web design

Abduzeedo New Design: Simple and Responsive

abduzeedo — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:03:55 +0000

Abduzeedo was created as a personal project. The main goal was to backup work while trying different things not only in the realm of graphic design but also experimenting with new trends in coding and stuff like that. Every year we try to refresh the site with a new design, however this time it took us a bit longer, but alas here it is.

It took us a little longer this time because last year we felt it wasn't exactly the right time nor necessary. The site was still performing well but with all the talk about responsive web design we saw an opportunity and a need to get on board with that.

As you can see there are quite a few changes not only in terms of visual design, but under the hood as well. We would like to point out 5 major changes:

Color palette: After years of a colorful rainbow palette we decided to change. The idea was to create a super simple color palette while maintaining the dark background. So, to have a nice contrast we went with yellow, because there's no better contrast than black and yellow.
Typography: We know that typography is the language in it's solid state. Web fonts are expanding with different options from Typekit, Google and many others. We decided to use Google Web fonts because it's super fast and reliable. Our font of choice was Armata.
Responsive Design: Using HTML 5 Boilerplate and some Javascript files we made the site responsive for mobile, tablets and desktop. We are working on another version for larger resolutions. So stay tuned. A big thanks to WebdesignerWall for the amazing tutorials and tips.
Family of Web sites: We used to keep everything in our Drupal CMS. Now we've launched 2 different sites : "UNEWZ" for user news and "RAWZ" for the daily inspiration submissions. Our goal is make the site even more open to users. Now everybody can submit images and write posts for the Abduzeedo community. We will use these Web sites to source quality content to be featured on the blog.
Simple and big: you will notice that the home-page has less text. We hid the description text and made them visible only when you roll over the posts. We are also using bigger thumbs and bigger images in the articles. Abduzeedo is all about inspiration, and nothing like some big images to inspire us.

We still have so much to do, designing a web site is, I dare say, an endless project. But that is why it's so much fun. We learn so much and we of course make and will continue to make tons of mistakes. So bear with us. We will be improving this new design on a daily basis.

We hope you enjoy it and feel free to share your thoughts with us

About the author

Abduzeedo is a blog about design. There are all sorts of articles for those who want to look for inspiration. Also you will find very useful tutorials for the most used applications out there, with a special selection of Photoshop Tutorials and Illustrator Tutorials. You can get in follow us via Twitter at @abduzeedo

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Web Design: Awesome Facebook Concept

PauloGabriel — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:19:38 +0000

A few weeks ago we featured here a great concept for IMDB, and since then I was just waiting to see another great concept like that. Visiting Behance, I just found the next one.

Like the IMDB one, this is a interface lift, concept layout, but for Facebook. The social network has received lots of bad criticism since it released its timeline layout, and I guess some people would prefer much more this one. Check it out and tell us how do you like it. This awesome concept was done by web designer Barton Smith, from San Diego, CA. Show him some love by visiting his portfolio. I hope you enjoy this. ;)

About the author

Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil, born in 1984. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobby for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter.

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Book Suggestion: Ordering Disorder Grid Principles for Web Design

abduzeedo — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:39:08 +0000

The book suggestion of the week is a must have for those willing to design nice web sites and pretty much anything. It is called Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design (Voices That Matter) and as the name says it is all about grid systems or the principles behind it.

Book Description

The grid has long been an invaluable tool for creating order out of chaos for designers of all kinds—from city planners to architects to typesetters and graphic artists. In recent years, web designers, too, have come to discover the remarkable power that grid-based design can afford in creating intuitive, immersive, and beautiful user experiences.

Ordering Disorder delivers a definitive take on grids and the Web. It provides both the big ideas and the brass-tacks techniques of grid-based design. Readers are sure to come away with a keen understanding of the power of grids, as well as the design tools needed to implement them for the World Wide Web.

Author

Khoi Vinh is internationally recognized for bringing the tried and true principles of the typographic grid to the World Wide Web. He is the former Design Director for NYTimes.com, where he consolidated his reputation for superior user experience design. He writes and lectures widely on design, technology and culture, and has published the popular blog Subtraction.com for over a decade. Follow Khoi on Twitter: @khoi. Khoi's blog: http://www.subtraction.com

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Web Design: Excellent Photographic Backgrounds

PauloGabriel — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:41:38 +0000

I've been so crazy about the UI Design posts that I almost forgot about the Web Design ones. But no worries, I've just realized it's been some time since my last post about it. Let's update things here.

It's been a very long time since the last time we saw some cool photographic backgrounds in layouts, and lately there's been some awesome examples of that, like the sites below. These are pretty rad, and I sincerely wish this trend never dies. More of it, please! Well, to check out each website, simply click on the pics. Hope you enjoy these! Cheers!

P.S.: Also, if you've seen any good photographic background layouts lately, drop us the link. ;)

Get off your dock

Indigo Jeans

Jochem Gugelot

Jacadi

Lavazza

Orlebar Brown

Timberland

mcube

Agenzia Tecnodue

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Sites of the Week #176

abduzeedo — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:57:39 +0000

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as Mightybell and 10k Apart. Also we're featuring the beautiful Kitchen Sink Studios portfolio, and much, much more! As usual we would love to hear from you, keep sending your suggestions to us and we will be more than happy to feature your site.

This post is brought to you by our friends at Behance who just launched ProSite.com, fully custom online portfolio sites that sync with your social network.

You can keep sending me your suggestions via Twitter twitter.com/FabianoMe or twitter.com/abduzeedo, and include #abdz_sites in the message.

DESIGN / CSS

The Miniature Earth - miniature-earth.com

What if the population of the Earth were reduced into a community of only 100 people?

Big Daddy Weave - mediaparker.com

Formed at the University of Mobile, the quintet has earned a reputation both for the musical conviction that has carried their songs to the top of the charts and for the joy and passion that have made their live performances such moving and memorable experiences.

APP / WEB APP / SERVICE

WIS - webiconset

WIS is a nice solution for designers everywhere looking for top-notch icons. With a whole set of great looking icons, these guys really deliver amazing design.

STUDIO / PORTFOLIO / BLOG

Tommy - thisistommy.com

Welcome to Tommy, the Digital Creative Agency. At the time of writing, Tommy is over 43 million seconds old. We work with agencies, brands, companies and individuals. We love our work, our office, smart ideas and being playful.

Colbow Design - colbowdesign.com

I'm Brad and I buld things for the web and I love working with people like Wayne. The passionate, the driven, the engaged. People who want to learn more about their users and build around their needs.

THEMES

Salutation - themeforest.net/

Salutation is a WordPress and BuddyPress theme. If you’re not familiar with BuddyPress, it’s a social network plugin for WordPress allowing your website to become a fully functional community portal. BuddyPress lets your users interract through groups, forums, friends, status updates, private messaging and a lot more.

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Web Design: Great IMDB Concept

PauloGabriel — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:38:06 +0000

I don't know if there are much cases of web designers doing concept layouts for big sites and actually getting it to become the official layout, but I would certainly enjoy to see this piece achieve that.

Vladimir Kudinov, a Russian web designer, has done this amazing concept layout of IMDB, the all-mighty cinema site. I must say that people at IMDB should really consider taking a look at this, because it's amazing. Great style, good taste, nice use of colors. I know some people like white space very much, but here it's not overused: it's just the right amount. I like this not-so-new style of gallery, that looks just like Tumblr's archives. During my use of IMDB I have found myself much confused some times, but with this, I think things would get a little bit more intuitive, which is a winning situation. If anyone at IMDB gets to see this, please consider getting in touch with Vladimir. This would be a new breath to the site, for sure. For more of Vladimir's work, visit his portfolio at Behance. Also, he is sharing the PSD file for free download to everyone, which is awesome! Check at the bottom of the post for the download link. Cheers! ;)

Film page

Player Popup component

Rating detail

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Download the Photoshop file for free at DeviantART

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Web Design: Huge Icon-Like Illustrations

PauloGabriel — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:00:57 +0000

One thing I definitely fell in love with are modern icons! So, when I got to see websites using huge ones, I was amazed by how well it fits in a good design.

I call it "icon-like" because I'm not 100% sure that these can be indeed called icons. What defines an icon? The size? The use? Where it is made? I really don't know... but looking at these I imagine they were made in Fireworks, but I know someone smarter than me will tell us what's the most common tool to make something like these. Anyways, here are some awesome examples... and as you will notice, most of these are used by Mac apps, which makes total sense for me. Awesome OS, awesome icons... or icon-like illustrations. Also, I'd love to know from you if you know any more like these! Let us know! Cheers. ;)

6 Wunderkinder

Postbox 2

Little Snapperh

Cornerstone 2

Youzee

Kaleidoscope

Versions

Checkout

Enstore

Candybar

Transmit

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Web Design: More Dark Layouts

PauloGabriel — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 03:00:47 +0000

Last week we had an awesome post on Illustrated layouts and I thought it would be a good idea to revive some other subjects we've done here before. Back in 2008 and last year we had posts on black and dark layouts.

Just like last week's post, I'd like to know from you whether or not you see an evolution in these layouts compared to the older ones. For me, compared to 2008, there's been a hugh leap towards more cleaner design. Compared to 2010, there wasn't enough time to see any difference... we're a still at the same moment. But how do you feel about these? We'd love to know! Cheers. ;)

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Web Design: Illustrated Layouts

PauloGabriel — Fri, 27 May 2011 04:43:07 +0000

Back in 2008 I made a nice little post about illustrated websites and I thought it would be a good idea to make a new one with fresh layouts because we've seen many new layouts since then.

These are quite awesome and I think it's great to see that even though designers are not designing fully illustrated sites anymore, they are still doing good use of few illustrated elements in their designs. An illustration here and there and that's just enough. How do you like these? Do you think that it 2008's layouts were better or has evolution took place? Tell us! Also, if you know any more good illustrated websites, drop us the link, ok? Enjoy! Cheers. ;)

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Web Design: Nice and Clean Layouts

PauloGabriel — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:00:01 +0000

It's been some time since I last checked my web design feed. I took a look at it now and found some great, fresh designs really worth sharing with you guys. There's a bunch of new clean layouts that are just awesome.

I've seen some posts on trends for 2011, but I'd like to know from you guys: what do you think will be hot in 2011? Clean layouts with lots of white space? Big fonts? Glossy bars? Tell us! We'd love to hear. I hope you enjoy these! Cheers. ;)

Mark Hobbs

Music by Design

Studio Pixel

Espresso

Chris Thurman

Two Designers

DBA Products

TH= SUM

InfinVision

6wunderkinder

Wixel

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Winner of Future of Web Design - Giveaway

paul0v2 — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:19:25 +0000

Hey guys, thanks to everyone that participated for a chance to win this giveaway, unfortunately we can only pick one winner and I wish we could pick a few because there's a lot of people who deserve this opportunity but here is the one.

The Giveaway

First I would like to ask everyone to not enter the giveaway if you not going to be able to go, check out the event date and location, make sure you can make it before you try to win it. The two day pass event is worth $895.00 and we want to give it away to someone that will make the best use of it.

The winner will get a free 2 Day Conference Pass, the conference will take place in on November 15th & 16th, visit their website for more information www.futureofwebdesign.com/new-york-2010

The Winner

Scott Earl

As a full-time 40+ hr a week UX Designer, and freelancer on the side, I live and breath everything design. I'm looking to evolve my skills and take my UX game to the next level by exploring any and every avenue I possibly can. I'm peeking around the corner every chance I get at what the next big thing is going to be, and would like to stay on the bleeding edge of the web design industry. This event would definitely keep me on that path, and I also just need a vacation! That's the ultimate package you're giving away right there ;)

Congratulations Scott, I'll be contacting you shortly, if by any means you can make to the conference we will be picking another winner.

The Event

The Future of Web Design has changed! After a huge success of the new format in London, we're bringing the new look show to New York: two days of conference sessions, each with two tracks to choose from, and a day of intimate workshop allowing attendees to gain a deeper understanding of their chosen topic.

What's going on?

Future of Web Design - November 15th - 17th, New York

The Best of the Best - The biggest Names in web design, presenting over 2 days of packed conference schedule.

Bigger than ever Before - Future of Web Design New York is now a two day, two track conference. That's around 400% more content than 2009.

Covering the Most Important Subjects - We cover the topics that matter the most to today's web designers and front end developers, including HTML5, CSS3, typography and UX.

Added Learning Opportunities - As well as two tracks of great content there will be an extensive program of extra University sessions and expert-led design clinics running throughout the breaks.

Relive the Conference - Online videos of all sessions, with integrated slides, audio and full transcriptions will be made available to attendees after the event, allowing colleagues to benefit too.

Intimate Workshops - Full day (9am - 5pm) are also available to attendees wishing to delve deeper into specially chosen hot topics. Numbers are capped at 40 per session, ensuring a great learning environment.

Great Changes for Networking - With over 500 like-minded designers descending on New York for the event, and both structured and informal network sessions provided, it's a brilliant opportunity to meet new friends and forge professional contacts.

The Speakers

Click here find out more about each speaker.

The Conference Venue

This year's conference will take place at New World Stages in New York on 15th + 16th November. New World Stages is located at 340 West 50th St, between 8th and 9th avenue at World Wide Plaza. Parking is convieniently located on both 49th and 50th street.

Who's Going ?

If you planing on going to the event, let us know so we can meet up!

About the author

Hi there! I'm Paulo Canabarro, 26 year old web designer - paulocanabarro.com I'm from Brazil currently living and working out of Providence RI, USA. I'm truly passionate about design of all kinds, finding and sharing inspiration here has become part of my life. If you like to know more about me or get in touch visit my website paulocanabarro.com Stock me at Twitter and Dribbble

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Future of Web Design - Giveaway

paul0v2 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:23:30 +0000

Yes, you heard it right. We are giving away a 2 Day Conference Pass for the upcoming FOWD Future of Web Design this November 15-17 in New York. This is one of the best web design events there is, with the best speakers in the industry is a must go to anybody that works with web design. Find out more about the event.

Me and Fabio were set to go to this year's FOWD in NY but unfortunately Fabio won't make it but the good side is we are giving away a 2 Day Conference Pass, and the winner get to go for free and hang out with me in NY.

The Giveaway

The winner will get a free 2 Day Conference Pass, the conference will take place in on November 15th & 16th, visit their website for more information www.futureofwebdesign.com/new-york-2010

How to Win

To enter the giveaway is easy. Answer this question on the comment area: "Why we should pick you to go to FOWD" and share on twitter "I wanna go to FOWD for free with ABDZ"

Good Luck Guys!

The Event

The Future of Web Design has changed! After a huge success of the new format in London, we're bringing the new look show to New York: two days of conference sessions, each with two tracks to choose from, and a day of intimate workshop allowing attendees to gain a deeper understanding of their chosen topic.

What's going on?

Future of Web Design - November 15th - 17th, New York

The Best of the Best - The biggest Names in web design, presenting over 2 days of packed conference schedule.

Bigger than ever Before - Future of Web Design New York is now a two day, two track conference. That's around 400% more content than 2009.

Covering the Most Important Subjects - We cover the topics that matter the most to today's web designers and front end developers, including HTML5, CSS3, typography and UX.

Added Learning Opportunities - As well as two tracks of great content there will be an extensive program of extra University sessions and expert-led design clinics running throughout the breaks.

The Speakers

Click here find out more about each speaker.

The Conference Venue

Who's Going ?

If you planing on going to the event, let us know so we can meet up!

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Future of Web Design - New York

paul0v2 — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:35:11 +0000

FOWD Future of Web Design is back to New York this November 15th - 17th. I'm happy to announce that me and Fabio are going to be there and it's going to be awesome! A 3 day event with the best speakers in the industry is a must go to anybody that works with web design. Find out more about the event.

The Future of Web Design has changed! After a huge success of the new format in London, we're bringing the new look show to New York: two days of conference sessions, each with two tracks to choose from, and a day of intimate workshop allowing attendees to gain a deeper understanding of their chosen topic.

What's going on?

Future of Web Design - November 15th - 17th, New York

The Best of the Best - The biggest Names in web design, presenting over 2 days of packed conference schedule.

Bigger than ever Before - Future of Web Design New York is now a two day, two track conference. That's around 400% more content than 2009.

Covering the Most Important Subjects - We cover the topics that matter the most to today's web designers and front end developers, including HTML5, CSS3, typography and UX.

Added Learning Opportunities - As well as two tracks of great content there will be an extensive program of extra University sessions and expert-led design clinics running throughout the breaks.

The Speakers

Click here find out more about each speaker.

The Conference Venue

Who's Going ?

If you planing on going to the event, let us know so we can meet up!

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Web Directions USA - The Web Industry Conference

GisMullr — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:19:56 +0000

What about going to a conference to listen to several great names of the Web Industry? Will you be anywhere near Atlanta from September 21 to 25? So check this out...

CSS3, HTML5, Geolocation, mobile web — we’re seeing an explosion of innovation in design and development unlike at almost any other time in the web’s history.

To keep you ahead of the curve, Web Directions USA features leading web practitioners, bringing you the freshest technologies, techniques and know-how.

At the Web Directions USA you will have the chance to see speakers like Scott Thomas, Jonathan Stark, Aarron Walter, Zoe Mickley Gillenwater, Dan Rubin and many other. Click here to check out all speakers that will be at the conference and to know more about them.

Abduzeedo readers will have a 30% discount to join the conference!

Founded in Australia in 2004, by long time web industry figures Maxine Sherrin and John Allsopp, Web Directions conferences bring together the web industry’s leading experts from around the world to educate and inspire our attendees.

To check out the complete program, click here.

Unlike many conferences, rather than calling for papers and speakers, we have a editorial approach – we put together programs based on current trends in the industry, and seek out speakers who are working in those areas to give inspiring, entertaining, but most importantly practical presentations. Take a look at our blog and resources site to see slides and hear podcasts from our previous events.

But as important as the content is, conferences are also about connecting with your peers – making new connections, and strengthening existing ones, sharing know-how and expertise, finding an expert, or new clients. At Web Directions events we pay careful attention to this side of things with social events, and innovative use of social software to help build and strengthen those relationships.

To download the One-Pager summary of the conference, click here.

I will attend the conference! Will you?

Yes... that is right. I will be attending Web Directions USA, so if you want to meet, get in touch via @gismullr. :)

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Someone with a bachelor degree in Foreign Trade that really likes technology, design, photography and creativity. A person ‘digging’ a new way as a ‘geek apprentice’, blogger 'wanna be' and a communication lover! Current location: Porto Alegre, RS – Brazil
Twitter user: gismullr

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Targeting Kids: Various Strategies Involved in Designing their Websites

guest — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 10:53:16 +0000

Have you ever wondered, “ Children don't read to find their identity, to free themselves from guilt, to quench the thirst for rebellion or to get rid of alienation. They have no use for psychology.... They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish illusions.”

And,there is no doubt that they form the most important targets for the marketeers. The research says that the expenditure of the advertising industry in regard to the children has exploded. This is most probably because children have their own purchasing power. This is in terms of their power to the decision-making within the family, incorporating the tool to take advantage of the 'pester power' that comes in-built in today's kids.

The marketeers follow in-depth study of the developmental, emotional, behavioral, and the needs of the children at different stages of their lives. They tend to sow the seeds of brand recognition/identity at a very young age. And, 'word-of-mouth' forms an integral part of this conquest. Finding the coolest kid in and around, and then, enjoying the fruit is another successful way, but actually accompanies to what we call, Online Marketing and Buzz Marketing.

“Online marketing is potentially way more powerful that the television ever dreamt of being.”

And there is no doubt to the fact that today, it has become really important for all the web designers to learn to design a website that creates an ever-lasting impact on the psyche of children. This post has actually been written to highlight the trends and practices one should follow while designing a website for children. And, it is actually true when it is said that one needs to be extra-particular regarding the way he/she handles the design, because kids are the most vulnerable section of the society and tend to be molded in the right direction.

Here is the list that would help you cater the attention of the kids audience.

Stimulation Is the key

To be able to stimulate a child's senses, is a task that requires a toil and to be handled with care. The senses play a key role when you see something for the first time. Step into the shoes of a kid, and try and visualise things.

Have you ever tried and think what captures a kid's attention at the first go? No...?

Then, the answer is the bright colours. As we all know that colours form an integral part of our lives. The more bright the colour is, the more happy our mood tends to be. The choice of the colours and the combinations that a designer tends to choose becomes really important. The choice of the bright, variety of happy-go-lucky colours such as, yellow, pink, bright red, green, orange, blue, etc. proves to be a choice and creates an everlasting impact on the children.

Mood of the website is also a determining factor in the website creation. A positive, cheerful, and a 'smiling' website tends to result in creating in baiting more and more of the kids towards the particular brand.

For children, though creativity is an essential element, yet, children tend to follow recognisable elements. The designers ought to incorporate the maximum they can, in this respect. As we know that children are the most related to the elements of Nature, such as, trees, birds, fruits, sun, snow, moon, grass, and may more. Try and incorporate them in your designs. I am hundred and one percent sure that they would never fail to relate to your site.

Try and think large

Large does not mean that you need to widen the scope of your design and the content, but it is actually using the larger than life figures and the characters to be able to create a platform for the kids audience to develop a relationship between your brand website and themselves.

There is no denying to the fact that children tend to relate themselves to the animated characters. Mickey, Donald, Barbie, Dora & the Backpack, and many more being their favourites. They are naturally drawn towards these characters and doubles the chances of baiting more and more visitors.

There is a need to emphasise on the need to allow the child's imagination run into a fantasy world and then, see how well you are able to grab hold of their fascinating world.

If we talk about the navigation system in the world of the websites for the kids, it is actually very important for you to relate them as well. A total cartoon-like theme, a kind of story-telling pattern where they can find a novel scramble of their favourite cartoon characters would bear unbelievable results for sure.

Interaction is the another key

As we already mentioned that stimulation is the first key in any process, similarly interaction becomes the another. Interaction has always played a key role in one's life and rhythm is the basis of any life.

If children are allowed to play and given a scope for entertainment, they would love to visit your site again and again. Animations, Flash designs, and sounds are the keys to a successful kids website. We have already discussed that a kids' website would be completely different from the regular websites and the trends they follow.

Interactive videos, and yes, the Interactive Games... how can we forget that? You need to follow a habit of educating the kids audience at every step in a very unique manner so that even their parents encourage their children to follow your website. Allow them to sparkle their own creativity. Let them enjoy colouring, something tangible. Avail your website with the printable designs so that even they can let their nourishing creative juices flow. Try and not forcefully incorporate any stuff in their minds.

Gone are the days when a designer tend to follow a set pattern and the preconceived notions for designing a website. There is a lot more you can do to your website. Just as you made the design larger than life, you can make out of the box and a lot of creative cursors for the website. According to the theme, create a unique and yet, attractive cursor with a lot of glittery, and shining effects. Get away from the conventional methods of navigation used in the regular website.

See... there is no denying to the fact that there is a lot more scope to the to creativity and actually kids are fun to work with. But, at the same time they ought to be handled with the utmost care. There is a need to incorporate in the sense of responsibility from the designer as well as the company's side as well. There is a need to be able to develop in that level of trust with the kids' parents so that they don't have any problem. You tend to educate the kids with a lot of user interactivity.

Last,but not the least, its actually quite helpful if you test your website beforehand. An extensive test is actually quite apt and help you observe and analyse the shortcomings and the positive side of your website. There is no doubt that creating and developing kids centered website is a difficult task but its actually more similar to going back in your childhood days once again, where you get to connect with the Nature, colours, larger than life characters once again.

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Web Design: Awesome Facebook Concept

A few weeks ago we featured here a great concept for IMDB, and since then I was just waiting to see another great concept like that. Visiting Behance, I just found the next one.

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Book Suggestion: Ordering Disorder Grid Principles for Web Design

The book suggestion of the week is a must have for those willing to design nice web sites and pretty much anything. It is called Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design (Voices That Matter) and as the name says it is all about grid systems or the principles behind it.

Book Description

Author

Some Photos

Buy Now from Amazon

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Web Design: Excellent Photographic Backgrounds

I've been so crazy about the UI Design posts that I almost forgot about the Web Design ones. But no worries, I've just realized it's been some time since my last post about it. Let's update things here.

Get off your dock

Indigo Jeans

Jochem Gugelot

Jacadi

Lavazza

Orlebar Brown

Timberland

mcube

Agenzia Tecnodue

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Sites of the Week #176

DESIGN / CSS

The Miniature Earth - miniature-earth.com

Big Daddy Weave - mediaparker.com

APP / WEB APP / SERVICE

WIS - webiconset

STUDIO / PORTFOLIO / BLOG

Tommy - thisistommy.com

Colbow Design - colbowdesign.com

THEMES

Salutation - themeforest.net/

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Web Design: Great IMDB Concept

I don't know if there are much cases of web designers doing concept layouts for big sites and actually getting it to become the official layout, but I would certainly enjoy to see this piece achieve that.

Film page

Menu

Player Popup component

Rating detail

Download Photoshop File

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Web Design: Huge Icon-Like Illustrations

One thing I definitely fell in love with are modern icons! So, when I got to see websites using huge ones, I was amazed by how well it fits in a good design.

6 Wunderkinder

Postbox 2

Little Snapperh

Cornerstone 2

Youzee

Kaleidoscope

Versions

Checkout

Enstore

Candybar

Transmit

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Web Design: More Dark Layouts

Last week we had an awesome post on Illustrated layouts and I thought it would be a good idea to revive some other subjects we've done here before. Back in 2008 and last year we had posts on black and dark layouts.

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Web Design: Illustrated Layouts

Back in 2008 I made a nice little post about illustrated websites and I thought it would be a good idea to make a new one with fresh layouts because we've seen many new layouts since then.

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Web Design: Nice and Clean Layouts

It's been some time since I last checked my web design feed. I took a look at it now and found some great, fresh designs really worth sharing with you guys. There's a bunch of new clean layouts that are just awesome.

Mark Hobbs

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