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15 Tips for Self Promotion
I hope you enjoy these tips on self promotion in the design field. Do something different – Dream up some caper that isn’t on this list and put it into action with characteristic flair. Talk to (real) people – Don’t just talk to designers, talk to everyone and anyone. Stay in touch – Exchanging favors is what makes the world go…
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The History of Graphic Design
This great deck shows a broad history of Graphic Design from its coinage to the practices of responsive design going on today. Graphic design is the art or profession of combining text, pictures, and ideas in advertisements, publication, or website. At its widest definition, it therefore includes the whole history of art, although painting and…
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Combine Two Animals With Photoshop
In this free Photoshop tutorial we’ll be covering the techniques used to extract and apply textures from one animal to another – combining two animals with Photoshop. Using just a few key tools and the Overlay blend mode, you’ll see how simple it can be to combine your own favorite animals. You won’t be limited…
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Facebook Like Button Plugin
The Facebook Like Button Plugin adds the Facebook like button before and after your blog post. Download it at the WordPress Repository
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Craft Photoshop Text Effect Tutorial
In this text effect tutorial Enrique Flouret shows us how to create a Craft photoshop font style reminiscent of a Wired Magazine headline introduced on the September 2008 issue. Although the effect is a bit different, all credit should be given to Mario Hugo. Here´s the finished Papercraft Text Effect. Try it with different fonts…
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10 Reasons to not Date a Designer
Here are ten reasons why you should not date a designer. They analyze everything… They know who did everything design… Nothing can be normal… They are never “actually” there… They constantly talk about other designers… They can’t stop tinkering… They can’t stop buying “cool” stuff… They are impossible to buy gifts for… Everything has to…
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Absolute Vertical & Horizontal Centering with CSS
We’ve all seen margin: 0 auto; for horizontal centering, but margin: auto; has refused to work for vertical centering… until now! But actually (spoiler alert!) absolute centering only requires a declared height* and these styles: .Absolute-Center { margin: auto; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; bottom: 0; right: 0; }
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How to Hire Designers
There has been a fantastic response to the post on the Dribbblisation of Design, many people agreeing with the premise and adding to it, some disagreeing and offering counter points. I want to respond to people’s commentary, explain the original motivation for the post which wasn’t about Dribbble specifically, and talk about how we hire…
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Powerful Workflow Tips, Tools And Tricks For Web Designers
The role of a web designer has evolved far beyond pushing pixels and picking hex codes. Today, it’s a high-velocity symbiosis of systems thinking, user experience, and technical execution. To build stunning, high-converting sites without burning out, you need more than raw creativity—you need a bulletproof workflow. Whether you’re freelancing or scaling an agency, here…
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Dear Web Font Providers
When you buy something, I bet you want it to work. Heck, even if you use something for free — maybe borrowed from a friend — I bet you want it to work. No one prefers hiking boots that are too tight (or too loose), a car that shimmies when you drive faster than 40…
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An Agency Workflow for Responsive Web Design
I’ve been thinking about workflows for Responsive Web Design quite a bit, particularly since its now become our default approach on every new project – similar to Cloud Fours recent change of heart. I’ve been especially influenced by two recent articles on the topic, namely Dennis Kardys’s A More Flexible Workflow, and Viljami Salminen’s Responsive workflow. I struggled…
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Embrace Failure
Ultimately, we are deluding ourselves if we think that the products that we design are the ‘things’ that we sell, rather than the individual, social and cultural experience that they engender, and the value and impact that they have. Design that ignores this is not worthy of the name. Design should embrace failure.