Webdesigner Depot - Archives (janvier 2014)

Stereotypes are frequently wrong, but every legend has, as they say, a grain of truth to it. It seems that the image of the bespectacled typographer hunched over his intricate work may not be so far from the truth. Merging the world of fashionista and font nerd, the Japanese company Type has created typeface-inspired eyewear. More than […]

In 2011, Adobe sent shockwaves through the design community by introducing Adobe Muse: design software that made websites. You could imagine my excitement as well as other non-coders worldwide. They created this WYSIWYG editor mixed with InDesign that could produce real live websites. How was this possible? What were the limitations? What took them so […]

As a designer, you want to provide a superb service to your clients, and one of the best ways to do that is to base your designs around an existing template; it speeds up the process, keeps costs to a minimum and covers all bases. Everybody wins! The better the template, the easier the job. So, […]

Before you first meet with project stakeholders for a website design or redesign, you’ll want to prepare yourself by researching the company the website represents and the nature of the audience it serves. You also need to familiarize yourself with any existing site’s content and features. That first meeting will be where you set the […]

One of the biggest trends in 2014 will be geometric patterns, inspired by the low-poly look. So we’re really excited to be able to bring you these great geometric backgrounds absolutely free of charge. These high-definition PSDs provide the perfect backdrop to big typography, and the subtle textures add a lovely craft feel to any […]

For designers passionate about the latest developments across the full spectrum of visual design, there’s a brand new site that features some of the most exciting, innovative and inspiring design projects taking place today. Every day our sister-site, DesignFaves.com, trawls the web seeking out the projects with the most buzz surrounding them and delivers a compact, […]

As website designer, I’ve always been fascinated by design (of any kind) that “works” and why. Of late, I’ve become particularly appreciative of the power of photography to anchor a visually appealing design that tells the right story, triggers the desired emotions, engages the viewer, and enhances the content (whether by breaking it up or calling it out). This […]

Last week Squarespace launched Squarespace Logo, a new addition to their service designed to provide individuals and small businesses with the means to create a professional logo. Within hours of the service launching, social media was aflame with designers decrying the slow erosion of design standards and accusing Squarespace of deliberately undermining their industry. After […]

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of […]

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]

We’ve all been there: the moment when we realise that our project is missing something. With deadlines looming and clients on your back, what you really need is a great resource or two to dig you out of the hole. Today we’ve got 50 freebies that may just save your skin. We’ve got lots of […]

It’s often difficult to settle on a strong sans-serif. So many carry a lot of baggage with them; Helvetica is everywhere, Arial is Helvetica, Verdana really only works on screen, and everything else is hugely expensive. So we were really excited when our sister-site, MightyDeals.com, arranged this sensational deal on the beautifully balanced Respublika typeface, […]

In a previous article, I wrote about design before computers became commonplace in the design industry. A fun look back at the days of toxic chemicals and scalpel-sharp cutting tools. The number of social media shares and tweets showed people were either nostalgic about those days not so long gone by, or fascinated by the […]

Albert Einstein once said, “Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” It’s one thing to be aware of what’s new in web design, quite another to be in the thick of it actually producing usable designs that solve problems. To keep up in this industry, You need a heightened sense of curiousity and […]

jQuery is used on thousands upon thousands of web pages. It’s one of the most common libraries to insert into pages, and it makes DOM manipulation a snap. Of course, part of jQuery’s popularity is its simplicity. It seems we can do almost anything we like with this powerful library. For all the options open […]

A great source for high-quality WordPress themes is TemplateMonster, so we’re absolutely stoked to be able to announce this awesome giveaway. What better way to start 2014 than with a brand new look courtesy of TemplateMonster? 10 lucky winners will each be able to choose 1 theme, from TemplateMonster’s collection of over 2000 themes. With that […]

If you’re anything like me, you spend a lot of time studying other designers’ work. I like to look at projects for the experience and the interactions created for the users. Obviously, as more techniques come about, the changes in web design take place and newer, better things arrive. We’ve experienced the life of the […]

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of […]

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]

One of the most appealing kinds of sites, for all types of businesses is the one-page parallax scroll. There’s a spacial delight in simply scrolling through content, and of course, on a mobile device, swiping through content is more appealing than struggling to tap a minute link. If you’re looking to get a professional, responsive, […]

It’s often described as the CMS from hell; ugly and a total memory hog, to the novice the learning curve is often far too steep and the documentation sometimes scarce. Why is this behemoth of a CMS even used anymore? Its name is Drupal, and it’s very powerful when tamed. From the glorified Views module […]

When it comes to lettering, there’s something about a handmade project that just stops us in our tracks. In this day and age, with so many beautiful fonts accessible to us at just the press of a button, the fact that there are still amazing designers willing to go above and beyond the norm and […]

Today, Adobe have both announced and shipped, new versions of its flagship Creative Cloud applications. In this update you’ll find dozens of new features. Last year thousands of designers dropped Creative Suite/Cloud in search of cheaper, more targetted tools, and many have found real gems amongst the various app stores — Bohemian coding’s Sketch is […]

It’s the time of year when every blogger on the Web pulls out a crystal ball, dusts off the tarot cards and spends hours staring pointedly into tea cups in an effort to predict the trends for the coming year. The resulting lists usually range in plausibility from the absolutely certain (Apple will release a […]

A primary goal of all developers is faster development, especially rapid bootstrapping. There are dozens of frameworks made available in the last couple of years that aim to have our prototypes up in minutes. Unfortunately many of those frameworks date quickly, as project requirements evolve, and need to be refreshed or replaced. If you’re looking […]

The January edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins and JavaScript resources, web development tools, responsive design resources, collaboration tools, coding resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a […]

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of […]

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]

The developers behind UX Archive want you to build better mobile experiences. To that end, they find and present mobile’s most interesting user flows so you can “compare them, build your point of view, and be inspired.” Documenting user flows is probably something many UX designers already do to some degree. Now a great collection […]

One of our very favourite deals of 2013 was for the lovingly crafted Lunchbox font, from Kimmy Design. So we were delighted when we found out that our sister-site, MightyDeals.com, had managed to arrange an equally awesome deal on the companion typeface, Lunchbox Slab Serif. The hand-drawn quality of Lunchbox Slab Serif gives it a […]

When I was around 16, I got into freelancing for graphic design through a small non-profit. They needed some posters and book covers and I figured I could do that pretty easily. I handled things well for my age and made a couple bucks so I could buy shoes for the first days of school. […]

As designers, we often wonder why certain standards become the “right” way to do things in our daily workflow. Questions come about which target the reasoning behind certain decisions we make to solve design problems. For example, the new trendy flat design is all the hype, but have you ever sat back and wondered why? […]

First there were complaints over Apple’s skeuomorphic icons and their inherent cheesiness. Then there were objections to Apple’s redesigned iO7 — once again, for cheesiness. Now, a group of animation students from Kingston University have created a 3D model village of sorts, which pictures Apple apps coming to life in all of their skeuomorphic glory. […]

Ever wondered where all the money in web design goes? Perhaps you’d like to take a larger cut of it? Well this fantastic infographic from Webydo will help explain just where all that money gets spent, as well as where businesses are succeeding and failing. Webydo is a fantastic website builder that enables designers to […]

This grid is a fun and pleasing way to show multiple pieces of information in the same amount of space, by having each section of the grid slide away on click or hover, and display extra content. In the creation process we’ll look at the necessary markup, some styling and making the grid responsive as […]

Although the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are still years away, the official typeface for the event has already been designed and unveiled. Rio 2016 is a fluid and graceful script, inspired by the movements of past Olympians, which brings to life the ideas of “Passion and Transformation” that are so vital to the […]

Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of […]

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging and funny situations that we encounter in our daily lives as designers. These great cartoons are created by Jerry King, an award-winning cartoonist who’s one of the most published, prolific and versatile cartoonists in the world […]

The new year brings new opportunities, and if you’re looking to improve your site in 2014 then the first thing you need to ensure is that it’s responsive. Unfortunately responsive sites can be hard to build from scratch, which is why we’re delighted our sister-site, MightyDeals.com, has been able to arrange a huge discount on […]

Last year, WordPress was being used to power 72.4 million websites on the Internet. That was around half of all live sites at the time. Of all the websites using a content management system now, 59.8% of them are being run using WordPress. And their market share is continuing to grow! These are crazy stats […]

If you’ve spent time exploring the creative industry, you’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘?rule of thirds’.? It’s one of those expressions people like to use when they want to sound clever. Go ahead. You can make a mental note for later. I won’t tell anyone. Oftentimes, the rule of thirds is used in reference to […]

Though the Mozilla Foundation has been around for ten years now, they have only recently released their own font, Fira Sans, which is available as a free download from their site. Fira Sans is available in four weights, including an italic variant for each weight, as well as a monospaced variant in two weights (regular […]

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