Graphic Design

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – Stretchwrite, Polaroid Cube, Half Pipe Desk and Office Ideas

Monday 18 August 19:35:22 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 selected the Stretchwrite, which will turn your regular pencils and pens into an stylish stylus! … [Link]

I Love Typography » This Week in Fonts

Monday 18 August 19:23:04 UTC 2014

A fast moving script by Process Type Foundry, a versatile sans from The Northern Block, a decorative serif by Zeune Ink, an energetic script from Sudtipos, a characterful grotesque by Commercial Type, a harmonious slab from Dada Studio, a comfortable sans by Font Bureau, a spirited grotesque from Latinotype, a condensed sans by MCKL, and a neutral face from Type … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » At one point do web designers become IT guys?

Monday 18 August 17:37:24 UTC 2014

At what point do freelance webdesigners need to become IT consultants, and how much responsibility do we need to take. One of my recent clients wanted hosted email, I was able to offer this to them this through my hosting (Business Catalyst) I set up 4 email addresses, the email accounts are accessible and managed through webmail. Simple. This is all … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » A Designers Guide to DPI

Monday 18 August 16:06:03 UTC 2014

Designer’s guide to DPI This says it all! [Link]

PSD: Photoshop Disasters » Pizza Avanti: MMM, Delicious Plastic

Monday 18 August 15:01:27 UTC 2014

What? Haven’t you ever seen a plastic woman eating a plastic sandwich before? This is just plain weird, and it’s not the first time we’ve called out this brand for bad Photoshop. Thanks for spotting this German flyer and sending it in, Eu. The post Pizza Avanti: MMM, Delicious Plastic appeared first on PSD : Photoshop Disasters . [Link]

WebDesignDev » 20 Newest BuddyPress Community Website Templates with Clean Designs

Monday 18 August 14:08:03 UTC 2014

Want to start your own BuddyPress community website? In case you didn’t know, BuddyPress is an open source social networking software package that comes as a plugin which can be installed on the WordPress platform. It lets users sign-up, create profiles, post messages, make connections, interact in groups, and much more. This plugin is the perfect way to create a … [Link]

DesignM.ag – Web Design & Development » Building your Portfolio: Custom Website or Online Service?

Monday 18 August 13:39:30 UTC 2014

Advertise here with BSADeciding when to launch your first portfolio online can be a challenge. It’s tough to know exactly when your work quality is good enough to share with others. Plus how should you get it out on the Internet? There are numerous methods and building your own custom website layout isn’t always the best choice. I’d like to share … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » The Current State Of E-Commerce Search

Monday 18 August 13:34:15 UTC 2014

When e-commerce search works, it’s fast, convenient and efficient. It’s no wonder that so many users prefer searching over clicking categories. Unfortunately, our recent large-scale usability study and top-50 benchmark of e-commerce search finds that search often doesn’t work very well. On-site search is a key component of almost any e-commerce website. That’s why we at Baymard Institute have invested … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » CAMP Festival: Creative Technology, Art and Design

Monday 18 August 12:05:18 UTC 2014

CAMP Festival is a 2-day conference about creativity, art, design and technology happening on September 8-9 in Calgary, Canada. With many top-notch storytellers like Stefan Sagmeister, GMUNK and our beloved James White, this festival on its first edition, looks quite promising and inspiring for your creative flux. Time to explore the Digital Wilderness! CAMP Festival: Creative Technology, Art and Design All Rights to CAMP Festival With 14 expert-lead … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » A List of Free Public CDNs for Web Developers

Monday 18 August 10:00:45 UTC 2014

Website speed is crucial for developing the best user experience possible, because, well, no one likes to wait for web pages to load. One of the simplest ways for improving the performance of a site is by serving page dependencies like JavaScript libraries and CSS frameworks via a public content delivery network (CDN). A public CDN is a web service … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Collection of Gorilla Illustrations

Monday 18 August 9:23:27 UTC 2014

Here is a cool collection of gorilla illustrations to inspire you by different styles of illustrations and if you ever need to design a logo relative with animals you can use this as a bit of research. Enjoy! by Waldek Graczyk by Micael Forsberg by Al Kurr by Joseph Le by Luiz Adelino by Big Ryan by George Bokhua Gorilla Illustrations by CJ … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » 50 fantastic freebies for web designers, August 2014

Monday 18 August 8:45:10 UTC 2014

Has there ever been an industry as generous as the Web? Every hour of every day you’ll find the design community distributing the fruits of their labors for free; making the Web bigger and better all the time. New projects are constantly being released that make us excited, curious, inspired and sometimes a little bit jealous. Today we’re showing you our … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » At one point to web designers become IT guys?

Monday 18 August 8:22:19 UTC 2014

Line25.com » 20 Web Designs with Prominent Email Signup Forms

Monday 18 August 7:00:31 UTC 2014

Capturing a user’s contact details is high on the agenda of many web businesses these days, with email sign up forms being prominently displayed to visitors as soon as they land on their website. Sometimes these sign up forms require the user to enter their address in order to gain access to a tool or service, while others prompt visitors … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » Beginner Illustrator Tutorial: Cute Baby Style Artwork

Monday 18 August 6:30:57 UTC 2014

My wife and I are expecting a baby girl in a few months so our house is slowly filling up with everything cute and pink! Seeing the style of art used on the items we’ve collected for the nursery gave me a great idea for a beginner’s Illustrator tutorial, showing how stylish illustrations can be created using basic shapes and … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Undone – 3D Typography

Monday 18 August 5:00:13 UTC 2014

I love 3D typography and am continually fascinated by the mix of 3D capabilities and words. I stumbled upon David McLeod's beautiful example in which he recreates wire/cable for the word Undone. It looks as if he created a script for Cinema 4D to achieve the model effect and V-Ray for the rendering. The end result is quite remarkable and really … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #1846

Monday 18 August 3:15:39 UTC 2014

This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, You can submit your images and inspiration to RAWZ via http://raw.abduzeedo.com and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo. abaanya … [Link]

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