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 [...]

Since the introduction of the ‘Like’ button the use of Facebook pages by companies, brands, etc. has increased immensely. Facebook has a limit on amount of friends one can have and if you surpase that amount you need to to switch your account to a page. With pages you can add your personal design inside [...]

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.

Two fundamental rules of web design eagerly taught by most experts until not so long ago were: a) web design doesn’t work the same as print design, and b) when designing a web page, be mindful of prevailing conventions. Both rules are still valid to a certain extent, but not absolutely.

As someone who spends many hours behind the computer writing and creating websites my desktop wallpaper is very crucial to me. I’m very picky with my wallpapers, they must inspire me but not distract me or bore me very fast. I like to take inspiration from things right in front of me or around me [...]

If you have a website the chances are great that you also have a Twitter account related to your website. Twitter has become our visit card online more then our websites for the simple fact that we update our Twitter status regularly. Now even though there are countless of Twitter clients out there a lot [...]

We have some interesting uses for arrows in this week’s batch of designs. Let’s see where they take us.

Getting inspired is easy, but finding inspiration in the first place is sometimes a little harder. Here, tips on how to find inspiration everywhere.

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

This week’s Friday Focus will inspire you to think out of the box. Get ready!

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?

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