Graphic Design

You The Designer » A Freelance Designer’s Discipline of Working at Home

Monday 30 June 23:46:07 UTC 2014

As a freelance designer, you have the choice to work within the comfort of your own house. Working from home has several advantages like how you get to save money from transportation expenses. It also have disadvantages such as interruptions, forgetting to rest, and there is no room for collaboration. In this article, I listed down a few things to … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – Philips Bluetooth Speaker, Space Bar and Office Ideas

Monday 30 June 20:03:15 UTC 2014

We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we'll assemble a perfect office, and we'd like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? This week we've picked the clever Deadpool mug, featured his head, which reminds me a lot of Marvel's … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Facing Your Fears: Approaching People For Research

Monday 30 June 17:48:22 UTC 2014

When working on a project, have you ever felt that you and the rest of the team were making a lot of decisions based on assumptions? Having to make choices with limited information is not unusual — especially in complex projects or with brand new products. Phrases like “We think people will use this feature because of X” or “We … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Product Design: The Vessyl

Monday 30 June 17:46:20 UTC 2014

Creating a product is a complex process, through the analysis, concepts and more things to consider. Have you heard of the Vessyl? Redefining our ordinary mug, a sensor can tell you specific brands or flavors that you’re drinking by providing you information such as calories, real-time feedback. Beautiful gadget to change your way of drinking and caring for your health. …craft … [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Best Newsletter Templates for MailChimp

Monday 30 June 16:49:10 UTC 2014

In case you didn’t know, Mailchimp is an online email marketing solution to manage contacts, send emails and track results. It has some really cool free newsletter templates designs already integrated in the platform, plus you can always create new ones to fit your business! In this list we compiled 20 of the best newsletter templates for Mailchimp, ready to … [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » Getting Started with Graphics Design for the Web

Monday 30 June 15:46:09 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAGraphic design is such an engrossing topic because it requires an enormous amount of time and practice to learn. This is similar with web development, but coding is often seen as more logical and straightforward. Design has structured guidelines, but it is much more of an art than a science. You should learn these basic guidelines and understand … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Puree Brand Study

Monday 30 June 15:22:36 UTC 2014

Check out this cool brand study of Puree, an organic medicinal vegetable garden where consumers can have access to naturally farmed food located in there very neighborhoods. Designed by studioahamed.com. Puree Brand Study In February of 2014 Marie & Claude LaPonte Launched Puree, an organic medicinal vegetable garden where consumers can have access to naturally farmed food located in there very neighborhoods. Specific produce … [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » GQ Mexico: Chrissy Teigen’s Missing Nips

Monday 30 June 13:53:03 UTC 2014

Model Chrissy Teigen seems to be missing something in her chestal region…. Oh, don’t act like you weren’t staring there anyway. What do you think, is this a Photoshop disaster, or just a necessary nip-removal? (“Won’t someone please think of the children?!”) H/T E! Online. P.S. Here’s what Miss Teigen has to say about this cover via Twitter: Well, there … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » Call-to-Action Best Practices, Examples & Inspiration

Monday 30 June 13:30:06 UTC 2014

This article has been contributed by Helga Moreno. In this article we look at many different aspects of call-to-actions on websites, like their shapes, colors, designs, positions and many other factors that ensure that a user does not have to think twice on what action to complete. There are many aspects to a call-to-actions (not just buttons) so let’s look … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Desktop Wallpaper Calendars: July 2014

Monday 30 June 13:14:09 UTC 2014

We always try our best to challenge your artistic abilities and produce some interesting, beautiful and creative artwork. And as designers we usually turn to different sources of inspiration. As a matter of fact, we’ve discovered the best one—desktop wallpapers that are a little more distinctive than the usual crowd. This creativity mission has been going on for six years … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Last time I did market research

Monday 30 June 13:01:04 UTC 2014

Last time I did generic consumer research on logos, I ended up with a logo that was drawn by a 3 year old. Any advice or suggestions to the following logo would be much appreciated. Color palette is limited to cheddar wood, granite black, gray, brick red. log.jpg https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By~ google_ad_section_end –> Attached Images File Type: jpg log.jpg (11.2 KB) [Link]

Spoon Graphics » This is by Far the Best Fonts Bundle I’ve Ever Seen!

Monday 30 June 12:30:23 UTC 2014

I’ve seen some enticing deals recently but this Artistic Fonts Bundle is by far the best collection I’ve ever seen! $400 worth of absolutely gorgeous fonts discounted by a whopping 93% makes this the best $29 you’ll ever spend. This bundle features 14 hand crafted fonts, all of which are competing as my favourite! There isn’t one typeface that I’m … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » Responsive Full Background Image Using CSS

Monday 30 June 10:30:54 UTC 2014

In this tutorial, we’ll go over the simplest technique for making a background image fully stretch out to cover the entire browser viewport. We’ll use the CSS background-size property to make it happen; no JavaScript needed. View Demo Download Source from GitHub Examples of Responsive Full Background Images Having a large photo that covers the entire background of a web … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Embossed iPad cases

Monday 30 June 9:12:41 UTC 2014

Not sure if this is the correct place so feel free to move it wherever necessary. I'm looking to get a leather iPad mini case embossed with a company logo as a gift. Anyone know of anywhere that does this in a quantity of 1, and not in bulk? Cheers! [Link]

Web Designer Depot » The ultimate guide to designing ecommerce websites

Monday 30 June 8:15:02 UTC 2014

In the U.S. alone, e-commerce sales are expected to reach over $434 billion per annum by the end of the year; European sales are expected to hit nearly $250 billion per year by then, too. That’s a lot of money, and doesn’t take into account the rest of the world. E-commerce is big business, and has been for a long time. … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » FIFA Legend

Monday 30 June 4:41:58 UTC 2014

Following our posts about UX/UI design we will feature today a really cool work created by Sm Artists. The project is titled FIFA Legend and one of the reasons we are featuring this project is because how complete it is. From the UX to the icons this project illustrates a little bit about the work product designers do. The purpose of … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » SEO for Web Designers: Best Practices

Monday 30 June 3:48:19 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSAAs web designers, are we diametrically opposed to search engine optimization? We know that, at its center, web design is about elevating bland information on a screen into something aesthetically delightful and intuitively recognizable. It’s also about communicating an idea with other humans. Cave men had cave paintings, Ancient Egyptians had hieroglyphs, modern man has web design. Yes, … [Link]

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