Archive for February, 2012

An excellent magazine theme that allows you to create unlimited custom review “mini-sites” within your main website. I like the use of the grid layout and the intuitive navigation throughout the theme. This design was featured on the Wednesday 29th of February 2012. It falls under the category of Magazine, and has a layout style of Grid. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

A bold and immediately recognisable logo for a ship engineers team. I’m a little unsure about the imagery, the cog works but the overall logo looks a little like wings. Nonetheless, the logo makes and impact and I like the way the cog element forms a C. This design was featured on the Wednesday 29th of February 2012. It falls under the category of Logo, and has a layout style of Other. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

A great design for a web app counter made for a landing page for an upcoming redesign. I really like the grungy textures and the attention given to typography. This design was featured on the Wednesday 29th of February 2012. It falls under the category of Web App, and has a layout style of Other. If you’d like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs. … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

I’m old enough to remember working with Exacto blades and poisonous chemicals to create layouts for printing. I’m old enough to remember printing. I’m young enough to be considered an expert at computer programs, so there’s a bright side to this story and the memories are the truth…except I’m too old to be sure they are the correct memories, but not old enough to accidentally wear my underwear outside of my pants. Where was I? Oh, yes…the short and weird history of the days before computers were in every design studio, home, car, video game, and smart phone. Fun fact: The computers in your cell phone and car are more powerful than the computers that were aboard Apollo 11. For the young out there, Apollo 11 was the space flight that landed on the moon in 1969…and it wasn

Advertise here with BSA Twitter Bootstrap is a beautiful "web design kit" for creating cross browser, consistent and good looking interfaces. With a flexible and well-thought HTML/CSS/Javascript structure, it offers many of the popular UI components, a grid system and JavaScript plugins for common scenarios. And, it seems to be rocking the web design community as there are lots [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

It was 1035 when a Persian traveler walked into a market in Cairo and noted that vegetables, spices and hardware were wrapped in paper for the customers. This is the earliest record of packaging. Since then, packaging has evolved into a great industry that serves so many purposes for modern society, making package design one of the most essential elements to sell products. First impressions make all the difference, especially in a fast-paced age when everyone is just too busy to take a step back to wait and see. But what kind of design will impress … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

Ever wondered what the difference between east coast designers and west coast designers? How designers in New York or D.C. differ from their counterparts in LA or Seattle? After all, we know all about the differences between east coast and west coast rap (and the rivalry that runs along with it). But who knew there was the same kind of divide among designers? This infographic, prepared exclusively for MightyDeals, compares the two camps side by side. Get insight into differences by interest, style, concentration, education, pay scale, and more. Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

We’ve been using floats for layout pretty much since we left tables behind. It’s a quirky solution that can often cause troubles, but if you know what you’re doing, it works. One interesting alternative to floats that people are turning to more and more lately is to set the display value of an element to inline-block. What does this do exactly? How is it like a float? How is it different? Let’s dive in and see what we can discover. Like the article? Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and follow us on Twitter to s … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

Responsive web design become a very popular trend in 2011. It’s likely something we’ll see continuing well into 2012 as designers are beginning to support a myriad of mobile devices. Building layouts for the web can be tough, but inspiration is a huge factor. In this gallery I’ve collected 40+ amazing responsive website layouts. These designs are built to support a set of different resolutions and re-size accordingly. It’s tricky building this functionality in HTML5, even advanced web developers may not understand responsive design trends. But check out some of our examples below and you’ll pick up techniques very quickly. Additionally let us know your thoughts or questions in the post discussion area. You may also like… 15 Free WordPress Themes with a Responsive Layout … Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Anime, or animation series that either originate from Japan or have distinctive Japanese influences, have achieved enormous popularity in the west. With their Manga style art and their incredible, often unrealistic storyline, anime are generally targeted at an older demographic, though there have been anime for children as well. Anime are prominent today in both print as well as television. Here are ten of the most awesome and well loved anime of all times: 1. Dragon Ball This series shows the coming of age of the monkey-tailed extra terrestrial Goku, and his quest to collect seven Dragon Balls from around the world, to release a dragon that can grant one wish. Dragon Ball is a story of friendship, trust, and the fight for justice and the protection of innocence. Though th … Read the rest of the article on : SaveDelete