This category aims to advance a professional discussion on Web design and development. It features the opinions of active members of the community, and it explores the design process and the meaning of design and its various facets. Curated by Jad Limcaco.
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Using the right color is very important to any design. It can literally make or break your design. While there are a lot of good colors and color combinations to use when designing, we often tend to stick with our favorite color(s).
I wanted to find out from the top web designers what their favorite colors were so I contacted these 10 awesome designers and asked them the following question.
Read more...When I was a child, McDonald's was my favorite restaurant. I could remember always asking my mom if we could go, and everytime we did go, I always had so much fun on the playplace. I always ordered the Happy Meal. One thing that I always remembered about going to McDonald's was that big, life-sized Ronald McDonald mascot.
Read more...Ask the Expert is a new series here on Design Informer. Every two weeks, we will ask an expert about a special topic in regards to web design, graphic design, technology, and development. Starting a Design Blog is the current theme. Our expert for this topic is Grant Friedman from Colorburned.
Grant Friedman is a designer, author, and blogger. In addition to being the founder of the popular blog, Colorburned, he is also an interactive and graphic designer with 10 years of experience.
Read more...Adobe Photoshop is my favorite software. One of the reasons why I love it is because asides from being able to make a living creating designs from the software, I can use it to have a little fun as well. In this tutorial, you will learn how to use Photoshop to mix people's faces or put a person's face on another person's head. Anyway, let us get started right away.
Read more...Design Informer loves to give away freebies and resources. This is our first freebie from the Design Informer. By the way, there will be many more to come. It is an under construction website template that has space for a logo, a twitter stream, contact information, other websites, and portfolio links.
This was my old Under Construction page for Jad Graphics but I only ended up using it for a week because I finished the main site right away.
Read more...In case you didn't know yet, Design Informer is powered by Wordpress on the back-end. The great thing about Wordpress is they have tons of plugins that you can download for free. From SEO to Analytics, if there is a feature that you can think of adding to your blog, there is probably already a plugin that was created for that purpose.
Today, I would like to share the 17 really awesome plugins that I personally use to run and operate this website. Without these plugins, this site would not have all the features that it does. Some of these plugins are extremely popular, while others are not as popular, but they are still quite useful.
Read more...The other day, while browsing some logo galleries, I noticed the trend of using stars in logos. I saw all kinds of different companies and organizations who used a star in their logo. It used to be that the main companies who used a star were only entertainment companies or Hollywood companies, but now, I even saw pharmaceutical companies and medical companies using the star.
I think that this has quickly become a fast growing trend in the design community. Here is a compilation of 50 star logos that I gathered to show you this up and coming trend in logo design.
Read more...Welcome to the blog! Design Informer is a fresh, new design blog that will feature tutorials, freebies, resources, and much, much more. Learn more about the author, the blog, and our huge plans for the future.
After blogging for a couple of months on my personal portfolio website, Jad Graphics and seeing the amount of traffic and feedback that I have gotten so far, I decided that it would be best to start a separate blog .This blog is a blog about all things web design, graphic design, as well as technology.
I would like to announce to you today, the Design Informer.
A review of questionnaires and worksheets used by actual Web design companies, including some of the leaders in the industry. Both online and downloadable forms are included, as well as the pros and cons for each format.
This article takes a closer look at the evolution of film title design and some particularly interesting titles from various periods in the history of cinema and animation.
A comprehensive overview of useful Web design checklists and questionnaires. With lists of points covering multiple areas from content to usability to accessibility to standards, you’re a lot less likely to overlook important parts of any site.
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