Comics of the week #89

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

EDGE: A new HTML5 offering from Adobe

It used to be that if you wanted to create an animated, interactive interface for a website, you needed to use Flash.…

Young and brash: Don’t become old and foolish

“If youth only knew: If age only could.” – Henri Estienne I reconnected with a former art school teacher the other…

25 jQuery image galleries and slideshow plugins

For some sites, image galleries are an absolute must. Portfolios are the first to come to mind, but galleries are also…

Strengthening behavioral cues in UX web design with Gestalt principles

Step with me, if you will, into my humble DeLorean, and travel back in history to that time you fell asleep in your…

Comics of the week #88

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

50+ PSD UI Web design elements

I'm a big believer in not reinventing the wheel when it comes to web design. If someone has already created something…

Web design inspiration from modern art history

In my previous article, I presented a brief history of art and how principles from it might apply to the modern trade…

Create a stereoscopic illustration using Illustrator and Photoshop

Nowadays, 3-D technology is being used a lot in many media. Since James Cameron’s Avatar brought this technique to a…

6 tips to create better one-page websites

One-page websites are hot and popular — no doubt about that. But they aren’t for everyone or every business. It’s easy…

Comics of the week #87

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

40 useful APIs for web designers and developers

An application programming interface (API) is a set of rules and specifications that software programs can follow to…

Web design inspiration from the history of art

When it comes to the creative arts, a fundamental way to better understand the trade is to look to the past. People…

Win 500 magnetic business cards from Uprinting

Uprinting is back with another striking giveaway for WDD readers. One week from today, we'll be giving away 500…

20 iPhone apps to help you create amazing photographs

With the arrival of the iPhone in 2007, iPhoneography, a new art form for photography was born. Developers have been…

Comics of the week #86

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

CSS Buttons: Tutorials and examples

Creating buttons with CSS is one of the most experimented-with web design techniques around. Examples and tutorials…

Interview with designer and typographer, Erik Spiekermann

Throughout his illustrious career as a designer and typographer, Erik Spiekermann has created dozens of commercial…

25 examples of symmetry in web design

Symmetry is an age-old device of the visual artist. The word refers to two halves that perfectly mirror each other. In…

30 Creative QR code business cards

There is a lot of buzz around QR codes at the moment, so we thought we would take a look at some of the most creative…

What's new for web designers - July 2011

This month's edition of what's new out there for web designers and developers includes a number of new smartphone apps…

Comics of the week #85

Every week we feature a set of comics created exclusively for WDD. The content revolves around web design, blogging…

Chilling Underwater series by Erin Mulvehill

Erin Mulvehill is a young photographer based in Brooklyn, who graduated with a BS honors degree in photography from…

20 Fantastic pseudo-Flash websites

A pseudo-Flash website is one that looks, feels and acts like a Flash website but is in fact built on good…