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An Infographic on The “Horrible Web Design Client”

Web design may be seen by many people as a creative endeavor. And it is. Designing a web site entails a lot of creativity and not just in terms of aesthetic implementation. It also entails a keen sense of design because a web site should actually work and function effectively and not just be beautiful. [...]

5 Most Bizarre but Useful Calendars

I love calendars. While they have become largely unnecessary thinks to technology in just about every electronic in the average person’s possession, there is just something special about them. Maybe it is the traditional touch that reminds me of earlier days, when cell phones were enormous and computers were a novelty in homes. Perhaps it [...]

Dutch Web Design Inspiration

The web design community is mostly dominated by U.S. based web design companies and designers. It does make sense considering that English is the first language of the world. Designers from other countries may prefer to join communities in their own language, which keeps them from a larger crowd. I decided to list a couple [...]

Friday Focus 04/08/11: Robotic Revolution

This week on Friday Focus, robots are taking over Devlounge!

Friday Focus 01/21/11: Four Ninjas & a Samurai

These Japanese warriors seem to be very popular figures in design and tech companies, so let’s see how these websites take off on the concept. Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus!

Weblog Design Inspiration To Start 2011

With a new year it is time to give my personal weblog an update. First I just wanted to re-align my current design, but once I opened Photoshop I decided to start from scratch. I bought Pictos font a while ago and I downloaded a free font from The League of Movable Type. If you follow my postings you know I’m a fan of minimalism.

Friday Focus 12/03/10: Color Swatches

It’s another round of colorful websites on this week’s Friday Focus, but this time they’re done in discrete blocks at the edges of the designs.

20 Great Free Photoshop Brushes

Every designer should have a folder full of ‘tools’ to design. Just having Photoshop and knowing how to use it is not enough. You should have folders full of fonts, vectors, and brushes. When used with the right effects, think lightening, gradient, etc., photoshop brushes are a very easy way to enhance your design. If [...]

20 Great Photoshop Website Tutorials

If you want your website to stand out a good first step would be to design your own instead of using a template which is used by hundreds others. While it’s true that content is very important to any other websites design also matters, it matters a lot. We can’t all be creatives or a [...]

8 Free Classically Beautiful Fonts For Weddings

Set the tone for a beautiful wedding with one of these free fonts.

10 Awesome CSS3 Techniques to Improve Your Designs

CSS3 Is together with Canvas one of the more exciting elements of web design. With this post we want to showcase some awesome techniques to improve your design with the help of CSS3.

Friday Focus 04/09/10: User-Generated Galleries

This week on Friday Focus: designs that prominently feature user-submitted content, particularly images. How do you prevent monotony and preserve quality on these sites? Let’s find out.