The site that launched the indie, alt-porn and retro pin-up girl craze, SuicideGirls has gone through a major redesign. What was once pink and grungy, is now light, clean and hints to the overall feeling of a scrapbook. No longer only focused on cute girls, SG’s redesign brings new content above the fold including interviews, [...]
Etre published an Eye Tracking heatmap (with analysis) every day last week. Websites studied included Amazon and HMV. Take a look at the complete set of results.
“We tested 20 websites with 40 users – 20 male and 20 female – at our premises in central London. All users were between the ages [...]
BrokenKode has released screenshots of its new admin panel redesign for wordpress:
“The Shuttle is a complete beautification of the WordPress Administration Panel. The project has been in development since early 2005. The images below effectively show the future of the WordPress administration panel. These are the images we did on Photoshop, so [...]
Press releases are a long-standing tradition of business, and serve as a formal avenue of distribution for a corporation’s news-worthy announcements. They are company sanctioned, and while revealing facts and statements, they are designed to give the issuing body positive PR.
For the small design business and freelancer, they are a great way to toot one’s [...]
Derek Powazek from the A List Part crew posted a new article today discussing a designers role in writing content while designing layouts for a project. Its an intresting user interface debate that I personally deal with a lot.
“We’ve all been there. The client says, “Just design it. We’ll flow the content in later.” Or [...]
Found this on Canned Laughter:
“Don’t you just hate it when you’re absentmindedly link surfing on some blog or website and all of a sudden your PC is trying to download a file, or your browser turns really sluggish for 20 seconds or so as it tries to open a pdf in a new tab? Me [...]
Want to make sure your site is readable by the widest possible audience without being “boring” and “ugly” but aren’t sure how?
A selection of tools are now available to help you choose colours or check the colours you’ve been given to provide adequate contrast. Using these at the very earliest stages of the design process [...]
Here is a neat little Ruby on Rails app that makes simple background tiles. If you ever find yourself stuck on the road without access to photoshop and need to update or create a background, this just might save your site. On the other hand maybe its just a good example of what you can [...]
Cristian Montoya lists some recent trends from the CSS design community that have been showcased during the recent CSS Reboot. Here is a short list: Silk Icons, Light on Dark,1024px and Beefy Footers.
CmdTaco has posted some of the entries submitted for the recent contest to redesign slashdot. The grand prize is a tricked out laptop worth $4,500 USD.
