• 20 Nov

    The Ultimate Toolbox for iPhone Development

    Code, Resources, iPhone

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    iPhone development can be intimidating, especially to someone who’s unfamiliar with Macs, or the way iPhone apps work.

    But with currently more than 100,000 apps officially available from the App Store, it’s kind of hard for a developer to ignore the potential market the iPhone provides.

    And there are apps for virtually anything you could think of, from games to productivity apps to horoscopes to news and more.

    Below are 70 tools, tutorials, and resources to help you get started developing your own iPhone apps. There’s everything from basic tutorials to templates to resource libraries to help you on your way. Read more

  • 19 Nov

    Mind Blowing Hyperrealistic Sculptures

    Art, Compilation, Design

    97

    Artists that produce photorealistic sculptures, for the most part, aim to show us our bodies and life as it really is.

    Technically, artists who strive for a high resolution level of detail in painting or sculpture are called “hyperrealists”, although all hyperrealists are also considered to be photorealists.

    Every detail is slavishly recreated as close to the real life model as possible, even if the sculpture is larger than the original scale.

    Photorealistic sculptors create truly amazing sculptures that will make you feel wonder, revulsion and the sense of looking in someone else’s mirror.

    In this post we feature sculptors Ron Mueck, Evan Penny, Jamie Salmon, Duane Hanson, Sam Jinks and Adam Beane who produce sculpture that seems alive in every detail, right down to veins and rashes on skin. This compilation should give you a cross section of modern photorealistic sculpture. Read more

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  • 19 Nov

    The wait is over! And the prizes go to…

    Contests, Freebies

    38

    Thanks to everyone that participated in our massive first birthday giveaway.

    Your response of over 1,200 comments was absolutely unbelievable and made me realize how influential the blog has been to so many people out there.

    The comments were great! Funny, artistic, original and charged with positive vibes.

    A very heartfelt thank you to all of you for your support, and for the great feedback in your comments.

    I’m now truly charged to propel WDD further into its second year! Feel free to always send me your feedback, ideas and suggestions. I read all emails and will definetely take your feedback into consideration.

    And now, what you’ve been waiting for since last week… the prizes! And there are 42 very lucky winners… are you one of them? Read more

  • 17 Nov

    WDD Launches Mobile Version with Mobify

    Applications, Compatibility, iPhone

    24

    Today we’re pleased to announce the official launch of the mobile version of Webdesigner Depot.

    Thanks to the awesome team and service of Mobify, we were able to easily deploy a mobile version for WDD, which loads extremely quickly and makes it easy to browse our content when you’re on the go on your mobile phone.

    Why did we create a mobile version? Mobile access is growing 30% every year. While WDD was optimized to load quickly on your desktop, the same format is not best suited to a mobile device. A more streamlined version was needed, and that’s when Mobify came to our rescue.

    The mobile version now carries specially optimized images that load quickly on your mobile phone as opposed to loading the full sized images which are better suited for broadband connections. Read more

  • 16 Nov

    Understanding Your Brain for Better Design: Left vs. Right

    Design, Visualization, Webdesign

    63

    The concept of the left and right brain only lately popped up in the late 1960’s, but since has become a well-known part of human psychology.

    While we all use both sides of the brain, each of us has a dominant side, and this dominant side makes up for a huge part of our personalities.

    Each individual thinks a certain way, has more interest in certain areas, and above and beyond all — is most effective in certain ways. An accurate understanding of the left and right brain can help one to become more productive, efficient, and creative.

    This article will cover a basic understanding of what the left and right brains are, and each of their traits. We’ll also go into how we, as creative people, can harness this understanding of the left and right brain to be more creative, as well as succeed in other work-related tasks. Read more

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  • 15 Nov

    Our Favorite Tweets of the Week
    Nov 8-Nov 14, 2009

    Best Of, Compilation, Twitter

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    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 the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

    Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

    To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot Read more

  • 12 Nov

    Coding a Web Design for Speed and Quality

    Code, Usability, Web Development

    60

    The beauty of being a web designer is creating a detailed, creative, and original web design in Photoshop, without having to (for the most part) think about how it will be coded.

    During the design phase, it’s all about the look, and either the coding can be taken care of later, or be outsourced to a developer.

    Either way, not thinking about the development usability or functionality is a great way for a designer to not feel limited in the design process.

    This is a great way of thinking, and can lead to the best designs. However, once it does need to be coded, we as designers are in a tricky spot.

    In this article, you’ll find a few simple tips that can help designers learn basic XHTML/CSS conversion efficiently for a quick-loading website that is accurate to the original PSD. Read more

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