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Friday Focus 01/22/10: Folded Out and 3D

This week on Friday Focus: these folded, boxy 3D-looking designs pose an interesting challenge to the designer in creating perspective and breaking out of boundaries. See how these websites did it!

Friday Focus 12/04/09: Swashes, stripes, swirls

This week on Friday Focus: websites adorned with colorful, abstract flourishes that give movement and energy to the designs.

Friday Focus 10/30/09: Orange for Halloween

We have some pumpkin-colored sites this week on Friday Focus, just in time for Halloween. Enjoy!

Friday Focus 10/09/09: 10-in-1

I’m doing something different this week on Friday Focus. I found one site with ten different styles on the same content (plus one homepage). Each one tries to match the visitor’s mood for the day. It’s also a good way to showcase one’s design repertoire. The designer also employs many interesting techniques into each style, so be sure to check all of them out!

Friday Focus 06/26/09: Interactive Backgrounds

Backgrounds are so called for a reason. They’re meant to support and complement instead of attract and distract. This week’s featured sites, however, provide a whole other level of interactivity and usefulness to backgrounds. You decide if they’re a good idea or not. Either way, they’re interesting concepts that can only be executed on the Web, so, enjoy!

Friday Focus 11/28/08: Huge Backgrounds

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Hope you aren’t too stuffed yet, ’cause we have huge backgrounds on this week’s Friday Focus.

Friday Focus 11/14/08: Navigation Techniques

Our featured sites this week all have fresh and brilliant navigation techniques you’ll surely envy. Be sure to click on the links to see them in action. Ready to be inspired with this week’s Friday Focus?

Friday Focus 10/17/08: Office Stationery

Let’s take a look at websites that look like they were built with stuff found in your office stationery. Welcome to this week’s edition of Friday Focus!

Friday Focus 10/10/08: All Colors of the Rainbow

No color in the spectrum is left unturned this week on Friday Focus. It’s all rainbows here—but no unicorns though!

Friday Focus 08/15/08: Eye-Catching Headers

It’s eye-catching headers this week on Friday Focus. Whether you believe in making the most of the content above the fold or not, it pays to make the top part of your websites extra beautiful because it’s the first thing people see.