Showcase of 30 Beautiful Blog Designs
Mar 11, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
It’s been a while since we did our last blog design showcase , so this post is a collection of 30 beautiful blogs for your design inspiration. You’ll see some that use a minimalist design approach, others that use a grunge-style design, some that are magazine-style, and more. For more blog design inspiration, please see our gallery site Blog Design Heroes . Internet Gentleman The Crazy Love Campaign Eleven3 Inspect Element Eat Sleep Draw Burciaga Stamping for the Stars I Love Iou ClubJuicy PV.M Garage The Wayward Irregular Brian Casel The Farmer and the Chef Learning jQuery Comfort Brothers Brian Hoff Creative Week Aljan Scholtens 10Words One by Four Fran Fernandez The Molitor Tripping Words Jord & Chan Just Keding Design Critique Meinl Percussion Cut & Taste Mark Forrester Second & Park For more design inspiration please see: 40 Inspiring Blog Designs 25 Beautiful Blog Comment Designs 30 Creative Website Headers Button Design Showcase
Tags: Beautiful, beautiful-minimalistic, church, Design Inspiration, galleries, Inspiration, Portfolio, Resources, vandelay-design
Comment to Win a One-Year Membership to MediaLoot!
Mar 9, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Earlier today a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of the Vandelay Design blog a one-year membership to the site for free! MediaLoot is a project of Jon Phillips of Spyre Studios and Mason Hipp of Freelance Folder . Members of MediaLoot are able to download resources like textures, icons, vectors, brushes, templates and more. The goal of MediaLoot is to eliminate the need for pay-per-use sites by offering a subscription-based service where members can download loads of great resources.
Tags: archives, church-websites, friends, Inspiration, media, our-other-sites, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Resources, Tutorials, vandelay-design, Websites
21 Resources Especially for Lovers of Minimalism
Mar 8, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Minimalism a popular style of design because it keeps things simple and user-friendly. In this post we’ll look at more than 20 websites, blogs and books dedicated to minimalism. Not all of them are related to web design – minimalism can also be applied to other aspects of business and life. Minimal Design Showcases: If you want to find great and inspiring examples of minimalist design, these sites will be excellent sources.
Tags: archives, Beautiful, beautiful-minimalistic, church-websites, Design, Inspiration, minimal-exhibit, minimalism, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Tutorials, vandelay-design, website-designs
jQuery Resources for One-Page Portfolios
Mar 4, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
A few weeks ago we published a showcase of one-page portfolios and pointed out some trends among them. Many of those sites are using jQuery to accomplish specific things. In this post we’ll feature some plugins and tutorials that are ideal for one-page portfolios. Of course, they can be used on other types of sites as well, but they are well-suited to match up with the trends among one-page portfolios.
Tags: Beautiful, beautiful-minimalistic, Design, friends, Inspiration, jquery, our-other-sites, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, portfolios, Resources, tutorial, vandelay-design, Websites
Showcase of Light Texture in Web Design
Mar 2, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Texture is obviously a common design element that is being used on a lot of modern websites. However, texture doesn’t always have to be a part of the design that stands out immediately to visitors. Light textures can also be used to subtly improve the design of the site. In this post we’ll feature 25 sites that use texture without it dominating the design.
Tags: archives, church, development, friends, galleries, Inspiration, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Tutorials, vandelay-design, wallpaper
25 Portfolio Site Designs Using Illustration
Feb 25, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Portfolio sites often showcase creativity and the skills of the designer. If you browse around at current portfolio sites you’ll see a lot of illustration being used in the design. In this post we’ll feature 25 portfolios that use illustration. To see more portfolios please visit our gallery site Folio Focus .
Tags: Beautiful, church-websites, Design, galleries, Inspiration, our-other-sites, photographer, portfolios, Tutorials, vandelay, vandelay-design
Design Trend Showcase: 30 Horizontal Websites
Feb 15, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Horizontal websites have been increasing in popularity over the past year or two. Although the approach isn’t a good fit for every project, a horizontal layout can provide designers with an opportunity to showcase some creativity and to break out of the box. As you may notice from the sites showcased here, portfolio sites of designers and photographers are probably the most likely type of site to use a horizontal layout right now. Here is a look at 30 sites for your own inspiration.
Tags: Beautiful, Design, Design Inspiration, galleries, Inspiration, layout, our-other-sites, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Resources, vandelay-design, Web Design, Websites
One-Page Portfolios: Trends and Showcase
Feb 11, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
One-page portfolios are certainly a popular trend among web and graphic designers. Many designers have created one-page portfolios that use a lot of creativity, but there are also some elements or characteristics that are very common among them. In this post we’ll look at ten trends of one-page portfolios with examples of each. At the end of the post we’ll include a showcase for your own design inspiration, plus some resources to help you if you’re interested in creating your own one-page portfolio.
Tags: beautiful-minimalistic, deluge-studios, Design, Design Inspiration, friends, Inspiration, Photoshop, Photoshop Tutorials, Portfolio, Tutorials, vandelay-design, visitor, work
Win Free Die Cut Business Cards from UPrinting!
Feb 9, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
Our friends at UPrinting have offered to give 500 free die cut business cards each to five readers of the Vandelay Design blog! If you’ve been wanting to impress potential clients with some high-quality business cards, this is your chance to get them for free. If you’re not familiar with UPrinting, they are a leading online printing company that offers printing for a wide variety of products including brochures, flyers, posters, calendars and much more in addition to business cards. They have templates to help you design your business cards , and they offer custom printing services to meet your specific printing needs. The Giveaway Details: UPrinting will be giving away 500 die cut business cards with free shipping in the U.S.
Tags: archives, Beautiful, Design, friends, Inspiration, our-other-sites, Photoshop, Resources, Tutorials, vandelay, vandelay-design
Showcase of Floral Typography
Feb 3, 2010 General, Inspiration, Resources, Tutorials
If you frequently browse through sites like deviantART and the Behance Network you’ve no doubt come across a number of designs that use typography and floral effects. In this post we’ll showcase some excellent works of this kind from various designers. If you would like more inspiration from typography and text effects please see our gallery site TypeInspire . Butterfly Eco Environment Cyrella Wonder Dolce & Gabanna Kings of Leon Funkrush Narani Ecosystem Wallpaper Desire for Love Sell Your Body to the Night Wyatt Play Passion New Years Eve Party Flower Power Small is Beautiful Anakost Regina Spektor Wedding Invitation Design My Fake Cover Javanican Deviant Arts Mondo Modo Passion Compassion Inspire For more design inspiration please see: Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects Design Inspiration: Lighting Effects Design Inspiration: Splatter Effects 3D Design Inspiration
Tags: archives, church-websites, Inspiration, Lighting, our-other-sites, Portfolio, Typography, vandelay-design, Websites
