Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
ALA Web Design Survey
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design, Journal
Yay! A List Apart is calling all web professionals to get together and talk about their experience in the industry. The survey is short and relatively painless - only took me about 5-10 minutes to complete. Highly recommended if you're a web or graphic design professional.
Be My Friend…
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design, Toolbox
For anyone who doesn't already know, Icon Buffet is an awesome website that gives away FREE ICONS. I've been a member of this community for awhile now, and they've recently upgraded the site to create even more interaction within the community, with a point system, currency and delivery management. Overall, its an absolutely brilliant experience.So here's my open invitation to you - Join Icon Buffet and be my friend. I promise I'll send you lots of icons!
Technorati Tags: icons, community
ColorSchemer
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design, Toolbox
Nothing short of a phenomenal color pallette creation utility. A must if you're a web designer.http://www.colorschemer.com/index.php
Related: HTML Color Codes Matching Chart (Pantone, CMYK, RGB Hex)
Technorati Tags: color, design
Extremely Useful Color Wheel
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design, Toolbox
Dude - this rocks for color selection!http://design.geckotribe.com/colorwheel/ (Thanks Eric!)
Technorati Tags: color, design
Definition lists: the DL, DT, and DD elements
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design
DL, DT, and DD are useful set of tags, since they can really be used to hack out some very cool CSS layouts. I was working with the MooTools Accordion that I mentioned previously and someone gave an example with these tags in it. I didn't know what they were at first, so I check them out at W3C - evidently these are just another set of obscure tags that only really cool people know about ...and now I'm glad to say I'm on of them.
Technorati Tags: programming, HTML
Open Source Web Design
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design
Arg! I've gone absolutely "design crazy" today... Here's yet another design-related website that I thought was at least semi-interesting:Open Source Web Design is a site to download free web design templates and share yours with others. We help make the internet a prettier placeSo uh, anyway, its not all good, but its not all bad either.
Technorati Tags: web design, open source, templates
K10K Pixel Patterns
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design
Vercetti Mansion
by Roland Peschetz
Excellent Grid Examples
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design
- Windell - I absolutely love the elements that make up Windell's website. The layout is very clean and split into a sensible grid system, design is very clean and minimal, but not at all boring, and the navigation is very easy to use.
- Maya Marioka's Portfolio - really nice grid technique here, a bit difficult to navigate, though (requires scrolling)
- YouWorkForThem - nice consistancy in this grid system - easy to anticipate where things will appear which I imagine would help users familiarize themselves with the site more quickly
- Emigre - not your typical grid layout - almost every "pane" is used... not exactly my favorite as its very busy, but i guess it works
TurboMilk does a body good.
Posted by KMFNJ | Filed under Design, Journal
I came across TurboMilk, an iconography and interface design firm whose site is absolutely gorgeous, while browsing The Grid Section of Design Meltdown, which is a butt-kicking website for web design study/trends/etc. TurboMilk posted a cool article outlining general attributes of web 2.0 design which, I feel provides a decent summary and some nice examples. Excerpt:
And what is ?web 2.0-styled? design? Letters pictured with reflections? Rounded corners? Let?s drop these cliche?s for being infinitesimal and consider some examples. I took some liberty to compile a short list of the most vibrant, as I see them, representatives of the new wave in web design.Technorati Tags: design, web 2.0, usability, trends
