20 Great Mobile Websites That Beautifully Complement Their Desktop Sites
Sep 3, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
The advent of the smartphone has marked an explosive increase of users accessing the internet on the go. With worldwide numbers well above 1% of all internet usage, companies have taken notice and started creating mobile versions of their full websites to cater to mobile users. This showcase highlights some standouts from companies you have heard of like CBS, Disney, and also some you may not have heard of. Each of these mobile websites attempt to make the mobile experience as good as possible even with limited bandwidth and screen space.
Tags: best of the web, business, Design, freebies, graphics, mobile, mobile version, Showcase, templates, tools
iCandies Icon Set: 60 Free Icons For Your User Interfaces and Apps
Sep 1, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Today we are glad to release iCandies Icon Set , a set with 60 high quality icons in 64×64px, 48×48px and 32×32px, available in .EPS, .AI and .PNG. The set is designed by the talented folks from IconEden on a sole purpose of giving your projects a sleek and geeky style or provide crisp, attractive icons for your modern and fashionable-looking interfaces. All the icons in this pack — 60 icons in total — are designed in Round Rectangle shape. Download the icon set for free! You can use the set for all of your projects for free and without any restrictions.
Tags: article, candies-icon, coding, Design, freebies, graphics, icons, Inspiration, projects, Resources, smashing-shop, user, wallpapers
In Wait for Autumn Sales Boom
Aug 31, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Did you know that there are 2 days in the year that are so important for eCommerce business – Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Besides, there is also Thanksgiving Day that favors the increase of the traffic for your online shop. Every year autumn brings the heat to the online shopping business. Both consumers and the owners of the online eCommerce businesses are looking forward to this season.
Tags: Design, firefox, freebies, freelance, graphics, graphics design, hosting, Inspiration, monster, online, photography, Resources, templates, Tutorials, wallpapers
Free Wireframing Kits, UI Design Kits, PDFs and Resources
Aug 27, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
To mock-up the user interface of a website, software or any other product, you’ll need some basic UI elements. And this is where wireframing kits and UI design kits come in handy. When you want to create a low-fidelity prototype for your projects, you can use these kits to give your idea a certain shape, keeping it abstract and not losing yourself in details. In this post, we’ve prepared an overview of useful web and mobile user interface kits , handy PDFs and resources that you can use in your projects.
Tags: Design, elements, freebies, graphics, GUI, Inspiration, library, stencil, Tutorials, wireframe, wireframing
Freebies Sticker icon Pack Download these icons for Free
Aug 26, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
All members of the editorial staff of this website are web designers, that is the reason we all know then better than someone, the technical problems regarding this job. One of these problems is to get graphical resources in high quality, with a cheap price and with first condition, to be used by all types of projects. Regarding these situation, we have decided to start new series of posts on expertsdesign.com, posts you will be able to access for free. Every week, you will find a new graphic resource you will be able to download and to use by your own or business projects.
Tags: freebies, freelance, graphics, hosting, icons, photography, Resources, tools, Tutorials, vector, wallpapers
Inspiration: 30 Appealing Illustrated Flyers
Aug 24, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Flyers are not only advertising they’re often miniature works of art. The best flyers are ones that stand out from the the stacks thrown haphazardly on the counter of your favorite cafe, bar or music store. In this showcase we have collected 30 examples of fully illustrated flyers to catch your eye and inspire your work. Drop by Robert Anderson Teleport by Nenad Ponjevic Take Me Somewhere Nice by Says Who Iceblingtruck by don gelato The Black Panther Party by Rubens Scarelli We Are the 90’s by Cuypi Soundsick by Velckro Chameleon by Martijn van Dam Daluxe/Spartacus by Bastardgraphics Daluxe/Spartacus by Bastardgraphics Trust in Wax Kassettenmusik Weiberfastnacht 2009 by Janina Sitzmann & Jiar Grafikfitti Big Geezers Tour Budapest by Microbo & Joska Halloween Party Flyer by Andrea // AT Graphics Welcome to the Black Lagoon by Andrea // AT Graphics Carbonas by Andrea // AT Graphics Apeman Hop by Andrea // AT Graphics Esta es una noche de rock and roll by Andrea // AT Graphics Snowboard Night by Andrea // AT Graphics Robots Will Destroy Christmas by Andrea // AT Graphics! Dans by Thomas Rohlfs 42 new Briggate Summer by Luke Drozd Krafty-kuts by Mr Gauky No Limit Poker by jolimint Talk is Cheap by Sebastien Nikolaou Hule Party Flyer by darkbop Bimbos by jeanpaul Jungle Juice by Supakunza Reload by Supakunza Sssh Now by Ollie Nicklin
Tags: articles, basix, Effects, freebies, graphics, iceblingtruck, Inspiration, premium, snowboard-night, theory, Tutorials
How Limitations Improve Design
Aug 23, 2010 General
We often complain about the multitude of limitations which we’re faced with every day as designers. From browsers, to screen resolutions, to user interactions, we seem to constantly be struggling to find some way of thinking outside the tiny little box of “best practice” which we’re constrained by. Limitations are abundant but are they really such a bad thing? Is it possible, even, that they actually produce far better results than if we did not have them?
Tags: color, Design, design with limitations, designer, development, graphics, how to, limitations, limiting-size, naldz-graphics, Web Design
Daily Inspiration #593
Aug 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo’s writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use “Daily Inspiration” in the subject, and don’t forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com artlambi Best Bookmarks Brukhar buio Carlos Fachini Daewon eugene kim Fabiano Fabio Gisele Henry Hingst Jonatan Candeias JonathanR Koning Leejordan Mario Horvat Miguelus Polarity Typography3D from Polarity on Vimeo . Shizo Tom Via Twitter Send your suggestions via Twitter to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo using #abdz in the end of the tweet.
Tags: abduzeedo, architecture, daily-inspiration, graphic, graphics, illustrator, Inspiration, mexico, photography, Photos, Tutorials, Typography
Balancing Inspiration and Individuality
Aug 20, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
I love it when a good story is broken down so that even the simplest of minds can understand. I’m not the smartest, fastest or most creative person in the world, so I don’t like using a lot of big words or fancy jargon to try and impress you — but I’m learning every day, and that is what pushes me on. Let me cut the small talk and dive right in. The Current State When I look out on the hillside of design, all I see are copies of what great designers have done before us.
Tags: css, Design, graphics, icons, Inspiration, magazine, opinion column, smashing-magazine, Tutorials, wallpaper, wallpapers, Web Design
Communal Workspaces: An Alternative to the Traditional Office
Aug 18, 2010 General, Inspiration, Tutorials
Fed up with your coworkers? Try coworking, the communal workspace alternative to cramped cubicles. [This is a content summary only. Visit Designora.com to see the full article.]
Tags: Design, graphics, Inspiration, office-design, popular-posts, rent-an-office, tools, traditional, workplace design
