Monthly Archives: July 2010

35 Beautiful Web Designs Inspired by Nature

When creating a beautiful and memorable web design, many designers turn to nature to be inspired by the beauty of what surrounds us. Nature-inspired web design has become more common in recent years as large backgrounds and extensive use of … Continue reading

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60 Design Quotes For Inspiration

Sometimes we need a little motivation and inspiration to help us from day to day. Here’s a nice collection of quotes from designers, artists and other people with their views on design.

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15 High Quality Mini Icon Sets for Your Web Projects

Icons and visual clues are important additions to any web app, but they can be difficult to create yourself because of the tiny dimensions. Luckily there’s stacks of free high quality icon sets out there on the web, that have … Continue reading

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20 Great Examples Of Icons In Navigation Design

When done right, adding visual cues to your main menu can prove very useful in making things just a tad more appealing to visitors. Let’s have a look at some sites that make great use of icons in their navigation … Continue reading

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A Collection of Splendid Illustrated Websites

A collection of more than thirty great website designs that feature illustrations. Most common are illustrations in headers and backgrounds, often of site mascots or characters.

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75 Dark Portfolio Websites

A huge collection of dark portfolio websites to inspire web designers.

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10 Free Wireframing Tools for Designers

This post highlights 10 of the best free wireframing tools available, including standalone applications, web-based tools and browser add-ons.

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Mixing Type and Imagery: How to Manage a Controlled Collision

Images and text can be harmonized seamlessly, but only if we follow some guidelines that balance the readability of both.

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5 Web Files That Will Improve Your Website

There are a number of lesser-known and underused ways to enhance your site with a few simple but powerful files. This article aims to highlight five of these unsung heroes that can assist your site. They’re pretty easy to use … Continue reading

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9 Well Designed, Usable Sites, And What Makes Them Great

A list of nine great examples of very usable, well designed websites from a wide range of industries/areas to give you an idea of what makes great, usable design.

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