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30 Clean and Light Website Designs

WAD — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:44:58 +0000

“Simple living high thinking” works for everyone even for designers. Thinking simple and creating design with simplicity has always been admirable and popular but keeping thing simple and adorable is a challenging task. It is worth getting things simple which can be achieved by correct use of typography and the correct alignment. This mode of design lets you concentrate on certain things and especially you can make your visitors concentrate on the objects or content you want. So opting this kind of design will keep you in a safer side. This collection of clean and light web design have inspired us, hope this collection offers you the inspiration you are looking for.

1. The Red Studio

2. Made by Vadim

3. Petros Dimitriadis

4. Look up

5. Supview

6. Dani Croitoru Wedding Films

7. Portfolio and Blog of Tudinh Duong

8. Krishnan Kutty

9. Whiteloupe

10. Chimp Chomp

11. Startingbloc

12. Lavuh

13. MRCTHMS Freelance Graphic Design

14. Developer drive

15. Lesseverything

16. Solo

17. Efficax energy

18. Metaphiziks

19. Decorated playlists

20. 3Degrees Design Agency

21. Jason Reed

22. Eduardo de La Rocque: Interaction Designer

23. Kantt

24. Synthview

25. CWD (Contempoworld Design)

26. Made with love

27. Tidy web studio

28. Read the kanji

29. Konsebt

30. Uproar Public Relations

35 House shaped logo design for inspiration

WAD — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:07:23 +0000

We can see logos of different colors and shapes but from a prospective of a logo designer, they should have clear understanding of how shapes and colors of the logo have direct relation with the business. It should appeal what the business is about.

Out of more than 100 different shapes used in logo design, below is one of commonly used shape or object. Yes you guess it right, “HOUSE”. Usually we visualize a logo with a symbol of house as Real Estate or builders but there are other industries that are using house symbol for their logo. This collection shows creativity, elegance and imaginative power of designers and personnel related to creating these logos.

1. Trolley Home

2. Maler House

3. Georgian house

4. Wallington Cobble Stone House Old

5. Lavender field guest house

6. Whitley Ales Brewery

7. Kunsthalle Villa Kobe

This is a logo for a german art gallery, the Kunsthalle Villa Kobe.

8. VillageHouston

Logo for VillageHouston Church near Rice University in Houston, TX.

9. The Covington Group

10. National Real Estate

11. LIGHT HOUSE

12. Eco Structures

13. Doghouse Brewing Company

Logo for a brewing company that targets adult male screw-ups that are “in the doghouse” with their wife, girlfriend, boss, etc.

14. Kerala Real Estate List

15. Casa Infantil Mojoneras

A pro bono project for a House Childhood Assistance.

16. The Caleb Companies

17. House of Waxes

18. GrowHouse

19. Red House

20. Paperhouse architects

21. Som Hostels

22. Science House

23. Maintain

24. Green House

25. B and Z

26. Apartments @ Whale Bay

27. House box

28. Musterhaus

29. Ghost house

30. Welcome Home Society

31. Denim House

32. OpenGo

33. Gayda Homes

34. Gaughan Home Realty

35. Summit Construction

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30 Animal inspired Logo Designs

WAD — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:54:54 +0000

Animals have played a huge role in business identity (letter heads, business cards) , no matter if it a corporate or small business. It can be used as a Mascot for any brand like for Mailchimp. It is rather hard to design logos incorporated with animal artwork than a flat corporate logos. Here are 30 animal inspired logo design collections designed by awesome logo designers around the world.

These logos showcased below comprises of some simple yet effective design to complicated detailed vector art of birds, monkeys and lions in the logos. Let us know which one you prefer most.

1. AlcedoMedia

2. Nix

3. Kaleo Films

4. Creative Criminals

5. Cheeky Monkeys

6. Black Coffee

7. Kakapo

8. UNPUGGED

9. Natalis

10. Toucink

11. Mentop

12. Big Bend Bird Club

13. Beta box

14. Elesophy

15. Drunk monkey news identity

16. Beast media

17. SwordFishDesignz

18. Anne Klein

19. Arctic cup

20. RABOTIC

21. Rakels Wear Logo Ideas

22. Birdy

23. PetFoto

24. Bear quotes

25. Yellow Monkey

26. Wildlion

27. Nicolas Boishardy

28. Falcon Hawk

29. Monkey Mania

30. Hummingbird

50 Letterpress business card design for inspiration

WAD — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 12:30:34 +0000

Letterpress printing is relief printing of text and image using a press with a “type-high bed” printing press and movable type, in which a reversed, raised surface is inked and then pressed into a sheet of paper to obtain a positive right-reading image. Letterpress effect on business card create a raised or depressed effect which gives clean and creative look to a business card.

This post showcases inspirational letterpress business cards from designers, photographers, and businesses around the globe.

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1. Distillery Studio

2. Kinetic Lens Letterpress Cards

3. Alfred Salom

4. Bluebird Business Card

5. Anemone Letterpress

6. Fuse Design

7. KG Creative

8. Historic Tattoo

9. Secret Agent Man

10. Sarah Powers Media

11. Moon Woods

12. TK Smith

13. Still Motion

14. Vida

15. Ocean House

16. Susanna Ryan

17. Chris Kaufman

18. Emily Deisrath

19. Rebecca Peters Letterpress Printing

20. Jason McGrew

21. Gustavo

22. The Royal Chains

23. Kim Bentley

24. Karen Cleid

25. Beautiful Blind Impression Business Card

26. Vian Events Letterpress Business Card

27. Penelope Jones Interior Design

28. Harmony Interior Design

29. McElroy Architecture

30. Cleverly Cut

31. Adam Hudson Business Card

32. Denim Letterpress

33. Whitney Shaw

34. D. James Goodwin

35. 40 Sardines

36. Stage Right

37. Kerri McConnell

38. Human Hand Varnish

39. Identity Kitchen

40. Shotwell’s Bar

41. Space150

42. Koodoz Design

43. Cinq Partners

44. Smart Penguin

45. Clint Shuttlesworth

46. Mind Punch

47. Pamela Pilsner Details Events

48. My Old Red hat

49. Culinary Culture

50. What’s Up Juggling

22 Ways to Create a Logo Design that Stands Out

Pat Malloy — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:45:12 +0000

Whether you’re a newbie designer or have been in the industry for years, there are several basic principles to keep in mind when designing a logo. After all, there are many elements that go into creating a great logo – all of those together can affect how it’s perceived by the audience, how well the brand is recognized in the industry, and more.

9 Tips to Create a Logo design that is memorable

There are many factors that go into creating a memorable logo, from the graphical elements and colors to the shape and size of the design. Whether you’re designing a logo from scratch or revamping an old concept, consider these tips to make your concept stand out:

Understand what makes a good logo – One of the most important things you can learn when getting started is what makes a good logo. A well-designed concept represents your clients’ brand and helps build trust. A great logo should:
- Be memorable
- Be effective
- Be describable
- Be scalable
Study the competition – Take a serious look at the main competitors and find out what they’re doing to market their business – what’s working and what’s not.
Learn from mistakes – Take a look at designs in the same industry and learn from the mistakes of others. If you find logos that don’t seem to work well, figure out why and don’t make the same mistake.
Avoid trends – Something that’s considered a trendy design concept today may not hold any meaning down the road. Steer away from trends and instead, go with traditional concepts that will hold true over time.
Think outside the box – Your logo doesn’t need to show exactly what the business does. Some of the best logos around don’t reflect that – for example, consider brands like Apple, Toyota, and Puma.

8 Top Colors For Creating an Impactful Logo

It’s been said that color is one of the strongest forms of non-verbal communication available – and it plays a big role in how a logo is perceived by the target audience. Colors can evoke anger, happiness, a sense of power, and everything in between.

When creating a logo, talk with your client about what you want the audience to feel, then design it accordingly. Below are some of the most common colors and what type of emotions they can be used to evoke:

Red – Action, adventure, aggressiveness, happiness, love, passion, and strength
Orange – Affordability, creativity, drive, energy, enthusiasm, and youthfulness
Yellow – Attention, caution, curiosity, happiness, positivity, playfulness, and warmth
Blue – Authority, calmness, confidence, dignity, success, tranquility, and trustworthy
Green – Calmness, health and healing, luxury, wealth, nature, and tranquility
Pink – Appreciation, femininity, gentleness, gratitude, happiness, innocence, love, playfulness, romance, tranquility, and youthfulness
Purple – Authority, femininity, luxury, wealth, mystery, romance, sophistication, and spirituality
Black – Mystery, simplicity, and tradition

5 Ways to Get Creative with Your Logo Design

Now that you know how to get your logo design started, it’s time to look at the creative process. If you’re like any other designer in the world, it’s likely you’ll get stuck at one point or another, asking yourself the question, “How do I make this stand out from the competition? How do I make it unique?”

Take a look at the following list to see if something sparks your creativity:

Reject your initial ideas – Maybe it’s 10. Maybe it’s 20. Decide on a certain number and reject the first “X” ideas you come up with. Usually, the first ideas people develop are too basic and don’t lead to the final result.
Work in an inspiring room – The workspace around you should inspire your creativity. Cut out photos from magazines, tape up inspiring quotes, and cover your walls with colorful art. Sometimes, graphic design magazines like Print Magazine and HOW Magazine are the best places to start.
Turn on the tunes – Studies have shown that music can help enhance a creative environment. Maybe you love classical jazz. Maybe it’s Lady Gaga. Whatever it is, pop on the tunes and get to work.
Create a mind map – This is especially helpful if you’re creating a brand-new concept. Draw a mind map with every idea and concept that’s crossed your mind, large or small. Or, use an online version like MindNode or Mindomo.
Try something new – Get away from the computer screen and try something new. Go dancing. Read a book. Paint. Take a cooking class. Do something that challenges your mind in a different way, and you never know the ideas you might come up with.

Many factors go into creating a logo that stands out from the competition. Considering the above tips can be a great step in the right direction toward a powerful logo – and as a result, a more powerful business.

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40+ Flash portfolio website design

WAD — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:55:27 +0000

Although HTML5, CSS3 and jQuery are able to accomplish a lot of exciting results and gaining popularity, Flash is still used by a number of impressive websites. It will be interesting to see what happens over the next year or two with the future of Flash.

Flash portfolio websites showcased here will demonstrate a lot of creativity that may provide you with some inspiration for your own work.

Lots of portfolio, education, web design, booklet printing service, business card and other organizations are using Flash for websites.

1. andyward

2. dvein

3. alanlimstudio

4. allaboutjames

5. wonder-wall

6. krghettojuice

7. cooldcm

8. kidcomic

9. mauriciostudio

10. pabloalfieri

11. story.cloudraker

12. paolosantambrogio

13. bluecollaragency

14. yodabaz

15. mattspanky

16. philterdesign

17. tauadesign

18. immersive-garden

19. jeremiahshoaf

20. djnr

21. saizenmedia

22. cortexdesign

23. iestudio

24. 2otsu

25. wango

26. iondrimbafilho

27. millice

28. kasulo

29. narrowdesign

30. ozanakoglu

31. cmiscm

32. fperreault

33. formtroopers

34. drawingart

35. parasol-island

36. 13flo

37. mxl4

38. killer

39. camboya

40. hellomonday

41. enkiadv

42. medianovak

43. smoothcolors

How to Prevent and Deal with Content and Design Theft

Daniela Baker — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:41:17 +0000

Content and design theft is a huge problem for webmasters and designers. In fact, there’s probably not a serious web designer on the planet who hasn’t been a victim of theft at some point. Thieves will steal designs and content for their own “splogs” or spam blogs, making all your hard work worthless if they manage to steal your traffic with designs and content you put together on your own.

Intellectual property theft is serious, and it’s taken seriously in the United States. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to actually figure out who is stealing your content and design, and not everything you have on your site or blog may be protected by strict copyright laws. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report, intellectual property theft has been on the rise since the advent of the internet, and it’s likely that the problem will just get worse.

So, what can you do to prevent and deal with content and design theft? There are a few options
available to you. Here are some of them:

1. Copyscape

This simple tool can make it easy to see if other people have ripped content from your blog or website. It takes time to check for duplicate content, but it can be worth doing once in a while, for sure.

2. Google Alerts

Set up Google Alerts for keywords that you use on your website or blog so you can check if your content is being copied. You can also just copy and paste some of your own articles into your Google search bar to see if your exact content is posted anywhere else online.

When you’re looking at Google search results for content, you can usually find the date that the content was posted. Look this over to see who stole your content first. If it’s stolen, it might be copied more than one time!
Make a habit of checking Google for your best or most well-read articles – the ones that could be the most problematic if stolen. Check once a week or so with quick searches to make sure your content isn’t stolen.
If the content is stolen, you can actually fill out a spam report with Google Search Results to get the page taken down from the results. It doesn’t fix the problem at its core, but it can disable most traffic to the copied content.

3. Disable Copy, Paste, and Right Click

You can disable all these things on your blog so that sploggers can’t just copy and paste your content or images. It won’t stop more sophisticated theft, but it’s a good, simple place to start.

4. Use PHP Code

You can use PHP code to protect your content from being copied. Figure out how this could work well for your blog or website, and use it to keep people from copying your content and design..

You can write PHP code to block User Agents or IP addresses from accessing your site, and you can do the same thing to those you know are stealing your content. You need to know who is
stealing the content or design first, but then you can write code for your website that blocks
them from accessing your site again.

5. Embedanything

Embedanything is an application that will force anyone who copies more than ten words from your blog to link back to it. It discourages copying, and it also allows you to use trackbacks to figure out who has been copying your work.

6. Show Your Copyright Policy

Just having a copyright policy displayed on your page can discourage some sploggers from copying your content and designs. Plus, it gives you more leverage if you catch them in the act and are talking with them, since you can point out the policy displayed right there on your page.

If copyright infringement is a huge problem for you, you may want to display your copyright policy at the top of the page instead of at the bottom, where it’s less visible. This signals to possible thieves that you absolutely won’t tolerate theft on your site.
You can also get a “Protected by Copyscape” badge for your site that can deter thieves from
stealing your site’s content.

What to Do If You Become a Victim

Really, it should be “what to do when you become a victim,” since almost all serious bloggers and web designers will eventually have some of their content or designs stolen at some point. The first step is to figure out who is stealing your content using link trackbacks and Google to do your research. Contact the thief directly and attempt to start a conversation about the problem, asking them to remove your content and designs from their website.

If this doesn’t work, which, most of the time, it won’t, you can contact the web host of the person who is stealing your content and designs. Chances are likely that they’re in violation of their agreement with the web host, and the host will have the clout to do something about the problem.

Whatever you do, don’t tolerate copying. Sure, it’s a form of flattery, but it’s also very bad for business. Use these six tools to prevent copying to the best of your ability, and deal with theft as soon as it becomes apparent.

65 design blogs to follow on facebook

WAD — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:07:06 +0000

Facebook Pages are pages for organizations, businesses, celebrities and the like to broadcast their information in a public manner to those who choose to connect with them. The same with profiles, Facebook fan pages can be decorated with applications to help communicate with the audience and capture new ones viral through friend recommendations, News Feed stories, Facebook events, and more.

Nowadays, almost everyone is actively using Facebook in promoting products or services with the use of Facebook fan pages. Even bloggers are now creating their fan pages for more exposure and gather more traffic. The good thing about Facebook is you can set up your RSS feed there, so new articles posted will automatically appear on your fan page.

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1. Web Designer Depot

2. Abduzeedo

3. Activetuts+

4. Aetuts+

5. AEXT.NET

6. A List Apart

7. BoagWorld

8. Cgtuts+

9. Design Shack

10. Web Design Ledger

11. Naldz Graphics

12. Nettuts+

13. Hongkiat

14. Design Informer

15. Design Instruct

16. Webanddesigners

17. WPCandy

18. Colorburned

19. Inspired Magazine

20. Freelance Folder

21. FreelanceSwitch

22. Six Revisions

23. Smashing Magazine

24. Ilovecolors

25. Instantshift

26. Logo Design Love

27. Designmodo

28. MediaLoot

29. Mobiletuts+

30. CrazyLeaf

31. Creative Nerds

32. CreativeFan

33. One Extra Pixel

34. PelFusion

35. Phototuts+

36. Pro Blog Design

37. PSDeluxe

38. PSDtuts+

39. PSD Vault

40. PV.M Garage

41. Inspirationfeed

42. Designzzz

43. Designrfix

44. Skyje

45. Smashing Share

46. Speckyboy

47. Splashnology

48. SpyreStudios

49. Think Vitamin

50. Tripwire

51. TutToaster

52. Underworld Magazines

53. UX Booth

55. Vectips

56. Vectortuts+

57. W3Avenue

58. Web Design Tuts+

59. Design Juices

60. Echo Enduring Blog

61. Little Box of Ideas

62. Richworks

63. Sharebrain

64. Graphic Design Blender

65. Designer Daily

40 beautiful and creative resume design graphic

WAD — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:34:49 +0000

A Resume (CV) is a document that contains a summary of relevant job experience and education for specific employment search. A resume (CV) can either make or break your application as a potential employee. This flimsy one-page document is more important than many people think: the resume design or resume is the first portfolio piece that potential employers see, and if they’re not impressed, chances are they won’t look at the rest of your portfolio.

The first thing you should do before making your Resume is look through other resume template designs or peek through these 40 creative resumes design as a source of inspiration. Make sure do give give enough time to make creative Resume because its really important for your job hunt. So here, I have gathered some really nice and creative Resume(CV) designs for your inspiration. I hope it may help you in making your own Resume.

1. Adam Balazy

2. Tudor Deleanu

3. Liagi Ann Jezreel

4. Willian John Wall

5. Anggu Waskitaning Bawono

6. Crystal Nunn

7. Maria Rybak

8. Gloria Edith

9. Ermin Jay

10. Kevin Fernandez

11. Lou Hansel

12. Jonny Xiong

13. Matthew Villalovos

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14. Jonathan Kaczynski

15. Mohd Fahmy

16. Said Brenes

17. Julien Brionne

18. Icasia Lunardy

19. M Danish Zahid

20. Francis Homo

21. Rashmi Gupta

22. Tamara L.

23. 802.11

24. Alexander Parker

25. Goodby, Silverstein & Partners

26. Resume Advice

27. Micheal Anderson

28. Jolie O’Dell

29. Bulooji

30. Melissa

31. LifeChart

32. Pau Morgan

33. Rei

34. Nicholas Shifflett

35. Testoni

36. Christa

37. Joe Kelso

38. Kelly Haller

39. Kevin Pire

40. Ziedrick Ruen Giron

Top 30 Freelance and Design Blogs

WAD — Tue, 31 May 2011 14:09:17 +0000

Freelancers are person who are self-employed who are not committed to long term agreement. Freelancing varies from photography, freelance web designing, web development, writing, editing, graphic designing and so on. As I am a part time freelancer myself, every now and then I seek websites or in particular blogs to get inspiration, learn new things and share innovative ideas. From my experience and knowledge, here are 30 top freelance blogs which has helped me in my 5 year career in web designing field.

These list of freelance blogs include graphic design topics, general tips and knowledge blogs, freelance writing and design blogs. Let us know if you have bump into other blogs that could help people in freelance community.