Jan 26 2010

Aygul Zagidullina - Showcase Of Web Design In Germany

German design is certainly worthy of respect and a delight to the eye of anyone who takes the time to observe it. For years, we have accumulated knowledge, upheld eternal principles of style, simpli

Showcases , Inspiration , Web Design

Aug 02 2009

Sharon Ross - Bauhaus: Ninety Years of Inspiration

Inspired by a vision of bringing artists and craftsmen together to start a movement in art which would change the future of the world, Walter Gropius opened the doors to Bauhaus. The year was 1919 w

Showcases , Inspiration

Apr 19 2011

Sarah & Adrienne Kahn - Showcase Of Creative Navigation Menus: Good And Bad Examples

Good navigation is the main cornerstone of an effective website. In practice, however, it’s often a tough challenge to come up with a meaningful, unambiguous way to organize, arrange, and display co

Showcases , Navigation , Web Design , Design

Oct 29 2009

Callum Chapman - Showcase Of Beautiful Textured Web Designs

Textures have become more popular and been put to greater use in recent years. They’re not limited to Web design either; textures of all kinds are used in print design, illustration, traditional art

Showcases , Inspiration , textures

Oct 14 2009

Louis Lazaris - CSS Differences in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

One of the most bizarre statistical facts in relation to browser use has to be the virtual widespread numbers that currently exist in the use of Internet Explorer versions 6, 7 and 8. As of this wri

testing , coding , Css , Essentials , Internet Explorer

Jan 22 2010

Julia May - 35 Beautiful E-Commerce Websites

Despite any financial recession and economic stress, online purchasing continues to grow. Expansion of the market and evolving technology that simplifies our daily lives help to set the pace of e-co

Showcases , Inspiration , E-Commerce

Dec 05 2011

Vitaly Friedman - 20 Festive Christmas Icons [Freebie]

Feel free to also have a look at some of our previous Smashing Christimas icon sets: Free Smashing Christmas Icon Set by Icon Eden (2009) and Free Smashing Christmas Icon Set by SoftFacade (2008).

Christmas , Icons , Freebies , EPS

Oct 11 2009

Paul Boag - How To Persuade Your Users, Boss Or Clients

Like many in the Web design industry, I have a strange job. I am part salesperson, part consultant and part user experience designer. One day I could be pitching a new idea to a board of directors,

Clients , Communication , Business