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The past few years have seen a tremendous shift in the way developers are building websites. More users have switched onto mobile platforms, along with newer browsers which support HTML5/CSS3 web standards. There are so many unique ideas flowing out of the design community – it seems like new thresholds are being replaced every few months!In this article I would like to go over some of the most recent trends we have seen evolving. Many of these design ideas have been around for a long time. But I would argue that over 2012 and moving into 2013 these unique ideas will flourish. There are so many open source projects and user interfaces which are offered online completely free for download. This creates an environment where new designers can enter the field and pick up on trends very quickly.

via Web Design Trends in 2013 | Tips.


Designers often don’t take time they should to learn basic psychological principles that will help them produce websites more usable for the visitors. As a rule they omit some valuable principles considering either unnecessary or to complicated, but in fact they are neither. Generally there are dozens of tricks and techniques to implement, but mostly they are straight-forward and can be applied to any eCommerce website. Eventually these principles became more complexed what turned into the new trend in web design and marketing called Neuro Web Design.

via How to Sell More with Neuro Web Design | Template Monster Blog.


You might not realize how important colours are in web design. If a website is green, it might as well be blue; it doesn’t matter. And while I thought this myself for a long time, I recently came to the conclusion that the color is actually going to make a huge difference and express something different to your audience. There are psychological effects behind each color and tone, therefore I decided to tell you more about them today.

via How Colors in Web Design Help in Making Websites Successful.

More about selecting color for your website design or logo.

Another great article about color and how it matters what you use. Read More

Web Safe, RGB Color Swatch Chart Read More


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Color blindness is a slight inability to distinguish colors. This can be a real drawback for anyone in the design field since the color theory is a basic feature of a successful design, and lots of decisions are based on the feeling and emotions derived from design decisions.Have you ever considered color blindness when designing a UI? Well, even if not here are some useful tips that will help produce a colorblind-friendly website.It is remarkable that approximately 8% of all Caucasian males and 0.5% of females experience problems with some forms of color deficiency, and it means that 1 of 20 users may not be able to see your website in its full beauty. For these viewers the text may be fuzzy and images may be unrecognizable.

via Why Color Blindness is No Longer a Problem for Web Design | Template Monster Blog.


Many new projects have been added to our portfolio. Many more to come. We just completed a new website for a Partnership Make-A-Wish® Foundation and Prolacta®. Have a look at our portfolio for the other additions. We will be adding a couple new project pages as well.

A few tips on using the Gantry plugin for Joomla and WordPress. Check out the new items added to our Graphic design portfolio. As always, feel free to leave a comment.


 

Via: The Perfect Landing Page – Formstack.

 


The Freelance Logo Designer’s Guide to Jump Starting Creativity

In Graphic Design, by Pat Malloy, June 12, 2011

Do you ever get stuck when you’re designing logos? Maybe you draw a blank on how to even begin, or perhaps you nearly finish but can’t quite decide what would make the logo “just right.” If this sounds like you, you’re not alone… And there are many things – big and small – that you can do to get your creativity flowing again.

 

 

Image from mindomo.com

via The Freelance Logo Designer’s Guide to Jump Starting Creativity.