5 ways to spruce up a logo (with examples)
Logos are often considered the image of a product or service and is thought of as the center of all…
Even Baby Emerson can teach us about design
Earlier this year, a London, Ontario-based mom noticed that her 5-month old son Emerson got really frightened when she blew…
10 WordPress plugins to enhance your blog’s typography
Have you ever visited a blog and noticed immediately how the typography added sophistication and really made the content stand…
Responsive web design has created opportunities across the board
From time to time, an industry experiences fundamental changes that radically alter it. Along with this comes an explosion of…
Designed QR codes: the next level
Say what you will about QR (Quick Response) codes: they are just a fad, they will be forgotten once augmented…
How to tame forms in web design
Forms are often considered one of the most painful HTML elements to program. But form design and development has progressed…
What’s new for designers – Aug 2011
The August edition of what’s new out there for web designers and developers includes a number of new web apps,…
Strengthening behavioral cues in UX web design with Gestalt principles
Step with me, if you will, into my humble DeLorean, and travel back in history to that time you fell…
Interview with designer and typographer, Erik Spiekermann
Throughout his illustrious career as a designer and typographer, Erik Spiekermann has created dozens of commercial typefaces (FF Meta, FF…
30 Creative QR code business cards
There is a lot of buzz around QR codes at the moment, so we thought we would take a look…
What’s new for web designers – July 2011
This month’s edition of what’s new out there for web designers and developers includes a number of new smartphone apps…
How to avoid a redesign failure
We’ve all seen or heard about the horrors of failed redesigns. Regardless of the size or scale of a site,…
Good Web content examples and what makes them work
Web content can make or break a website – no matter how good the design is. Most designers know this…
Win a MacBookPro and $1,000 printing credits from UPrinting
The folks at UPrinting are bringing us one of their hottest giveaways so far! Check this out: They’ll be giving…
Mind blowing examples of experimental typography
Typography is often thought of in its practical form, as text on a web page or printed material. A designer…