Posts Tagged ‘Web Design’
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Friday, May 28th, 2010
One of the hardest things to learn, when venturing out on your own in the design world, is that you shouldn’t be too attached emotionally to your work. Clients come to you for a creative solution to their problem, and they trust that you are going to provide them that solution. Some clients give you all the freedom in the world and let you have your way with their website, brochure or whatever. These projects are always a pleasure to work on because it feeds the artist that is in most of us. For the most part, however, clients have their own idea of what the end result should look like, generally. Sometimes they have preconceived idea, or they simply do not like what you have done after they see your first iteration. There are times when it doesn’t matter how detailed a brief you get or how many interviews you do, sometimes you just miss the mark. They don’t like your design for some reason or another, valid, or invalid—dosen’t really matter. This is where you have to kill the artist in yourself and think like a business person.
What’s so bad about the artist?
An artist creates works of art that are expressions of his thoughts and feelings. He is attached to his work emotionally as it is essentially part of him. While most designers are artists at some level, and artistic sensibilities play a huge role in crafting effective design, the artist must not be (more…)
Tags: Client Relations, Creativity, Web Design
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15 Incredibly useful jQuery navigation tutorials
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
Having a clear, usable navigation system in place is key to any website design. There are many things you can do with CSS to spice up the navigation and make it more interesting and click-able. But you can take it a step further by using some cool jQuery techniques. Listed below are some amazing tutorials that will help you learn some great techniques to incorporate into your designs. Check them out and let me know what you think!
Mega Drop Down Menus w/ CSS & jQuery
Tags: jQuery, Navigation, Web Design
Posted in Development, Navigation, Tutorials, Web Design · 1 Comment »
This week’s super nice website – David Fooks
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
I’m always on the lookout for well designed websites. I love seeing the innovation that talented web designers bring to their projects. It’s both inspiring and motivating. Every week, I’ll be posting an article that features a favorite site that I’ve discovered. I’ll breakdown what I like about it and why. I hope that these articles will inspire you.
This weeks pick: David Fooks
David Fooks has done well with his little portfolio site. He keeps it minimal, but maintains interest throughout the site.
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Tags: Inspiration, Web Design
Posted in Best Practices, Graphic Design, Web Design · 1 Comment »
A case for Photoshop
Friday, April 16th, 2010
I’ve been seeing a lot of articles being published these days on whether or not to use a graphics program, like Photoshop or Fireworks, to design mockup of a website. The new trend seems to be going towards designing in browser using mostly markup and skipping Photoshop all together. There have been lots of great articles written by some really good designers who subscribe to this technique (This one is especially good). (more…)
Tags: Photoshop, Web Design
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Collection of Organic Web Designs
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
While doing research for any given design project I come across some amazing stuff. Below is a collection of some of the best designs I came across that had an organic/natural look to them. Some of them are incredibly intricate, while others more simple and minimal. All, in my opinion, are fantastic. Enjoy!
Beerenberg
Tags: Natural, Organic, Web Design
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