My name is Roy Vergara and I'm a web designer from Houston, TX. Anything that's related to design moves me. Look around to see if design moves you too! Read more »
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Imagery is important to a well designed site because it directly influences behavior and emotion. In this article, 20 sites using robots as imagery are listed. Why use robots you ask? Because they’re fun, can look any way you want them to, they can do anything you want, and everyone likes robots! Sharing of other robot enhanced sites is welcome!
Correctly slicing a PSD into XHTML & CSS is an art that takes time to master. If development and coding is not your thing, there are companies that will take your web design file and bring it to life. There are several factors to consider when choosing a PSD slicing company, and one of them is the design of their own site. If their design appears to be low quality, what is their code going to be like? In this article, I’ve listed 40 PSD slicing companies with beautifully designed sites.
There are many ways to create a block of content with an image border around it. The easiest way is to make a background image and set it to the specific width and height you need, but this way the dimensions are set. To allow it to expand with the the text vertically, specifying the width of a background image and having 2 elements sharing the image for the top and bottom would also be a viable solution. The problem I came across was when I need to make multiple boxes with the same image border but with each having a different width and height. I needed the boxes to be scalable, have the least amount of images as possible, and for the code to be valid. The solution is explained below.
Firstly, the markup. To make the box scalable in all directions, I’d have to use a div for each side of the box. These divs would be nested in a wrapper which determined the width. After the markup, we’re going to use CSS to add a background and position to each div in order to create a seamless border.
<div class="border-box"> <div class="top-left"> <div class="top-right"> <h1>Lorem ipsum</h1> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p> </div> </div> <div class="bottom-left"> <div class="bottom-right"></div> </div> </div>
Your work environment directly influences your mood and ability to generate inspiration and creativity. Creative workplaces usually have interesting and visually stimulating elements throughout the space. Featured here are 12 creative workplaces that would succeed at inspiring any designer.
Zappos
Zappos should need no introduction as they strive for the very best customer service. Their main office is located in Henderson, Nevada which is just outside of Las Vegas. Zappos is defined by it’s employees (Zapponians) who are encouraged to decorate their own workspace.
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When web design inspiration is needed, the first place a lot of designers turn to are web design/CSS galleries. While these type of sites are a good source of inspiration, the problem is that there are so many it’s difficult to tell which of them offer the best content. The 12 sites listed below feature high-quality web designs and are usually updated frequently. Not that there aren’t other good galleries out there, but these are just amongst the ones I turn to in time of inspirational needs. Feel free to share your favorites!
Design Meltdown
Design Meltdown is usually the site I use when I’m looking for examples of a certain design element, industry, or color scheme. There’s a lot of good examples under each category and I love how they mark all visited sites for you.
Design Snack
Design Shack is the design showcase that you control. You can sort sites by category or by color. I enjoy the way the sites are presented and the ease of use.
Creamy CSS
Simplicity is how I would describe Creamy CSS. It is a WordPress driven site that doesn’t have a lot of banner ad noise. Which allows you to focus directly on the showcased sites.
Kozyndan is the collaborative effort of a couple of highly talented illustrators based out of Los Angeles, California. Their style is often described as whimsical, playful, and intricately surreal. Their creativity is put forth towards projects such as panoramics, posters, album covers, clothing, book covers, magazine covers, and traditional art.
I’ve been a big fan of their work for a long time, and hopefully get to attend one of their amazing galleries someday. Until then I’ll just enjoy having a bunny fish around.
The story of the bunnyfish is the sad and true story of evolution. Looking today at history one can’t wonder why this creature did not survive and prosper, one can only depend the blame on a random divine whim. However, the world can give and take, but the ideas are forever ours, and so some will create and recreate the bunnyfish, love it and cherish it, and will build a world to surround it. This is what Kozyndan are busy trying to do, and with quite a charming success.
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