good Links Round-up
1. The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008 (Photoshop Lady) 2. From Six Revisions, a guide for giving your website a tune-up. 10 Ways to... (Posted December 22, 2008)
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Bold Typography Uses, Inspiration and Free Fonts
Site PSDFan takes a look at the use of bold typography in web design, how to uses it, showcase of sites that use it... (Posted December 22, 2008)
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3 Looks at Great Web Design
I always enjoy browsing posts that highlight the best in web design. It's always a great way to find design inspiration and to see what... (Posted December 21, 2008)
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5 Resources and Tutorials for Web Design
1. 350 Retro and Vintage Photoshop Brushes (Designm.ag) 2. Top 75 Best Design Resources of 2008 A collection of the best and most useful... (Posted December 21, 2008)
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29 Most Useful Texture Packs of 2008
As 2008 draws to a close, a lot of website are doing some nice best of the year round-ups. This one, from Web Design... (Posted December 14, 2008)
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10 Common Typography Mistakes
Site The Design Cubicle has a great look at common typography mistakes and how to correct them. A good read! The goal of this... (Posted December 6, 2008)
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Free Textures and Icons
Two nice round-ups today with some great resources for web design. First, from Elite By Design has a round-up of 22 new and free high... (Posted November 29, 2008)
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24 Beautiful and Creative Website Headers
Looking for some website header inspiration? Toxel.com has a nice round-up of 24 of them, worth browsing. 24 Beautiful and Creative Website Headers.... (Posted November 29, 2008)
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60 Free Vector Icons Packs for Design Professionals
Any round-up from VECTORTUTS is a good one but this one is especially nice. They have rounded-up 60 free vector icon packs that these... (Posted November 24, 2008)
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30+ High Quality, Free Vector Sets to Beautify Your Designs
WebResources Depot has a nice round-up of high quality and free vector object sets to enhance your designs. Worth browsing for some nice finds!... (Posted November 19, 2008)
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40 Great Web and Graphic Design Resources
From ThinkDesignBlog, a nice round-up of resources for web and graphic design. Resources for CSS/Coding, Wordpress and Design related resources and tools. 40 Great... (Posted November 10, 2008)
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40 Beautiful Free Icon Sets
Unless you're someone who can make great icons, free icon sets are a great thing for designers or even just for personal desktop use. Six... (Posted November 3, 2008)
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Elegent Web Typography
Interested in great web typography? Check out this presentation from Jeff Croft. It was part of Web Directions South in September and is now available... (Posted November 1, 2008)
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10 Princlipes of Logo Design Masters
VectorTUTS has a great look at logo design today. Written by Chris Spooner (of SpoonGraphics), the article looks at the "solid-gold" principles of world class... (Posted November 1, 2008)
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208 Retro Photoshop Patterns
From Well Medicated, a look at "retro" patterns for web design. In this case, retro being only a couple of design trends ago ;) A... (Posted October 23, 2008)
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Weekend Link Round-up
Scripts and Coding 1. From Bulletproof Box35 Essential jQuery Tutorials, Code Chunks and Plugins for Designers. 2. From devSnippets, 22 JavaScript Frameworks. Web Design and... (Posted October 5, 2008)
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A couple of Background Pattern Resources
Design Shard has a nice collection of links to sources for repeating background patterns and images, as well links to some tutorials for making your... (Posted August 8, 2008)
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Ultimate Collection of Free Textures, Background Patterns and Seamless Tiles
Site beex.net has a great big round-up of free, high-res background patterns, textures and seamless tiles. Definitely worth browsing for some new sources for these... (Posted August 7, 2008)
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23 Beautiful Examples of Web Site Archives
Sitepoint has a nice article today, looking at web site archives and examining 23 examples of archives done well. Worth a read! 23 Beautiful Examples... (Posted August 5, 2008)
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400+ High Quality Patterns
Design Reviver has a really nice round-up of patterns today, worth browsing. Patterns can be found every where. Most commonly we can see them in... (Posted July 21, 2008)
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Typography is Sexy
From Fuel Your Creativity, Part 1 of their visual round-up of "some really sexy use of typography". Some nice examples, worth a look. Typography is... (Posted July 11, 2008)
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Hand Drawn Design Round-up
Design Reviver has a big round-up of resources for the hot hand drawn look. You don’t need to have your finger on the pulse of... (Posted July 11, 2008)
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30 Great Free Paper Backgrounds and Textures
Site Creative Closeup has a nice round-up of high resolution paper images for web and graphic design. Worth browsing for some nice resources. 30 Great... (Posted July 4, 2008)
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400+ Swirls, Curls and Fleurons
Design Reviver has a nice round-up today, featuring swirls, curls and flower shaped elements. Ornamental web design is often comprised of swirling, curling, or flower... (Posted July 1, 2008)
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Want to know how to design? Learn the basics.
Just Creative Design has a nice article today, covering the basics of design from Colour to Shape and more. Want to know how to... (Posted June 13, 2008)
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2008 Design Trends
From Web Designer Wall, what's hot in design for 2008 that's well worth browsling for a great collection of current trends. So what’s hot... (Posted June 13, 2008)
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3 Nice Design Resources
From site Design Reviver, a round-up of 200+ grunge textures, brushes and fonts worth browsing. 200 Textures, Brushes, and Fonts: Ultimate Grunge Roundup. For... (Posted June 8, 2008)
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49 Professional and Innovative Websites
If you're looking for a little design inspiration, this collection of 49 inspiring websites from inspiredology.com might be just what you need. Some nice... (Posted April 29, 2008)
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Round-up of Some Nice Design Inspiration Links
35 Beautiful Bright, Colorful Web Designs from Six Revisions And at the other end of the spectrum, 32 Wicked White Websites, from inspiredology. From... (Posted April 8, 2008)
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BB Petie Boy Original Font from Bittbox
Website Bittbox has released it's very first original free font. BB Petie Boy is available in four weights, one of which is a grunge... (Posted April 4, 2008)
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Design Packs for Web Designers
Looking for some image resources for web design? New site Design Packs offers up packs of images, based on common themes. Images are free... (Posted March 17, 2008)
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45 Photoshop Tutorials for Better Navigation
Vandelay Website Design has a nice list of links to 45 Photoshop Tutorials for creating website navigation elements. Navigation is obviously one of the... (Posted March 4, 2008)
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20+ Free Web Design Ebooks and Guides
For anyone looking for some free web design learning resources, it would be worth browsing this round-up of free web design ebooks and guides at... (Posted March 4, 2008)
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A Guide to Web Typography: The Basics
Still trying to get a handle on good web typography? I Love Typography walks through the basics of good web photography. Today we're going to... (Posted February 28, 2008)
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Web Design: From Good to Great in 25 Links
Website Ten Thousand Things has a nice list for anyone interested in web design, highlighting articles that focus on refining web design skills. Many may... (Posted February 28, 2008)
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Dingbat Fonts Roundup
Design site Bittbox.com has a nice roundup of Dingbat Fonts that can be really useful in design, especially when converted to vector images in... (Posted February 18, 2008)
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Pattern Inspiration
Patterns have been popular in web design for some time and today, Veerle has sourced out some great options for pattern inspiration. Sometimes it’s... (Posted February 13, 2008)
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Vintage Style Web Design
Website Web Designer Wall has a nice round-up of vintage style web design. Interesting look at a unique style. Vintage Web Design... (Posted January 22, 2008)
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Top 10 Free Resources for Background Patterns and Textures for Web Designers
Website specky boy has a really nice round-up of resources for web design backgrounds and textures. Worth browsing for discovering some new links for... (Posted January 20, 2008)
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15 Footers with Great Usability
If you've been thinking about sprucing up your website footer, you might like to browse this collection of 15 footer designs. Footers are becoming... (Posted January 7, 2008)
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Top 25 Icon Resources for Web Designers
Icons are one of those things that are always a nice addition to a web page and free, icon resources are always welcome. Website... (Posted January 6, 2008)
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The 50 Most Popular Web Design Posts of 2007
The 50 Most Popular Web Design Blog Posts, Resources & Cheat Sheets of 2007 The past year has been an amazing period for those wishing... (Posted January 4, 2008)
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15 Great Examples of Web Typography
Typography site i love typography starts 2008 with "a little typography inspiration". A nice round-up worth browsing. 15 Great Examples of WebTypography... (Posted January 3, 2008)
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Color and Typography in Good Design
Another great article from COLOURlovers, Color Design Blog / Color and Typography in Good Design, that looks at how color and typography can combine... (Posted December 20, 2007)
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9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design
Website PSDTuts has a nice article today on 9 Essential Principles for Good Web Design. Web design can be deceptively difficult. Getting a design... (Posted December 17, 2007)
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11 Images You Might Want to Avoid in Your Designs
Website Snap2objects has a round-up of 11 images that they consider "cliche" and suggest are best avoided if you'd like a fresh, creative design.... (Posted December 14, 2007)
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Typographic Contrast and Flow
Design site Web Designer Wall has a nice article on web typography, in Typographic Contrast and Flow. ... most online readers don’t read line... (Posted December 11, 2007)
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Killing Some Bad Layout Conventions
Website Design View takes aim at some web site layouts that he feels should be left in the past. In Killing Some Bad Layout Conventions... (Posted December 10, 2007)
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2007 Web Design Trends & Cliches
It's that time of year and all kinds or articles are popping up looking back at 2007 and forward to 2008. This is a... (Posted December 10, 2007)
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Free Icons and Buttons
There are a couple of themes running through links today. The first one is icons, specifically free icons and where to find them. Free Icons... (Posted December 6, 2007)
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20 Golden Rules of Great Design
Another nice article on Sitepoint, The 20 Golden Rules of Great Design, details 20 things to consider when designing anything (print, web). If design is... (Posted December 4, 2007)
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2007 Best CSS Designs
As 2007 is wrapping up, I would like to share the best design sites with you. Here is a list of 50 websites hand-picked... (Posted December 3, 2007)
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Nice, Free Mini Icons to Download
Quality Mini Icons - a nice set of mini icons free to download and use. Thanks for sharing!... (Posted December 2, 2007)
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Principles of Design
Design Meltdown if presenting a great series of articles on the Principles of Design. It will be a six-part series looking at the areas of... (Posted November 29, 2007)
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Analysis of Web 2.0 Design and Layout Trends: Part 1
Part 1 of an analysis of Web 2.0 Design and Layout Trends features Clean, Colorful and Horizontally Divided Website Designs. A nice article, with... (Posted November 14, 2007)
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Beautiful Sites with No (or Very Few) Images
ｻ Beautiful sites with no (or very few) images takes a look at sites designed with none or few images. I’ve decided to examine... (Posted October 28, 2007)
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35 Website Footer Designs, Trends and Styles
35 website footer designs, trends and styles takes a look at some nice footer designs and presents them nicely for some great design inspiration.... (Posted October 25, 2007)
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The Design View Show: weekly design podcast
The Design View Show - Show #1 The Design View Show is a weekly podcast by Andy Rutledge, examining design fundamentals, business, culture, and... (Posted October 20, 2007)
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Free Vector Graphics
Free Vector Graphics at Web Design Blog - a number of sets of nice and free vector graphics in EPS format. For more free... (Posted September 30, 2007)
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Tips and Tricks for Designing Logos
If you've ever struggled with designing a logo, website Wipeout44 has some great Tips and tricks for designing logos. The article covers simple, font... (Posted July 27, 2007)
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50 Ways to Become a Better Designer
Website liquidcity has a great article on web design - 50 Ways to Become a Better Designer. It's a great read for professional designers or... (Posted July 5, 2007)
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Web Designisms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work
Vitamin Features ｻ Web Design-isms: 7 Surefire Styles that Work "Glossy buttons, ornamental backgrounds, futuristic interfaces. We've all been guilty at one time or another... (Posted June 11, 2007)
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Icon Search Engine Iconlet
iconlet.com - icon search engine - free icons for your project. Be sure to check out the "Advanced Search" where you can specify icon... (Posted June 9, 2007)
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Top 20 Most Popular Blog Colors
Design Meltdown takes a look at the color palettes of the Top 20 most popular blogs (according to Technorati.com). A look at the color... (Posted April 25, 2007)
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Web Design Survey 2007
"Designers, developers, project managers. Writers and editors. Information architects and usability specialists. People who make websites have been at it for more than a dozen... (Posted April 24, 2007)
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Free Web Design Background Patterns
Pattern4u - 246 free background patterns including lined, dotted, squares, classic, dirty, funky and real.... (Posted April 21, 2007)
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Large Collection of Free Icons
Free Icons - for the web, desktop, xp and more. A nice collection, worth a look.... (Posted April 18, 2007)
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Web 2.0 Gradients v2
Ultimate Web 2.0 Gradients v2 - another nice set of web 2-ish gradients, free to download and use.... (Posted April 16, 2007)
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Principles of Beautiful Web Design
Sitepoint has published an excerpt from the book "The Principles of Beautiful Web Design" that is a great read for anyone interested in the... (Posted April 6, 2007)
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11 Tips for a Successful Web Design Process
Blog Studio is a well-respected blog design house and today have collected some of their wisdom as 11 Tips to Ensure a Successful Web... (Posted March 21, 2007)
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19 Gorgeous Website Footers
They may be at the bottom of the webpage but they are just as deserving of some design love. SEOmoz | Put Your Best... (Posted March 9, 2007)
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Free Fading Rounded Corner Images
Web 2.0: Free Fading Corner Images with Photoshop psd files to customize. (example image above). Really nicely done and very generous of the author... (Posted January 19, 2007)
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Five Simple Steps to Designing with Color
Seems today is all about color. Here's another, an extract form an upcoming book, Five Simple Steps to designing with colour part 3: Colour... (Posted January 4, 2007)
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6 Things you need to know about color
(24)slash7 - Drop That Design! 6 Things You Need to Know About Color - a good article on things to consider when chosing colors for... (Posted January 4, 2007)
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Web 2.0: how to get the look
Web 2.0 how-to design style guide - just about the most comprehensive web 2.0 "style guide" I've come across.... (Posted December 21, 2006)
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Considering Vertical Rhythm with typography for the web
24 ways: Compose to a Vertical Rhythm is a great article about web typography and how to create a "vertical rhythm" through the spacing and... (Posted December 12, 2006)
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Sparkl.us: the web designer's search engine
Sparkl | The Web Designers Search Engine - powered by Google CSE and boasting over 1400 hand-picked sites for the best web design results... (Posted December 10, 2006)
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113 greyscale icon set
Brand Spanking New has an early Christmas gift for us all. HoHoHo: 113 Free Greyscale Icons! These are 10x10 greyscale icons in .gif format... (Posted December 7, 2006)
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More free symbols, buttons and icons
More Symbols, Buttons and Icons For Free - a nice list of links to some more freeware design elements.... (Posted December 2, 2006)
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The 10 most popular newspaper typefaces
The 10 most popular newspaper typefaces - (37signals) - interesting to know.... (Posted December 1, 2006)
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Visual Design of Web 2.0
The visual design of Web 2.0 attempts to quantify what makes a site "look" web 2.0. You know, rounded corners, gradients, big fonts. The... (Posted November 23, 2006)
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Template World Free Website Templates
If you're looking for a free website template, you could do a lot worse than the nice offerings at TemplateWorld - FREE Website Templates... (Posted November 21, 2006)
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Logo Design from concept to completion
The Logo Design Process - From Concept to Completion - a detailed look at how the author approaches logo design, from the formation of the... (Posted November 11, 2006)
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Navigation Inspiration Web 2.0 style
The text might be in German, but the visuals are the reason to visit anyway. A nice collection of navigation menus from Web 2.0 sites... (Posted November 8, 2006)
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Fall CSS Reboot Launches Today
The Fall CSS Reboot launches today at 18:00 GMT, which by may calculation, is 1:00 p.m. today where I am (Eastern Time). The CSS... (Posted November 1, 2006)
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35 Sexiest Websites Part 3
The 35 Sexiest Designed Websites you've Forgotten, part 3 - PhilRenaud.com - because looking at sexy websites is always fun and inspirational!... (Posted November 1, 2006)
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twotone icons for free
twotone icons for free! - in a number of colours AND the psd, so you can create a set in custom colours as well.... (Posted October 30, 2006)
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Essential Icon Sets
22 Essential Icon Sets illustrated and detailed as to their usage requirements.... (Posted October 25, 2006)
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Five Simple Steps to designing with colour
Five Simple Steps to designing with colour : Journal : Mark Boulton - the first in what will be a series of posts about the... (Posted October 19, 2006)
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Free Mini Pixel Icons
ndesign is offering up a really nice set of mini pixel icons for free. The only requirement to use is that if you use... (Posted October 3, 2006)
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Free Pictograph Icons
peterme.com: Pictographs for you to use! - a useful resource for web design. And free is always good.... (Posted September 11, 2006)
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Creating a Style Guide for your site
"One thing you'll realize after you do alot of front-end work is that after you don't work with the CSS and HTML for a... (Posted August 23, 2006)
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Fall Color Forecast
It seems that color trends are universal, showing up in design for the home, on the web, in print and of course, in fashion. So... (Posted August 17, 2006)
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Most Inspired: Like Popurls for Gallery Sites
What do you get if you put the Popurl concept together with the raft of website gallery sites out there? Most Inspired, I'm not... (Posted August 9, 2006)
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Styleboost Returns
Nice to see that Styleboost™ - showcasing outstanding websites since 2001 has returned with a nice, new look. There are a lot of showcase-type sites... (Posted August 7, 2006)
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Calendar Design Showcase
Calendar & Date Picker Design Showcase A daily dose of design inspiration, featuring a page full of screen captures of various calendar/date picker designs.... (Posted August 4, 2006)
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20 Pro Web Designer Tips
20 pro (web designer) tips - .net magazine - nothing earth-shaking here but a lot of worthy reminders of the fundamentals of a good design... (Posted July 20, 2006)
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LogoPond
LogoPond - A Place To Fish For Ideas - the name says it all. A great bookmark when looking for logo design inspiration.... (Posted July 13, 2006)
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IconDB
IconDB is a pretty slick icon search site, which returns a lot of nice results from across the web. Of course, you'll want to click... (Posted July 13, 2006)
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Free Website Icons
Free Website Icons: : - lots of variety of free icons here.... (Posted July 10, 2006)
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Super Stripes
Super Stripes - how to get those trendy diagonal striped backgrounds, complete with downloadable sample for the lazy.... (Posted July 5, 2006)
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Design Cliches of 2006
8 Web Design Cliches of 2006 - a list that contains what you'd expect it to contain, but an interesting read, nonetheless.... (Posted July 5, 2006)
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Pixel Groovy
Pixel Groovy - described on digg as "like digg but for designers". Lots of links to lots of design/graphics tutorials, that you can vote up... (Posted June 22, 2006)
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Using Icons in Web Design
Design Melt Down - Icons looks at the use (and importance) of icons in web design and usability. Scroll to the bottom of the article... (Posted May 31, 2006)
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Buttonator
Buttonator - not just another button maker. This one does some nice looking buttons! Bookmarked.... (Posted May 19, 2006)
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Website Button Maker
Dynamic Drive online tools: Button Maker - just in case you haven't already got a handy dandy tool for making these, this one is nice.... (Posted May 17, 2006)
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Super Clean Web Design
Design Melt Down - Super Clean a look at clean web design styling.... (Posted May 11, 2006)
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Seven Deadly Sins of Web Design
Ten deadly sins of web design | 456 Berea Street - probably nothing here we didn't already know but a gentle reminder never hurts, I... (Posted May 5, 2006)
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Web Design Trends
PingMag - The Tokyo-based magazine about "Design and Making Things" - Archive - The Web Design Trend Obituary & Death Clock - Interesting article on... (Posted May 2, 2006)
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Another look at Grey in Design
Design Melt Down - Grey. Part 2 of Design Melt Down's look at the use of grey in design, with some nice screenshots to illustrate.... (Posted April 28, 2006)
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Blog Comment Form Showcase
Blog Comment Form Design Showcase | Smiley Cat Web Design - next in an apparently continuing series of design showcases, this one for blog comment... (Posted April 28, 2006)
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Website Badges
Design Melt Down - Badges - a colourful look at website badges, so "Web 2.0". Includes some vector badges to download to make your own,... (Posted April 27, 2006)
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Color Scheme Project
Netcocktail :: Get Color - Understanding the importance of color coordination in Web and Graphic Design - a visual feast of color pallettes against a... (Posted April 27, 2006)
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Top 10 Best Design Blogs
Top 10 Best Designed Blogs by Elliott Back - another list of this author's favourite blog designs from the web 2.0 era. Obviously subjective and... (Posted April 18, 2006)
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Web Design Review
Digital Web Magazine - Principles and Elements of Design - part of a continuing series from Digital Web Magazine, taking a close look at website... (Posted April 18, 2006)
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Sweetie2
Sweetie | Free icon set - a sweet looking little icon set, free for use, which is also sweet.... (Posted April 15, 2006)
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Free Icons List
Free! Icons for your website or application at MaxPower - a regularly updated list of quality, free (CC etc) icons available around the web.... (Posted April 11, 2006)
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Tutorial: How to use Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Image Ready to Design a Website
Design a Website with Photoshop Dreamweaver and Image Ready - an older tutorial but still a nice primer for using these programs to build a... (Posted April 10, 2006)
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Free Pixel Icons
Mini Pixel Icons - a nice set of 270 pixel icons, all with transparent backgrounds, ready for use on your website or app.... (Posted April 10, 2006)
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DinPattern
dinpattern - a collection of really nice background patterns. Definitely bookmark worthy.... (Posted April 9, 2006)
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DesignEducation
DesignEducation.ca - Thousands of Design Resources - for web design, graphic design and design in general. A whole lotta links!... (Posted April 9, 2006)
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Ajax Loading gif Generator
Ajaxload - Ajax loading gif generator - bookmarking incase I need a loading gif quick!... (Posted April 4, 2006)
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Background Patterns
Kollermedia.at - pattern4u - a whole lot of really nice background patterns to download and use.... (Posted April 3, 2006)
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Typography for Headlines
Typography for Headlines | Smiley Cat Web Design. Remember the comment showcase from a while back? Well here's another one, only this one is showcasing... (Posted April 1, 2006)
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Free Web Page Headers
Free Web Page Headers | High Quality Images for Personal Websites and Blogs - cool! And if you don't already know, they show you how... (Posted March 29, 2006)
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All Time Top 5 Designs
Just Keep The Change - All time top 5 designs - at least according to this author. I think the choices are all pretty solid,... (Posted March 25, 2006)
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CSSElite
If you are like me and enjoy seeing the best of the best in CSS design , then you'll probably enjoy CSSElite 0.5 BETA. I... (Posted March 13, 2006)
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Free Icons Roundup
Free! Icons for your website or application - a good roundup of free icons available from around the web, with usage information and preview.... (Posted March 6, 2006)
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Get Color
Netcocktail :: Get Color - a look at color schemes for web design, with screenshots and color chips from well-known websites. File under Inspiration.... (Posted March 5, 2006)
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Top Color Combinations for Web Design
Top Color Combinations for Web Design - a comprehensive look at color combinations for web design, with lots of nice examples and a guide to... (Posted February 18, 2006)
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Current Web Style
Current style in web design - a round up of current sites, and their common elements.... (Posted February 9, 2006)
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Gradient Image Maker
Dynamic Drive: Gradient Image Maker - This online gradient image maker is a cool tool, especially for the photoshop-phobic.... (Posted November 22, 2005)
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How to Make a Blog Header Graphic
HOW TO: Make a Blog Header Graphic at PaulStamatiou.com - great tutorial.... (Posted November 7, 2005)
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DarkEye
Dark Eye - Living Design Showcase. The site says that DarkEye is "what you make it" but I say it's a good looking, design showcase/rating/inspiration... (Posted November 2, 2005)
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Protruding Image Effect
JeffCroft.com: Simple Protruding Image Effect. Hmmm. Interesting.... (Posted October 18, 2005)
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Header Backgrounds
Header Backgrounds - Another Step-by-step Tutorial by Veerle - nice and useful tutorial.... (Posted October 17, 2005)
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Design in Flight
design in-flight - on the web. Good stuff.... (Posted August 17, 2005)
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Getting started with CSS Web Design
Get Cooking with Photoshop and CSS - 3 Low-fat Recipes [Design Practice] - a great tutorial goodness from Sitepoint.... (Posted August 10, 2005)
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Icons for your web pages
Drunkey Love Icons - some good looking and free icons to spruce up your web pages.... (Posted August 9, 2005)
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Pixel Perfect
Pixel Perfect - Free Image Archive. Always nice to have another resource for free images.... (Posted March 19, 2004)
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Content in minimalist designs
Adding in tabs, blogmarks and a blogroll | Blog | 1976design.com offers up a really nice way to offer more content, while keeping true to... (Posted January 19, 2004)
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Bloggrounds
Free Blog Backgrounds from Citrus Moon.... (Posted December 10, 2003)
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Pixel2Pixel
Pixel2Pixel - handy tool to re-color gifs, especially useful for altering background patterns to match your page colors.... (Posted November 22, 2003)
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Get the Look!
AdamPolselli.com :: Get the Look! The newest addition - Chic Simplicity.... (Posted October 26, 2003)
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Blue Vertigo
Thanks to Lea for the email letting me know about BLUE VERTIGO | Web Design Resources Links. What an excellent resource site!... (Posted July 7, 2003)
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Style Guide
Economist.com | Library | Style Guide - a great resource for getting the writing part right.... (Posted June 23, 2003)
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Design Matters
Design Matters - beautiful and informative!... (Posted June 23, 2003)
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Assorted Resource Links
Free Stock Photos: dieBlen Picture Station Media Photo Photoshop: Adobe Evangelists Anders Qvicker Photoshop Tutorials Fonts: Sketch Pad Famous Fonts... (Posted April 18, 2003)
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Resource List
Donna at Delirious Cool points to a nice list of design resources posted at Snazzycat.... (Posted April 5, 2003)
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Top Ten Design Mistakes 2002
Top Ten Web-Design Mistakes of 2002 (Alertbox Dec. 2002)... (Posted December 26, 2002)
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Web Style Guide
Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition - a wealth of information!... (Posted December 8, 2002)
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Optimal Web Design
Optimal web design is an interesting site focusing on designing for usability. Lots of good information.... (Posted November 17, 2002)
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Design Matters
Consumer WebWatch: How Consumers and Experts Rate Credibility on the Web would seem to show that while content may be "king", design does matter. Interesting... (Posted November 14, 2002)
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Web design reading
Good Practices seems to have some excellent links for web design resources.... (Posted November 1, 2002)
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