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Sep 10, 2013

20 + Cute Online Shops
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Helen Bailey
Let's do a quiz. What are the ads (magazine ads, television ads, banners, whatever) that impressed you most of all? We bet many of them are...

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Sep 9, 2013

Website design inspired by iconic posters
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awwwards.
Designing a poster is not worlds away from designing a website, or rather, a micro-site. The fundamental principles remain the same: astound...

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Sep 5, 2013

Comic Sans: it's a Love-Hate relationship
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awwwards.
There are many people around the world who hate Comic Sans with an firey passion despite, at the same time, loving it so very dearly. Not even...

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Sep 4, 2013

Stunning Stationery and Branding Projects
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awwwards.
There's nothing better than exploring blogs and portfolios in search of visual identity; the possibilities of stationery creativity are endless....

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Sep 3, 2013

Awesome High Resolution Photos for Free
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awwwards.
Experienced designers know how difficult it is to find quality photographs with in high resolution. Try finding that type of image for free...

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Sep 3, 2013

Designing Web and Mobile Graphics by Christopher Schmitt
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awwwards.
Today we have the pleasure of presenting a book by Christoffer Schmitt, a well-known figure in the industry. “Designing Web and Mobile Graphics

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Aug 8, 2013

Site of the Month July 2013: Tool of North America
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awwwards.
This month of July has given us a whole bunch of websites of extraordinary technical quality. The close-run struggle between the 6 sites that...

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Aug 7, 2013

50 Awesome Websites with Extraordinary Geometry Elements
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Nancy Young
Geometric shapes are popular as design, navigation elements, framing components or just a way to draw users’ attention to some parts of the...

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Aug 6, 2013

Editorial Illustrations by Kasia Smolarek
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awwwards.
Kasia Smolarek is a Graphic Designer from Poland who specializes in editorial design. These two series show her illustrational talents featuring...

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Aug 2, 2013

Interview with Paul Boag, Web Designer & Digital Strategist
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awwwards.
Paul Boag is the creative director at Headscape and co-founder. He is web designer & digital strategist, but also blogger, speaker, author...

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Jul 30, 2013

How to Clean all those Fingerprints and Marks on our...
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awwwards.
Two young English entrepreneurs have created a brilliantly simple and original website that they hope will be bookmarked on every single internet...

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Jul 25, 2013

Innovative Geometric Tattoo Inspiration
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awwwards.
In almost every craft there is a line or a limit where, whatever the discipline, be it finishing a musical instrument or decorating a cake,...

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Jul 24, 2013

Bootstrap Customization: Themes, UI Patterns and Tools
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awwwards.
Everyone loves Bootstrap, the front-end framework created by Twitter, because it’s easy to set up, it magically creates a responsive

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Jul 23, 2013

Cool 'Cool' Websites for Summertime: Selected Websites
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awwwards.
With the summer heat (we live in the northern hemisphere) and the sun beating down, nothing makes us happier when surfing the web than discovering...

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Jul 22, 2013

Implementing Responsive Design
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awwwards.
"Implementing Responsive Design" by Tim Kadlec is essential reading for the summer, and yes! it is another book about responsive web design,...

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Jul 18, 2013

Flat Long Shadows: Step-by-step Tutorial, Resources...
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awwwards.
Within the flat design trend on the rise at the moment, especially in this world of the web, one thing that stands out is the use of long flat...

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Jul 15, 2013

Lettering Process on Video: Nairone's Visual Identity...
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awwwards.
Nairone is a young but talented graphic designer and freelance illustrator based in Paris. He created the visual identity for the bar rest

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Jul 11, 2013

SEO optimization for Parallax Scrolling Websites
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Keneth Von Rauch
If you work in web design and don’t live under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the Parallax Scrolling effect. This effect has been all the...

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Jul 10, 2013

Web Case Study: Fulﬁlling the Need for a Unique Approach...
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Jeff Toll
Creative Approach Getgoingtoday.org was designed as a platform for Drexel University’s new brand voice: a voice that embodies rebellion, authe

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Jul 9, 2013

Site of the Month June 2013: 'The Kings of Summer'...
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awwwards.
Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land. Utilizing...

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