Crafting the Experience of User Interface Messages | Webdesigntuts Designing effective and friendly user-interface messages is an art form in itself. Whilst designers spend a lot of time crafting the bulk of the main user interface, designing messages can seem like an after-thought. Feedback is actually the glue between user and interface; without it, users…
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10 Alphabet Prints by Artists Around the World | Apartment Therapy
10 Alphabet Prints by Artists Around the World | Apartment Therapy Aakkoset_vesiväri by RK Design (€ 20) Every few months I like to see what’s new or new-to-me in the world of alphabet artwork and share it with you. These ten were created by artists around the world including Finland, Germany, Italy, France, Argentina and, right…
Designing For Device Orientation: From Portrait To Landscape | Smashing UX Design
Designing For Device Orientation: From Portrait To Landscape | Smashing UX Design The accelerometer embedded in our smart devices is typically used to align the screen depending on the orientation of the device, i.e. when switching between portrait and landscape modes. This capability provides great opportunities to create better user experiences because it offers an…
Poster Design Contest “Redesign The Web”: The Best Entries | Smashing Magazine
Poster Design Contest “Redesign The Web”: The Best Entries | Smashing Magazine Yes, it’s time to announce the winners! A couple of weeks ago we had announced the“Redesign The Web” Poster Design Contest that encouraged you to design a thought-provoking poster. We wanted to encourage everyone to actively get involved in making the Web a more…
Good Design Taste Test: Three Fast Casual Restaurant Websites Compared | Design Shack
Good Design Taste Test: Three Fast Casual Restaurant Websites Compared | Design Shack Fast food restaurants are notoriously bad with web design, but the emerging market of “fast casual” eateries thus far is proving to be much better in this area. Today we’re going to look around the web at the websites for some of…
Designing For Android: Tips And Techniques – Smashing Mobile | Smashing Mobile
Designing For Android: Tips And Techniques – Smashing Mobile | Smashing Mobile Android is an attractive platform for developers, but not all designers share our enthusiasm. Making an app look and feel great across hundreds of devices with different combinations of screen size, pixel density and aspect ratio is no mean feat. Android’s diversity provides…
Modern Block Quote Styles | Codrops
Modern Block Quote Styles | Codrops Today we are going to create some fancy block quote styles. Using textures, circles, and pseudo-elements, we can put some life into quotations and testimonials.
Designing the Dreaded Form: Getting Creative | Codrops
Designing the Dreaded Form: Getting Creative | Codrops In this follow-up article about designing forms we’ll dig into how to actually become creative and apply some interesting design concepts to spice up your form.
Creative UI Design Examples for Great UX | Awwwards
Creative UI Design Examples for Great UX | Awwwards UX (User Experience) is all those elements and factors related to the user’s interaction with a particular environment or device which generate a positive or negative perception of the product, brand or device. UX is subjective and focused on use. The standard definition of UX is…
Tips For A Finely Crafted Website | Smashing UX Design
Tips For A Finely Crafted Website | Smashing UX Design Good Web designers know what many others might not realize: that creating a truly beautiful website requires care, time and craft. And similar to how a craftsperson molds their creation by combining raw materials, skill and unwavering focus on the vision, a beautiful design is…