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A strong example of a rigid grid layout that works perfectly as the landing page for an artist management agency. I like the bold use of imagery and the strict use of black and white for the rest of the text and navigation, it gives extra weight to the photographs. This design was featured on the Wednesday 14th of March 2012. It falls under the category of Misc, 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

Navigation menus used to be a fairly simple thing. Code up an unordered list, float it left and you’re good to go. With responsive design being all the rage these days though you’re faced with some new challenges when creating a menu design. Follow along as we start from scratch and code a simple but effective responsive navigation menu that you can easily modify and reuse in your own projects. Like the article? Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed and follow us on Twitter to stay up on recent content. Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

If you use WordPress for blogging, you are probably already familiar with the importance of themes. The theme you select can totally change the look and feel of your blog, making it as attractive, interactive, and informative as you want. February brought with it a sizable crop of excellent WordPress themes. Here I give you ten of the best themes released last month, that you can download for free. So take your pick from these awesome themes. No matter what sort of blog you have, I’m sure you’ll be able to find something that suits your needs perfectly! 1. Photolistic Ideal for photoblogs, the Photolistic theme can showcase your pictures in the best light. With its clean texture and minimalist looks, it ensures that nothing distr … Read the rest of the article on : SaveDelete

This is our weekly column were we share our favorite design related articles, resources and cool tidbits from the past week. Enjoy If you would like to receive our daily updates and keep up to date with the latest and greatest articles and resources from the design community, you can follow us on Twitter, on Facebookor by subscribing to our RSS feed. Our Weekly Design News has been sponsored by MediaLoot. Check them out for some seriously useful resources like icon fonts, UI kits, vectors and themes. Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

I really like the strong image focus that this site has, the huge background images giving a real sense of character and consistency to the site. The use of typography and simple iconography helps to unite the site and create a engaging experience. This design was featured on the Tuesday 13th of March 2012. It falls under the category of Misc, 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

As designers attempting to creating functional work, oftentimes we are required to make our designs look as finished as possible. For example, if you are designing a brand new website for someone, most times you will have to make sure the prototype looks finished by inserting text or photos or what have you. The purpose of this is so the person viewing the prototype has a chance to actually feel and understand the idea behind what you have created. Now in some circumstances, designers may use squares and rectangles to help you visualize what should and could be in a specific location. We all have our own techniques, but one of the most effective techniques is to actually put some text where text goes and some pictures where pictures go to make sure everyone can see the vision you’ve created. Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

Advertise here with BSA CSS sprites are great for minimizing the number of requests our websites perform by collecting multiple images in a single one and displaying the appropriate ones using background-position. However, once the images are placed on a canvas, finding the positions of each item is a time-consuming process. SpritePad is an impressive web application (which is [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

Advertise here with BSA ASP.NET developers were already able to use jQuery UI in their projects but it gets much simple with Juice UI. Juice UI is a set of ASP.NET controls and extenders for the whole widgets of jQuery UI. It is integrated into projects pretty easily; by downloading the NuGet Package and installing it with Visual Studio. [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

This is a fantastically understated, yet perfect, site for one of the most accomplished and well-respected hair stylists in the world. I love the simple grid of photographs and the reluctance to use any text that isn’t absolutely necessary. This design was featured on the Monday 12th of March 2012. It falls under the category of Misc, 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

The February edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, frameworks, jQuery plugins, icons, productivity tools, responsive design resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we’ve missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments. And if you have an app or other resource you’d like to see included next month, tweet it to @cameron_chapman for consideration. Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot