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Jessica Bordeau - Behind The Scenes of Smashing Magazine: Interview With Our Writers

In the web design scene, the sense of community is extremely strong. We always talk about “giving back” and about how much we learn from those who do. A few names are popular and dropped here and th

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Vitaly Friedman - Showcase of Sweet Chocolate Websites

As one would expect, chocolate website often use an appetizing brown dominant color. If you take time to look at the panel of colors associated with it, you will find out that there is a lot of comb

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Niels Matthijs - When One Word Is More Meaningful Than A Thousand

You may be wondering why you’re reading about the good old semantics on Smashing Magazine. Why doesn’t this article deal with HTML5 or another fancy new language: anything but plain, clear, tired ol

Semantics , coding , HTML , html5

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Vitaly Friedman - 100 Free All-Purpose Icons for Designers and Developers

Download the icon set for free! You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions. You can freely use it for both your private and commercial projects, including

Icons , Freebies , PSD

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Robert Bowen - What Is The Last Thing You Do Before You Launch A Website?

Naturally, each of us has developed a process that we engage in as we wrap up a project, but a few procedures tend to be used over and over again by the masses. We know this because we ran a poll on

Launch , Checklists , Web Design , Design

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Jad Limcaco - Milton Glaser: Creator Of The I Love New York Logo - An Interview

This is the most exciting “Ask the Expert” interview that we’ve had so far. A few months back, I had the opportunity to speak with Milton Glaser thanks to one of his assistants, Scarlett Rigby. I w

Interviews , Design , Logo Design

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Vitaly Friedman - CSS3 Design Ideas

This process has taken a lot of time as it wasn’t easy, because we received quite a few creative submissions: however, a decision had to be taken and so we thoroughly went from one competition entry

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Vitaly Friedman - Showcase of Wonderful Photography

Whether in black and white or in colors, they are all related by a strong sense of composition and an emphasis on lightening and colors work. All images are linked to their sources, which you are en

Photography , Graphics , Pictures

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Vitaly Friedman - Showcase of Beautiful Photography

Sometimes, a picture can be powerful enough to be inspirational material all by itself. To provide you with some inspiration for the upcoming week, this sunday we feature some truly beautiful and im

Photography , Graphics

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Alexander Dawson - Web Designer As The Artist, Scientist And Philosopher

Web professionals have to be both flexible and creative to meet the needs of each client — and these characteristics often transcend the design and development process. Each of us has a unique appro

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Andrew Rossi - Increasing Innovation With Hack Nights

If you work at an agency or design house, chances are that most of your time is spent working on client projects. After months of bending over backwards to meet your clients’ demands, work may start

workflow , Interviews , Inspiration , Skills , Innovation

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Speider Schneider - Renegotiating The Contract (And Other Tales Of Horror)

You’ve met with the client, done the creative brief and gotten some kind of written agreement or contract. Work has been creative and progressing nicely. The joy and hope for life slowly return as t

Contracts , Clients , Business

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Julia May - Designing A Facebook Fan Page: Showcases, Tutorials, Resources

Despite its privacy issues, Facebook clearly has a key role in global Internet activity. It has become a kind of universal social network, being used for both personal and business needs. For many i

Facebook , Web Design , Design

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Dan Redding - The History Of Logos And Logo Design

We live in a Brand Era, where branding is in, and for some, aspiring to the Paul Rand style of logo craftsmanship is about as hip and contemporary as writing your invoices with a quill. Yes, logo de

Graphic Design , Graphics , Branding , Design , Logo Design

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Przemek Matylla - Showcase Of Web Design In Poland

Vodka, pickled cucumbers and Pope John Paul II might spring to mind when someone mentions Poland. Obviously there’s more to Poland than that. On the world map of design, Poland is marked by creative

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Oleg Mokhov - Add Music To Your Workflow To Improve Results

Almost all of us listen to music. We listen at home, while working, on the subway, while driving, while running. Yet many of us don’t think of music as much more than entertainment. Did you know tha

workflow , music , Opinion Column

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Christian Heilmann - Making Your Mark On The Web Is Easier Than You Think

We who work on the Web live in wonderful times. In the past, we did of lot of trial-and-error learning, and the biggest hurdle was getting people to understand what we were on about. Over time, comp

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Jean-Baptiste Jung - 10 Useful WordPress Security Tweaks

Security has always been a hot topic. Offline, people buy wired homes, car alarms and gadgets to bring their security to the max. Online, security is important, too, especially for people who make a

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Vitaly Friedman - 50 Powerful Time-Savers For Web Designers

Being a web designer is not easy. Not only do we need to have a good understanding about visual design, typography, information architecture, psychology and a plethora of other disciplines; in our w

Tools , Design , Time Savers

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Paul Boag - Web Designers, Don’t Do It Alone

Whether freelancers, small agency founders or website owners, too many of us work alone. The downside of the digital revolution is isolation. The Web allows us to do alone what previously would have

workflow , Design

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James Chudley - How To Use Photos To Sell More Online

This article pulls together principles from psychology, marketing, UX design and photographic theory. It provides a set of principles to follow when commissioning and editing photography and when pl

Photography , Web Design , Conversion , Income , Design , Business

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Paras Chopra - The Ultimate Guide To A/B Testing

People just aren’t as aware of it. They don’t completely understand what it is or how it could benefit them or how they should use it. This article is meant to be the best guide you will ever need f

workflow , testing , Design

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Natalie Sklobovskaya - The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 3)

Good Process and Good Design (Continued) In Part II I started a list of some personal process-oriented thoughts on illustration—more specifically about some ways to help broaden the creative proces

Tutorials , workflow , Inspiration

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Cameron Chapman - The Ugly Showcase of Military, Intelligence And Defense Websites

Members of military and intelligence forces around the world risk their lives daily to defend their countries and assist in peacekeeping and aid missions both at home and abroad. The men and women w

Showcases , Inspiration

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