Archive for May, 2007

53 CSS-Techniques

May 17, 2007

CSS-based techniques you should always have ready to hand if you develop web-sites. Thanks to all developers who contributed to accessible and usable css-based design over the last few years.

I’m neither a CSS guru nor a fan of this technology. Though it can be very useful sometimes I believe that there are many sites which are just fine with table based coding.

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Bad Web Designers

May 17, 2007

Bad boys are in every business. Unfortunately web design industry is not an exception. How to detected a bad web designer? The article suggests some tips on what should you look for when you buy a website design service or working with a web designer?

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Web Design: Impresses

May 17, 2007

Sometimes it’s just amazing to see, which level of usability, legibility and visual appeal can be achieved using some basic design techniques. In fact, some talented web-developers manage to deliver powerful, functional and gorgeous web-design in “look-and-feel”-style. Let’s take a look at their masterpieces.

Great collection and great websites. I wish I could design this way some day. As for now I just admire these designs and think over how to achieve similar results.

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The Floating City of the Year 2000 (from 1979)

May 17, 2007

The Sea City 2000 shows some great paleo-future technology such as the dish-shaped antenna that “beams microwave energy, generated by solar cells, to a receiver on the nearby coast.” The bottom right corner shows a Buckminster Fuller design for a floating community. His design includes shops, schools and homes for 5,000 people.

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20 of the best Free Photoshop Plugins and Filters …

May 17, 2007

Plugins and filters extend Photoshop by providing new functionality and effects that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to achieve or by simplifying a process – here we round up the best Freebies.

Out of doubt – it’s a useful list.

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