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Spring-clean Your Design Resources

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For centuries, humanity has been symbolically relating the shifting seasons with change. Seasons have always been used as a metaphorical depiction of the correlation between life and death, light and darkness, good and bad. Each transition between the four stages of climate change requires a cleanse of all things unhealthy and unworthy of our time. Marking […]

5 “Underground” Websites for Design Inspiration

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Let’s face it, design inspiration is an overexploited topic produces thousands of articles curating all the same website lists. I know you might be bored of clicking on all those flashy titles only to find the same piece of content inside. This is why I gathered a list of design inspiration sources that help you get a […]

10 Retro Website Designs to Inspire Your Next Web Project

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The retro style has once again overtaken the design industry for its elegant look and timeless feel. Creating a retro website is much harder than designing a site with a minimalist look as it requires the placement of a lot more additional elements than what we’re used to. Retro websites often end up looking cluttered […]

5 Lessons You Need to Learn About Design Freelancing Right Now

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Design freelancing is a promising adventure which will guide you through a series of challenging obstacles and test your skills in mind-bending situations where the power of your spirit and your will to survive in the design freelancing career will determine the final results of your journey. #1: Know What To Expect Freelancing offers a […]

2016 New Year Resolution List for Designers & Creatives

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There’s only one day until the New Year’s eve and we’re eager to jump right in and embrace the new adventures that 2016 has prepared for us. Thus, starting a new year’s resolutions list would be a wonderful way to welcome the upcoming year with open arms. We’ve seen many resolutions list out there, but […]

Colorblindness & Graphic Design: Will We Ever See Those Two As a Matching Couple?

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Colorblind users. It’s something that not every designer has considered when creating images and web experiences. About 5% of women and 8% of men are colorblind. This term tends to make it sound like all “colorblind” people see the world in exactly the same way, but as with most things in life, one size doesn’t […]

Shades of Gray in Web Design Inspiration

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A symbolism for dim bluntness, gray has always been considered an inconvenient choice for а prevailing color in web and print design. Gray is a color emerging on the borderline between two highly contrast colors. It’s achromatic entity takes a neutral position among other color palettes being considered as a sign of absence. Gray is the color with no […]