In Articles, by Manoela Ilic
From hover to scroll, there are many ways to surprise and engage website visitors. The possibilities are endless. Get inspired with these examples of creative and modern effects in web design.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
Let’s create some interesting and modern styles for block quotes. We’ll be using different techniques for creating a unique look for six examples.
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Script fonts, when used in moderation, can add extra flair and an unexpected twist to design projects.
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
In this follow-up article about designing forms we’ll dig into how to actually become creative and apply some interesting design concepts to spice up your form.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
In this tutorial we will create a circle with a handle which will open once the little handle is clicked, creating a realistic 3D flipping effect with the help of CSS 3D transforms and shadows/gradients.
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
Vintage format meets modern web tech: an HTML5 audio player with realistic controls. Today we want to share an audio player with you that looks like an old school music cassette.
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Developing a vertical (and responsive) grid can help maintain consistency in website design and ease the creation of responsive layouts.
In Freebies, by Mike Donovan
Today’s freebie is the Baby Blue UI Kit, a free PSD by Michael Donovan. Free for personal and commercial projects.
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
As much as they are dreaded, forms play an important role in many websites and designing them should involve careful planning of their layout.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about how to create a swatch book like component that let’s you open and rotate the single swatches revealing some details. We will be using CSS transforms and transitions and create a simple jQuery plugin.
In Playground, by Manoela Ilic
A responsive layout experiment where we arrange panels in a grid-like structure and transition the elements with 3D effects.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A quick tip on how to create some simple timed notifications with CSS animations. The idea is to show a notification with a progress bar for a specific duration and then make it disappear.
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Proper alignment techniques for text and other elements can add punch and readability to your website.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about how to create 3D thumbnail hover effects with CSS 3D transforms and jQuery.
In Articles, by Carrie Cousins
Not only do web designers learn from their print peers, but print design has evolved a great deal thanks to web design.
In Tutorials, by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial on how to create a 100% width and height smooth scrolling layout with CSS only. Using a radio button navigation and sibling combinators we will trigger transitions to the respective content panels, creating a “smooth scrolling” effect.
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
Basic design principles, like visual hierarchy, are very important in web design. Unfortunately, many of the new mobile apps are not designed with visual hierarchy in mind. Mobile (web) apps need an ordered and visually appealing design for a comfortable and enjoyable user experience.
In Articles, by Patrick Cox
We’ve all seen them, we’ve all navigated through them, we’ve all made those painful subscription choices, and we’ve all had some pretty bad experiences with them. But more and more sites and services are focussing attention on their subscription pages and discovering that a well-designed page is very important to new user sign ups.
