Who’s in the mood for some red designs this week? Let’s start the show!

This week on Friday Focus: websites that will make you want to get in the car or on a plane and head to these exquisite destinations. At least we can enjoy their views from within our own browsers!

This week on Friday Focus, we celebrate great icon design which carries the overall look of our featured websites.

In honor of Earth Day 2009, which took place this week, let’s look at organic, sustainable, eco-friendly websites not only in appearance but also in substance.

This week’s featured designs have great personalities and stand to remain etched in your brain thanks to generous use of illustrations. You’ll definitely want to meet them!

In week two of our essentials series, we discuss the trend that is “shortr” branding names. Does it work? Personally, I don’t think so.

Logos are the keys to success – the starting point for branding of any kind. But how can you put one together that stands out, and creates an original rememberable icon for your site? Today, we’re breaking down some of the best rated logos on Colin and David’s Logopond, and focusing on what makes them great. We’ll also take a look at more larger, well known logos, and see what has made them work.