Pinterest is quickly gaining popularity with their fun interface, and people are loving the easy and beautiful style of the site. It’s clean and simple, but allows you to see a lot of images quickly and easily with their great multi-column layout. People are loving the style so much, it’s started to pop up everywhere around the internet, starting a new trend in multi-column layouts with lots of great images that continue…
Website footers are often minimal and left un-designed at the bottom of a site, because they typically don’t include much. However, a growing trend shows websites with really large and beautiful footers, that add character and personality to the design. They include everything from the standard copyright information to a twitter feed, social media links, illustrations, email subscription forms and more. It’s fun to see this trend change and evolve, including more…
I love seeing great food packaging because it just shows that great design can be used in everything, even things that are used and consumed in our everyday life. I also love it when people do extraordinary things with items that could have been simple and ordinary. Food becomes more fun when the packaging is fun! We gathered a collection of great food packaging designs from TheDieline.com, a great packaging design blog…
Bright and bold colors are in right now, so you’ll see a lot of websites that feature large blocks of color. Bold colors are a fun way to showcase personality in a big way, and show off a certain characteristic of your company. Yellow gives a really bright and sunny look to your site, making it seem energetic and fun. Blue can mellow out your look, making people feel calm and peaceful…
Infographics are created to describe facts or scenarios, comparing things in a visual manner that makes it easier to understand. Many of them are beautiful creations that are thoughtfully put together, often making tough to understand or lackluster subjects look appealing. They can be about any topic, anything from social media and online habits to health concerns and astrology. A great infographic helps you to understand more about the subject by showing…
Blogs are great for reading current information quickly. But sometimes when you need more in-depth information, a book can provide just what you need. Books are also great for learning the basics on certain topics, like design or development basics. Anyone that manages or runs a website, even if you’re not a designer at all, would benefit from knowing design basics so you can maintain your site well and keep it powerful…
What makes a website stunning and unforgettable, something you want to visit again rather just once? It can be anything from the font choices, color palette, unique layout, clean presentation, organization, or all of the above together. When all of these things come together well it creates a great first impression and a lasting one as well. We’ve collected some great sites of all different types that are fun, beautiful, clever, professional…
Many people think text-only logos can be boring and lack any kind of personality. A well-designed typographic logo can speak volumes though and be anything but boring. We’ve gathered together a great collection of logos to show you the endless possibilities with using only text. Different fonts can show off different characteristics just the same as an icon or color choice. The layout and composition of a logo plays a large role as…
Beautiful packaging can paint a memorable picture and tell the product’s story, enticing buyers to purchase the product. Packaging doesn’t have to be plain and similar to others in the same category, the design can be whatever the company dreams up and wants to use. Unconventional packaging is really fun and helps products stand out from the competition. We’ve gathered together a collection of great packages that really go the extra distance and…
Trends in web design are always changing because of what’s popular at the current time, as well as the changing scope of possibilities online. We’re seeing more HTML5 and CSS3 as they are really gaining traction and popularity, so we’re getting more advanced techniques and increased usage of these libraries. Browsers are starting to accept more things and developers are changing what they implement. Read on to see our predictions on the…