There’s a growing number of design blogs scattered around the web, each focusing on various aspects of design. This collection of 30 design blogs all have a primary focus on Web Design, and each one consistently pumps out great content, whether it’s in the form of inspiration, discussion, theory or tutorials. If you’re looking for some scrumtious goodies to feed your creative inner geek, look no further than this feast! UX Booth UX Booth is a blog focusing on user experience, usability and interaction design.
30 Web Design Blogs With Consistenly Good Content
by Chris on 19. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design, Tutorials, Videos, web design
Usability Testing Toolkit: Resources, Articles, and Techniques
by Chris on 19. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design, Lists, Tutorials, Videos, web design
By Cameron Chapman Usability is paramount in creating a good website or web app. If your site isn’t user-friendly, the majority of visitors won’t come back, regardless of how good your content is. You need to do everything in your power to make sure every website you design or web application you create is as user-friendly as it can be. So how do you do that, exactly
10 Tips for Creating Compelling Web Copy
by Chris on 12. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design
You are the most important person in the world. Wow, I got you to read the second sentence. Your interest is now piqued and you want to read more. If you do read this article, you will learn exactly how important it is to create compelling web copy.
Playing with CSS3
by Chris on 10. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Photoshop, web design
When I was working on the new version of Abduzeedo, the current one, I decided to learn and use CSS 3 to enhance the visual of some elements. Instad of using images to create shadows and round corners I used CSS 3. Of course I knew that it would not be compatible to all browsers, more precisely, the Internet Explorer.
Space Solutions: Books
by Chris on 10. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design
I’ve always been into interior design so I’m going to try something a little new with you guys today. If you’re like me and have more books than you know what to do with, this post is probably for you. I found a bunch of cool spaces dealing with the book issue in neat ways so maybe this’ll inspire you to do something with your collection! Some are quite simple solutions like stacking books in a pile on the floor (which is actually the current for mine right now), but they still make for a pretty cool space.
The Perfect Office #14
by Chris on 10. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Photoshop
We’ve seen some great gadgets and equipment for designers. So many cool stuff, that we could actually assemble infinite perfect office spaces! Every week we’ll assemble a perfect office, and we’d like you to help us. What equipment would the perfect office have? Not only gadgets and equipment, but also furniture, sound system, gaming stuff (for lunch time!).
50 High-Quality Free Fonts for Professional Design
by Chris on 07. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Lists
Designers love to have a lot of quality fonts available to them, and fortunately there are some very good free fonts out there. In this post we’ll feature some of the best free fonts that can be used in your commercial designs. If you’re looking for a place to find more free fonts that can be used for commercial projects, I highly recommend Font Squirrel .
Daily Inspiration #373
by Chris on 07. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design
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: Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com al b sure Alexandre Trevisan B.Romain Cgod Chad Saville PC COLA from Frank Hudec on Vimeo .
100+ Photoshop Actions for Amazing Color Enhancements
by Chris on 07. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Photoshop
Color plays a major role in the story that a photograph has to tell, but sometimes the color that the camera captures isn’t exactly what we have in mind. This is where Photoshop can be a big help, and more specifically Photoshop actions. With the click of a button an action can help us achieve time consuming effects in no time. Here are over 100 Photoshop actions that will add amazing color enhancements to your photos.
Impressive Gift Package Design Inspiration for Christmas
by Chris on 07. Dec, 2009 in Articles, Design
Christmas is on the doorstep and it’s just about time to come up with some nice gift ideas, purchase them and… well, package them one way or another. However, when it comes to packaging, sometimes it’s nice to have some good starting points in order to give the gift this special little detail that would make it memorable and personal. Therefore we decided to present some really nice and appealing gift packages, designs cover, gift wrapping, gift boxes, ribbons, tags and many more… so that you can wrap your precious gift with the help of these beautiful wrapping accessories. We have very carefully selected all these items, and we hope that you’ll like them.