We, designers, need to consider two things when adding “beautiful” enhancements to our designs. Responsive and intuitive page elements Branding and consistency of theme. Focusing on these two things will give every pixel in a design a purpose and will contribute to the website’s overall usability. Sure, eye candy is important, but it isn’t everything, [...]

Minimalist designs will become (even) more popular this year. Simple, elegant, classy, fast page response times. Collage/handrawn design will calm down a bit Maybe some professional looking monotone stuff with colorful details Solid colors More HTML5 and CSS3 implementation instead of a trend like letterpress or glossy buttons (those were the days) A lot of [...]

This 10 web design rules that you can break article, made me realize that “Rules you should break” or “Standards you shouldn’t follow” articles appeal to everyone rebel side. Some of you guys may wonder what Jakob Nielsen would say to “Breaking the rules is okay when a design calls for it”. I think rules [...]

Making your interface smaller, hiding advanced functionality and taking out the obvious is the path to a simpler interface. Along this path you’ll face many obstacles. For every feature you hide or take away, there will be people who complain and demand that you bring it back. But every one of your users has different [...]

“Truly elegant design incorporates top-notch functionality into a simple, uncluttered form.” – David Lewis

I came across this new website from Adobe called INSPIRE, an online publication of the Adobe Experience Design Team, which will easily attract anyone into software, web & graphic design. The Adobe team shares valuable, real-life experiences both written & via videos. Here are some interesting content: Adobe and the future of multitouch (really cool!) [...]

The 37better Project, from the 37signals guys (archive from 2001 – some links may not work), has some really cool promotional things that they did for their company. It brought them tremendous exposure. The 37betters were linked up everywhere and discussed at length in all the right places. Slow times are a perfect time to [...]

In the showcase of fashion websites, you’ll see some variety, but you will also notice the presence of certain trends. Fashion websites are sometimes a good source of inspiration. They really try to push the boundaries of what websites can achieve, through their design and functionality. But most of the times they pay the high [...]