Archive for February 2010
Tutorials jQuery | 15 Feb 10 | 0

Create a Realistic Hover Effect With jQuery

For one of the projects I’m currently working on with Rareview, we wanted to add a rising hover effect to a set of icon links. Using jQuery’s animate effect, I experimented with icons that have reflections and others with shadows. Here is a demo with two examples. (more…)

News | 14 Feb 10 | 0

50 Fresh Design Blogs You Should Be Reading

The last year or two has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of new design and development related blogs breaking out in to the community. In this article, you will see a list of fresh and new design blogs worth subscribing to and reading. Our goal here is to help you discover a few sites that you might not have heard of before. (more…)

Photoshop Tutorials | 12 Feb 10 | 0

How To Design A Clean Single Page Portfolio Website

Earlier this week I released a new template called Kazuko which is a single page portfolio template. In this article I’d like to show you how I designed the template in Photoshop (check out the Kazuko features page and the live demo). (more…)

Inspiration | 11 Feb 10 | 0

What to do When a Client Wants You to Copy Other Designs

In the graphic and web design industry, we like to think of ourselves as “creatives” who constantly keep the creative juices flowing and come up with original, well-thought out ideas. So why is it that even the best of graphic and web designers are approached by a client now and then who says something like … (more…)

Usability | 10 Feb 10 | 0

Will The iPad Change The Way You Design?

Unless you on a deserted island somewhere, you heard yesterday about Apple’s newest technological advancement: the iPad. Now, there has been all sorts of buzz all over the internet about whether the device is extraordinary or significantly less impressive than expected. (more…)