SpyreStudios - Design and Development Magazine

The common image thumbnail carousel effect has gained traction among web developers. You can locate this technique on almost any major news company or online magazine, coupled with rotating featured images or banner designs. I feel that open source code has offered a much smoother choice for developers instead of being forced to write your [...]

There have been a lot of new mobile applications launching every month. The Android and iOS App Stores are gaining popularity at a rapid speed. And specifically the iPhone and iPad market has exploded with a lot of new consumers. Thus we can expect to find new design trends almost everywhere. I have put together [...]

Illustrators and digital artists are not often caught in website design. But there are so many creative logos featuring a cute vector animal or cartoon figure. These designs can breathe life into a company and generate a very unique branding effect. That is why I have put together a series of brand new illustrations for [...]

It seems like everybody just cannot get enough of Twitter Bootstrap. The popular open source framework is developed around HTML5 and CSS3 techniques for constructing websites. You may include a series of alternate JavaScript files for advanced widgets like accordions, dropdown navigations, fixed content, and many others. But where should you start designing? I have [...]

Musicians and artists often struggle to come up with their own unique website idea. It is difficult because there are not many standards for building a music website. Often these are more free of the typical rules in web design, which allows artists to break outside the mold of normal website trends. This leaves room [...]

It is very common to find dropdown navigation elements within website layouts. Developers use these types of hidden menus for displaying extra links which are typically related to the main topic. Other examples may use sliding panels or varying accordion-style menus to accomplish the same interface. But for this tutorial I want to build a [...]