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Steven Bradley - Form Follows Function?

You’ve likely heard the phrase “form follows function,” but have you really thought about what it means or what it implies about Web design? On the surface, “form follows function” seems to make a l

Graphic Design , Web Design , Design

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Cameron Chapman - Showcase of Academic and Higher Education Websites

College and university websites have a lot of roles to fill. They need to provide information for prospective students (both new and transfer), parents of students and prospective students, current

Showcases , Inspiration

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Cameron Chapman - Applying “A Pattern Language” To Online Community Design

Niche social networks are popping up online all the time, with many designers and developers taking advantage of pre-built social network platforms and making little modification. It makes sense, af

Community , Design

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Kristin Wemmer - Starting Out Organized: Website Content Planning The Right Way

Sometimes called information architecture” or “IA planning”, this step doesn’t find a home easily in many people’s workflow. But rushing on to programming and pushing pixels makes for content that l

Clients , cms , Web Design , Content Strategy

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Jad Limcaco - What Every Designer Should Do Right Now

While trying to balance the different areas of our life, there are things that we often forget and neglect to do. With today’s fast-paced society and the busyness of our every day, we tend to overlo

workflow , Inspiration , Skills

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Dan Redding - How to Create a Promotional Snail Mail Campaign

It’s important to promote your design business. This is especially true when economic times are challenging, you’ve got news to announce, or you’re simply hungry for growth. Many forms of promotion

Marketing , Advertising , Business Cards , Design , Business

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Kejun Xu - Showcase Of Web Design In China: From Imitation To Innovation

China is a country with five thousand years of civilization. It is a multi-national entity extending over a large area of East Asia. China’s cultural influence extends across the continent, with cus

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

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Sven Lennartz - 50 Fantastic Favicons – Best Of

Every now and again we showcase fantastic favicons, those tiny pieces of art that you’ll find in your browser’s address bar or when rifling through your bookmarks. These little gems are important be

Showcases , Favicons , Icons , Inspiration

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SM Guest Author - Graphics Package Standards and Practices

By Melinda Rainsberger The term “graphics package” stands for the animated logos, text backgrounds, idents, screen bugs and lower thirds that make up the branding of a television show, television s

Showcases , Graphics

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Aygul Zagidullina - Plasticine Art Showcase: Shape Your Imagination

Do you remember?… The first time you played with pieces of modeling clay, melting them in your hands and going deeper and deeper into the colourful plasticine world where your imagination was the on

Videos , Showcases , Inspiration

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Juliya Izgiyeva - The Beauty of India: 50 Amazing Pictures

Today we’d like to publish something completely different for a change. India, the country of mysterious paradoxes; the land where civilizations and times intermix, a mysterious place which attracts

Photography , Graphics

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Vitaly Friedman - 45 Fresh Useful JavaScript and jQuery Techniques and Tools

The last section also covers a number of useful educational resources such as a compilation of useful JavaScript coding practices, a detailed comparison of JavaScript frameworks and general JavaScri

coding , Resources , jquery

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Luke Wroblewski - Forms On Mobile Devices: Modern Solutions

Mobile forms tend to have significantly more constraints than their desktop cousins: screens are smaller; connections are slower; text entry is trickier; the list goes on. So, limiting the number of

Showcases , Forms , ux , Web Design

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Davy Kestens - The Secret Behind Great Designs: A Young Web Designer’s View

As web designers, we all want to create beautiful websites that get noticed. We want our designs to look great and stand out from among the rest. So how do we get the experience and the skills neede

Interviews , Inspiration , Web Design

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Jessica Bordeau - Toy Camera and Unpredictable Polaroid Vintage Effects

Since its emergence, the digital photography market has gradually supplanted the traditional one. Digital compact and SLR cameras entered our lives, and some people announced the death of silver-bas

Photography , Photoshop , Tutorials , Graphics , Vintage

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Andy Rutledge - Common Questions About Design Professionalism

The design profession is full of happy folks, and understanding why so many designers enjoy their work is not hard. But not all are so happy. If you’re not careful, the joy of getting paid to pursue

workflow , Design , Business

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Christian Heilmann - Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location

Then I went to my first WhereCamp, an unconference dealing with geographical issues and how they relate to the world of Web development. Even my A-Levels in Astronomy did not help me there. I was ou

coding , html5

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Rob Smith - Handy Tools and Tips for E-Commerce Websites

If you own or operate an e-commerce webs, you’ll find one or two things that you haven’t tried before. If you’re new to e-commerce, this article should give you insight into some of the possibilitie

Tools , Web Design , E-Commerce , Design

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Louis Lazaris - Print Magazines for Web Designers, Digital Artists, and Photographers

Although much valuable information for all sorts of web and print professionals can be found online, it is often difficult to weed through all the noise and find good quality content. I believe it’s

Photography , Magazines , Print , Inspiration , Design

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Aquil Akhter - Inspiring Illustrator Artworks By Artists Around The World

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at GS-JJ who care for quality, service, and customer satisfaction. GS-JJ is affiliated to one of the largest manufacturers of promotiona

Illustrator , Graphics

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Erik Ford - To Sketch or Not to Sketch - That is the Question

Close your eyes and picture this scenario. You have just landed a dream contract with a client and you are anxious to start working. You have already consulted with them regarding the subject matter

Tutorials , workflow , Sketching , Creativity , Discussions , Opinion Column

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Michael Flarup - How To Market Your Mobile Application

App Store is a competitive environment. Against more than 140,000 apps, all screaming for attention, how do you make sure your app gets its time in the spotlight? What does it take to get good media

Marketing , mobile , Apps , Business

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D. Keith Robinson - Website Design Critique: A How-To

Web design is a relatively young field. It’s youthful, growing and made up of people from all kinds of backgrounds, many of whom lack formal design training. We have learned, and still are learning,

workflow , Teams , Clients , Business

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Jad Limcaco - Ask the Expert - Speaking About Startups with Collis Ta’eed of Envato

Ask the Expert is a popular and on-going interview series here on Design Informer. In this edition of Ask the Expert, I had the chance to email Collis Ta’eed and ask him some questions regarding Env

Interviews , Discussions , Opinion Column

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