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Vitaly Friedman - 750 Web Designer Icons [Freebie]

Over the last 1.5 years, Oliver Pitsch was designing and preparing an “ultimate web designer icon set” exclusively for Smashing Magazine and its readers. Today we release the third, final version of

Icons , Freebies , PSD

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Julia May - What If Oscars Were Given To Movie Websites?

Most modern movie websites are built in Flash, even when it’s totally unjustified. The websites often lack usability standards and require users to click through splash pages and introductions in or

Movies , Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Mel Ndiweni - Meeting Your Client for the First Time

When I first started out as a freelancer and got my first client – the prospect of meeting him was daunting to say the least. Over time, my confidence grew which led me to write a short overview of

workflow , Clients , Business

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Andrew Maier - The Path To Advertising Nirvana

With advertising, a curious thing happens: most people want its benefits but are rarely willing to put up with its hassles. Those who run websites and applications have enough on their plates withou

Advertising , ux , Usability

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Brad Cooper - The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites

In the current landscape of technology and accessing the Internet through devices such as picture frames, netbooks, cell phones and televisions, the benefits of Web standards outweigh those of Flash

performance , Flash , Standards , Web Design , Games , Design

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Christopher Butler - Holistic Web Browsing: Trends Of The Future

The future of the Web is everywhere. The future of the Web is not at your desk. It’s not necessarily in your pocket, either. It’s everywhere. With each new technological innovation, we continue to b

Trends , future , Inspiration , Web Design , Personalization

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Robert Bowen - Dealing With Clients Who Refuse To Pay

As a designer, you will eventually have to face a couple of unfortunate truths in your career. Number one: just because you wear a bathrobe for most of your “business” hours does not actually make i

Contracts , Clients , Income , Business

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Steven Snell - Web Designer’s Guide To Professional Networking

Professional networking is a critical component to a successful career as a designer. Whether it be for finding new clients or identifying opportunities for growth and improvement, a strong network

Teams , Clients , Networking , Business

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Francisco Inchauste - The Dying Art Of Design

Taking a close look at the current state of design, we can see that sometimes modern design tools and processes do more harm than good. Please note that in preparing this article, we presented basic

Art , Web Design , Design

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Vitaly Friedman - Imperial Porcelain: Free Icon Set

Today we are glad to release Imperial Porcelain Icons Set, a set with 5 beautiful original icons in .png (160×160px). This set was designed by Roman Khramov and released especially for Smashing Maga

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Brett Davis - The Basics of Business Card Design

A business card in some cases is the most important marketing piece that a company will have. It has the potential to make or break business deals, and is just as important as the way you present yo

workflow , Inspiration , Business Cards , Design , Business

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Kari Patila - The Sad State Of The Web Design Community

Editor’s Note This article is the first in our new series of “opinion columns,” in which we give people in the Web design community a platform to raise their voice and present their opinion on some

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Christian Heilmann - Progressive Enhancement And Standards Do Not Limit Web Design

Lately I have been getting bored and annoyed with people getting up in arms against Web standards and the ideas of progressive enhancement, claiming that they hold us back from creating a rich, beau

Process , Web Design , Discussions , Opinion Column , Design

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Inayaili de Leon - CSS Specificity And Inheritance

CSS’ barrier to entry is extremely low, mainly due to the nature of its syntax. Being clear and easy to understand, the syntax makes sense even to the inexperienced Web designer. It’s so simple, in

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Zach Dunn - Maps In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Examples

The Fundamentals Of Online Maps When most people think of maps on the Internet, Google, MapQuest and TomTom might come to mind. These are the giants in the industry, but they are far from the most

Showcases , Maps , Inspiration , Web Design

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Elizabeth Gast - What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Freelancing

I’ve been freelancing as a brand identity artist for about a year now and there are some things I have learned along the way. I researched a lot of articles about freelancing but all of them tended

Clients , Career , Business

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Shay Howe - Banner Advertising for Beginners: Everything I Wish I Knew When I Started

Banner ads, also known as display ads or image ads, are image-based advertisements that are widely popular online. Why are banner ads so popular? They are a cost-effective way to allow advertisers t

Marketing , Advertising , Inspiration , Design , Business

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Vitaly Friedman - 50 Stunning Free High-Quality Icon Sets

Please notice that we do know that round-ups of icon sets are getting old; but because these round-ups are always useful and handy, we are keeping doing them. Most of the icons featured below are a

Graphics , Icons , Freebies

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Joshua Johnson - The Ultimate Guide To Clone Tools In Photoshop

Photoshop’s wide array of cloning tools is the cause of many of the absolute best and worst works created with the application. In a skilled and experienced hand, these tools lead to phenomenal resu

Photoshop , Graphics

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Paul Andrew - Free Printable Sketching, Wireframing and Note-Taking PDF Templates

Sketch and wireframe paper is essentially drawing paper that is designed specifically for this purpose. You could use it for web page design, web app design, architectural or structural design, grap

Sketching , Downloads , Prototyping , templates , Wireframing , Design

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Louis Lazaris - CSS Sprites: Useful Technique, or Potential Nuisance?

Ah, the ubiquitous CSS sprites — one of the few web design techniques that was able to bypass “trend” status almost instantly, planting itself firmly into the category of best practice CSS. Although

Sprites , coding , Css

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Kat Neville - What Makes A Great Cover Letter, According To Companies?

Ah, the dreaded cover letter. Boring to write, difficult to get right, and you’re usually preoccupied by other things (such as the portfolio and resume, which are also really important). Unfortunate

Graphic Design , Clients , Interviews , Career , Design , Business

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Cameron Chapman - A Short Guide To Open Source Licenses

But many developers and designers don’t have a clear picture of what the different open-source licenses really mean. What rights are they relinquishing when they choose an open-source license? Witho

Open Source , Copyright , Resources , Design

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Cameron Chapman - Best Practices In Modern Web Design: The Ultimate Round-Up

Web design has evolved at such an extreme rate over the past ten to twenty years that it’s often hard to keep up with current trends and best practices. It wasn’t that long ago that table-based desi

Design Patterns , Showcases , Web Design , Design

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