Category Archives: Design
Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources
To mock-up the user interface of a website, software or any other product, you’ll need some basic UI elements. And this is where wireframing kits and UI design kits come in handy. When you want to create a low-fidelity prototype for your projects, you can use these kits to give your idea a certain shape, keeping it abstract and not losing yourself in details.
[Via Smashing Magazine]
60+ Awesome New WordPress Themes
A huge collection of new (none older than October 2009) WordPress themes to peruse.
[Via Webdesigner Depot]
Snazzy Hover Effects Using CSS
With all these CSS3 effects and tutorials popping up every day that show all the new and wonderful things we can make happen, we sometimes forget about poor little old CSS2.1 and the great potential it still has.
With very good browser support, we can do lots of cool things that we know will work in all major browsers.
[Via Six Revisions]
The Basics of Business Card Design
A business card in some cases is the most important marketing piece that a company will have. It has the potential to make or break business deals, and is just as important as the way you present yourself during a first impression. In this post, we will cover some of the basics such as typography, layout, object placement and printing standards when designing a business card.
[Via Design Informer]
Common Misconceptions about Web Designers
“Keep educating your friends, family and coworkers about these things and help us spread the word about our great design community.”
[via Six Revisions]
Design and Build Email Newsletters Without Losing Your Mind (and Soul)
“Code Like It’s 1999 (Literally) and Use Inline CSS. Instead of a handful of browsers, we find more than a dozen major email clients, with HTML and CSS rendering ranging from great to appalling. So, to get decent results across a lot of clients, we’re back to using structural tables.”
[Via Smashing Magazine]
