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Fonts of the Moment

Love fonts? Me too- maybe a little too much. Here, I share with you four typefaces that currently make my heart smile.

Web Design with Moleskine

I’m one of those designers that likes to sketch out new website layouts with pen and paper. Nothing fancy- I don’t haul out the acrylic paints or anything. My sketches are usually just a bunch of boxes and lines with arrows pointing out different sections of a layout. When I first started, I did these [...]

Friday Focus 12/12/08: How To Build Great Websites

This week’s Friday Focus feature sites that don’t only looks great, but tell you how to build great-looking websites as well!

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.

Friday Focus 07/18/08: Elegant, Exquisite, Extreme Details

Elegant, exquisite, and extreme details on these sites that are sure to please. Welcome to this week’s Friday Focus!

Friday Focus 07/05/08: Bursts of Color and Collapsible Content

Welcome to the first Friday Focus for the month of July. This week: strong bursts of color and collapsible content. Curious combination? Read on!

Friday Focus 06/06/08: They Just Work

Here’s a larger-than-usual Friday Focus for this week, featuring simple yet beautiful designs that just work. Four site types (blog, portfolio, static, e-commerce) that do a standout job of making an impression.

Friday Focus 02/01/08

Continuing on last week’s success, I figured I would give the Friday Focus another go, and will hopefully be continuing until told otherwise. I hope you enjoy my picks of the week. Designs of the Week Lately, I have been seeing many designs implementing space or star images to their designs. The design is darker [...]

Crash Course in Favicons

You know that little icon that shows in the web browser’s address bar? That’s a favicon, and you really should use it. If this is news to you, take Brian’s crash course.

Friday Focus 01/25/08

Another Friday Focus coming your way this week. The first one of 2008, and what I think to be one of the first not done by AJ, as he is a busy man, so I figured I would try to fill his shoes when it comes to the focus for a while. Things will mostly [...]

Break Your Design Mold

It’s easy get caught in the same style as a designer. We get lazy, happy with what we’re doing, satisfied. Those are not necessarily bad things, but they can lead to not pushing the borders, and that means that we won’t evolve as designers. So let’s break that design mold, shall we?

Friday Focus 11/30/07

Hey everyone, Friday Focus is back. I’m sure you’ve been hanging off the edge of your seat after dealing with a tough week without the focus last week. Well, no more worrying to do now. Hopefully everyone that was celebrating Thanksgiving last week enjoyed the holiday and any kind of vacation that may had have, [...]