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abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Hong Kong 1950s in Black and White by Fan Ho

Monday 1 September 23:56:02 UTC 2014

Fan Ho is an award-winning Photographer who has been practising his art since the 1950s. Intrigued by life around him, Fan always loved to wait for the composition to take place when capturing a picture. Armed with his Rolleiflex, one frame at the time. The result takes you back in time in Hong Kong from its pure simplicity with Black and … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » How to Write a Winning Web Design Proposal

Monday 1 September 17:32:28 UTC 2014

This article has been contributed by Mike Hanski. When you embarked on your chosen career path as a designer, your decision was probably driven by your right-brain thinking. You are a creative person, so you are naturally drawn to artistic ways of expressing yourself. But what happens when left-brain activities creep into your day-to-day operations? Do you break into a … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Hi all

Monday 1 September 15:36:00 UTC 2014

Howdy fellow creatives … hello from northwest UK. :icon_smile: [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Nike Swoosh Portraits

Monday 1 September 14:48:01 UTC 2014

German designer Andy Gellenberg illustrated some awesome portraits using only the nike swoosh. Check them out and let us know what you think. For more from Andy Gellenberg visit behance.net/AndyGellenberg. Nike Swoosh Portraits Nike Swoosh Portraits Nike Swoosh Portraits Nike Swoosh Portraits Nike Swoosh Portraits Nike Swoosh PortraitsTags: swooshportraitsillustrationpaul0v2&~ blog [Link]

Smashing Magazine » Think Your App Is Beautiful? Not Without User Experience Design

Monday 1 September 13:57:19 UTC 2014

Lately, every app is “beautiful”. If you read tech news, you’ve seen this pageant: Beautiful charts and graphs1. Beautiful stories2. Beautiful texting3. Beautiful notebooks4. Beautiful battery information5. Aspiring to beauty in our designs is admirable. But it doesn’t guarantee usability, nor is it a product or marketing strategy. Like “simple” and “easy” before it, “beautiful” says very little about the … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » How to use circles in website design

Monday 1 September 9:15:51 UTC 2014

Circles are a relatively new development in web design. From the boxy days of web design’s youth, our contemporary works have evolved beyond what many would have imagined in those early days of the www. This current embrace of the circular ways is most likely due to the fact that, until recently, it wasn’t easy to create circular elements without the … [Link]

Line25.com » Web Design Trend Showcase: Close Up Portrait Photos

Monday 1 September 7:00:06 UTC 2014

This web design trend can easily go unnoticed, but if you pay attention you’ll find that it is actually quite popular! We’ve seen all kinds of images spanning our screens thanks to the big photo web design trend, but one type in particular that’s increasing in popularity is the close up portrait. Close-ups easily convey a certain mood or emotion … [Link]

Spoon Graphics » How To Create a Double Exposure Effect in Photoshop

Monday 1 September 6:30:54 UTC 2014

Traditionally the double exposure effect is produced by photographers using nothing but their camera to combine two separate photographs to create an abstract and surreal image. However, we can also mimic the effect in Photoshop, which actually gives us more control over the final output with the ability to adjust and preview the effect as we go. Follow this step … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » 3D City by Anna Paschenko

Monday 1 September 6:17:03 UTC 2014

It’s Labor Day Weekend here in the US so naturally I took a day off to enjoy some outdoor activities. As a result, I've refrained from laboring and therefore the tutorial of this week will be posted tomorrow. Today, we're delighted to share a super cool project created by Anna Paschenko, a freelancer designer and illustrator from Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » The Perfect Office – Memobottle, Razer Adaro Headphones and Office Ideas

Monday 1 September 5:30:11 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 some super nice items, like the Wired Coffee Mug for those who need their … [Link]

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