Graphic Design

Web Design Ledger » Workbench is a Free Frontend Boilerplate for Web Projects

Tuesday 13 October 22:15:20 UTC 2015

Modern open source frameworks remove a lot of the grunt work from web development. No need to manually reset all elements or give custom defined styles for all typefaces. The problem now is deciding which boilerplate is best to get started. There’s something simple like Eric Meyer’s CSS reset. But then there’s fully robust options like the new Workbench boilerplate. It’s … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Daily Inspiration #2207

Tuesday 13 October 21:59:05 UTC 2015

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. Found … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Webflow releases a brand new Visual CMS

Tuesday 13 October 20:35:29 UTC 2015

Many designers know about the wireframing/prototyping app called Webflow. It just recently underwent an overhaul on the design side and has since placed a greater focus on company branding. However another new release is the Webflow CMS which has taken many users by surprise. It’s meant to be the first all visual CMS engine which doesn’t require code for management. Content … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Fight Against Shady UIs with Dark Patterns

Tuesday 13 October 18:40:35 UTC 2015

How many times have you landed on a form where the “opt-in” checkbox was already checked? Well that’s recently been termed a dark UI pattern and it’s heavily discouraged among the UI/UX community. The website Dark Patterns fights against this kind of stuff by educating designers, developers, and users what to look for. Here’s a brief snippet pulled directly from the … [Link]

Smashing Magazine » A Responsive Material Design App With Polymer Starter Kit

Tuesday 13 October 18:00:33 UTC 2015

One upcoming technology that represents a big leap forward in making the web a mature application platform is web components. From a high-level perspective, web components will enable better composability, reusability and interoperability of front-end web application elements by providing a common way to write components in HTML. The goal of this article is to show you why this will be … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Illustrated History of Mac OS X Versions

Tuesday 13 October 17:32:41 UTC 2015

Apple fans who can remember the early days will certainly love this illustrated look back over history. The Tower app for Git published a new blog post covering an illustrated history of the Mac OS X operating system. You can view the post here and scroll to see each illustration. It’s a single-page design starting with OS X Cheetah and moving … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » SpotClarify Guided Tours can improve Onboarding

Tuesday 13 October 17:01:05 UTC 2015

An early-access release of SpotClarify is currently available for anyone interested. The site is more of a tool for building guided tours to help users sign up and grasp your product. It relies on an in-page JavaScript engine to create tours visually. SpotClarify allows builders to craft their tours based on steps that align with individual areas of the page. A … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Way out of my league

Tuesday 13 October 16:47:29 UTC 2015

Hi guys n gals i have been toying with the idea of covering my whole house in posters either canvas or kraft paper or silk fabrics and the normal paper posters etc etc so i have been buying so many items but 1 thing that i cannot get my head round is i was trying to get a poster done for … [Link]

JUST™ Creative » New Work, Interviews & Updates

Tuesday 13 October 16:30:58 UTC 2015

Below you can find an update with some of my new work, interviews and blog posts I was featured in, along with Just Creative’s most popular posts and various other updates. Featured in .Net Magazine I was featured in the October 2015 issue of .Net magazine on the topic of how to design a logo. – 2015 Advance Global Australian … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Slick Graphic Artworks by Jose Berrio

Tuesday 13 October 16:21:31 UTC 2015

Gotta love printed artworks! You may hang a cool poster on your wall, you may read a book or listen to an album with an awesome cover. Whatever it is, a printed graphic artwork will be a great asset to anyone's collection. Jose Berrio, a graphic designer established in New York, comes up with some super rad illustrations for posters, covers … [Link]

Graphic Design Forums: A friendly forum for UK designers » Copyright of objects

Tuesday 13 October 16:03:25 UTC 2015

We are massively struggling to find the answer, if anyone has any idea about this we'd appreciate it. Our company wants to have a mascot, a toy which we will take photos of for Instagram, use in marketing material, on our website etc. These images will not be sold, but they will be used commercially to promote the company. Can we … [Link]

Web Designer Depot » Will the Web like Facebook emojis?

Tuesday 13 October 15:08:16 UTC 2015

We all know about Facebook’s most popular button: the Like button. You’ve probably already used the thumbs-up icon more times than you care to admit (perhaps to boost your friends’ self-esteem whenever they share a funny-cat video), but now, Facebook is finally giving us the opportunity to express ourselves in a slightly more complex way. Announced late last week, the … [Link]

Line25.com » 25 Best WooCommerce Themes For Professional Online Stores

Tuesday 13 October 14:56:12 UTC 2015

Do you want to create a professional online store in just a couple of hours? Then you might want to take a look at these 25 best WooCommerce themes! Whether you’re a web designer and don’t want to start your new project from scratch, or you just want to set up your online store for your business, you will find … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Photography: The Game We Play

Tuesday 13 October 14:52:14 UTC 2015

The Game we play is a series of basketball hoop portraits from many parts of New York. This project was done by Franck Bohbot, a French photographer who now lives in New York and specializes in photographing public spaces, street scene. For more from Franck Bohbot visit franckbohbot.com. Photography: The Game We Play Tags: basketballphotographystreet photographypaul0v2's blog [Link]

WebDesignDev » 25 Creative and Modern Logotypes For Your Inspiration

Tuesday 13 October 14:19:28 UTC 2015

A wonderfully-designed logo is essential for a company that wants to become a popular brand. Having a logotype that is easy to remember and professionally-designed is essential! Today, we selected 25 creative and modern logotypes for your inspiration. We hand-picked these awesome modern logotypes for you and we hope they will inspire you to create beautiful designs yourself. Check them … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » Find Sass Compatibility with this Nifty Webapp

Tuesday 13 October 13:41:34 UTC 2015

Most developers already know about Sass and the value of using Sass on web projects. The difficulty comes with learning version differences and rendering engines. Sass Compatibility is a free open source project for testing differences between Sass engines. It’s hosted on GitHub which means all the code is freely available and open for pull requests. The site deals primarily with … [Link]

Web Design Ledger » NSScotland 2015 returns for Cocoa Devs on October 24th-25th

Tuesday 13 October 13:34:52 UTC 2015

A two-day Cocoa development conference named NSScotland returns again in October of 2015. This conference is aimed at people who write in Objective-C on top of Cocoa of OS X & iOS applications. The event will run from October 24th-25th as a weekend conference. This marks the fourth annual return of NSScotland since first launching in 2012. Along with the two-day … [Link]

abdz.do – Have you given up on being inspired? » Safegate Illustrations

Tuesday 13 October 6:41:46 UTC 2015

Illustration is all about style in my opinion. There are so many different illustrators and each one of them try to add their little signature but they also make sure their references and inspirations are visible. The work that Eric Pautz share on his Behance profile is a beautiful example of vintage look with a modern touch. The project was commissioned … [Link]

Web Design – WebFX Blog » The 10 Best Mechanical Keyboards for Professionals

Tuesday 13 October 1:59:16 UTC 2015

Is a mechanical keyboard essential to your workflow? Probably not. You can get your typing tasks done with any old keyboard. But if you’re looking for a comfortable, precise, and satisfying typing experience, nothing beats a mechanical keyboard. Why Use a Mechanical Keyboard? If you have a job that demands a ton of time typing — web development, web design, … [Link]

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