Is There Room for Negative Space in Web Design?
By Patrick Cox on
Negative space is most commonly associated with logos or compositions where the empty space creates a unique shape or represents something - like the arrow in the Fe
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In this category you will find articles about web design, web development and related topics. Here we also feature inspirational collections, opinions and articles about best practices.
Developing Balance in Web Design
By Patrick Cox on
Your design should be inviting and allow your users to sit down, relax, hang out and maybe look around a bit and the best way to achieve this is through visual balan
HTML Only – The Significance of Proper Markup in Web Design
By Patrick Cox on
This article is about the importance of proper markup in a website. A great way to make sure your site works properly is to write your HTML first before you jump int
Why Do Chairs Have Four Legs? The Cornerstones of Usable Websites
By Patrick Cox on
A huge, gigantic, humongously important part of web design and development is usability - the ability for your users to actually use your web site. Just as chairs ne
Developing Visual Rhythm in Web Design
By Patrick Cox on
In design, rhythm is created by simply repeating elements in predictable patterns. This repetition is a natural thing that occurs everywhere in our world. As people,
Minimal and Contrasty Color Schemes in Web Design
By Mary Lou on
Making a web design with contrasty colors will allow for a better focus on certain areas of a web site. With a minimal color scheme, more contrast can be achieved an
Living a Dual Life – A View on the Coding Designers Debate
By Patrick Cox on
Lately I've noticed some great discussions in web design forums, on Linkedin and Twitter about the role of a web designer and what skills a web designer should have.
25 Examples of Inspiring Product Display in Web Design
By Gisele Muller on
Choosing the best way to display products is a really important step of web design, since the way you display your products can drive attention to it and make users
25 Examples of Creative Thumbnail Usage in Web Design
By Gisele Muller on
Wikipedia tells us that "thumbnails are reduced-size versions of pictures, used to help in recognizing and organizing them, serving the same role for images as a nor
Great Daily Tools for Freelancers
By Patrick Cox on
Designing and developing a web project is difficult enough, but adding project management, invoicing, hosting, file sharing, and staying on task to the mix? That's e
7 Steps for the Perfect Landing Page
By Patrick Cox on
When I design landing pages I don't try to cram everything above the fold and clutter up the top 500 pixels of my design, but I do like to design so that images, hea
25 Examples of Portrait Usage in Web Design
By Gisele Muller on
Following the recent trend of using big background images in web design, we decided to gather a list of websites using portraits in their layouts. So at this showcas
The Importance of Texture in Mobile Design
By Patrick Cox on
Implied textural designs are not new to the interwebs. Most of the time texture is used as a design device to add depth, dimension, or just used to spice up a bland
Showcase of Parallax Usage in Web Design
By Mary Lou on
The use of the parallax effect or parallax scrolling effect in websites can add a nice three dimensional depth illusion to the design and make the visit very interes
Make ’em Feel at Home
By Patrick Cox on
The more comfortable users are with your website the more likely they are to enjoy their experience and come back for another visit. Make them feel at home with a fa
25 Examples of Interesting and Beautiful Navigation
By Gisele Muller on
Designing the perfect navigation for a website it's one of the main keys to have a good outcome, to have a website that gets users attentions and make them want to b
Re-thinking Browser Compatibility
By Patrick Cox on
Kryptonite is to Superman as the browser is to the web designer. The lives of web designers everywhere would be much better if browsers would render their beautiful
Designing for Feature-Rich Websites: Best Practices
By Kayla Knight on
For all websites, organizing content can be an issue. With poorly planned content placement, the visitor may not know where to look, or when. Disorganization can als