The capabilities of the Internet have gone further than we could have ever imagined; people practically live on their computers, relying on them for everything from communication to shopping to entertainment. Because it is a popular forum for exchanging ideas and information it is ever changing, and keeping ahead of the trends is hard to do. The more easy solution is to go with the old standards, such as the use of black and white in website design.
This is a style of layout that uses a basic two-tone scheme to give a more poignant, attractive look to a site. Though it is often a popular choice, it seems to be trending heavily this year, especially with sites related to creative endeavors. Bands, artists, web designers and writers have been opting for a black and white look for their personal sites.
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By: Daniel Pintilie in
Social Media |
Every regular Internet user has probably noticed that, in the last years, the presence of social media has become a banality, remaining however an important way of improving the author-reader interactivity. For someone with experience in the field of the World Wide Web, the chances of not having a profile on websites such as Facebook, MySpace or Twitter are closing in on zero. You need to understand that social media is not only represented by some applications that do not make any sense, reflecting that it is possible that, in the near future, for the search engine algorithms to analyze how many times a website is distributed according to the most relevant social application. Surely, if this fact turns into reality, then we could be talking about a new digital revolution.
In my own experience, it is quite an annoying situation when I try to finish reading a post and I am assaulted by a great collection of logos of various social websites.
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By: AEXT.NET MAGAZINE in
Graphic Design |
The purpose of a company logo is to represent the company’s products, services, and business philosophy in a single image. Quite often a company’s logo is the first aspect of the company a consumer encounters, and therefore creates a lasting impression in the consumer’s mind. For this reason, it is imperative that a company’s logo provides an accurate representation of the services and products it offers. It is also important for the logo to be physically appealing to the company’s target consumer base.
For example, consider the Gerber baby logo:
While the color of the logo has changed over time, the essential design—featuring an appealing portrait-style picture in a circular frame—has remained the same, and continues to be effective. The reason for the success of this particular logo has to do with its visual appeal to the current or expecting mothers that make up Gerber’s target consumer base. A logo with sharp lines and a crying baby would hardly be as effective as the featured circular portrait of a happy baby.
Now consider the evolution of the Firefox search engine logo, as shown below:
While the original Firebird logo was somewhat cartoonish and even a bit threatening, the original Firebox logo—which emerged at the same time the search engine changed its name—draws the viewer in and resembles the circular motion signally the loading of a web page. Nonetheless, the coloring of this original Firefox logo is somewhat dark and potentially foreboding, whereas the current Firefox logo is lighter and brighter, and suggestive of optimism. This evolving shift from dark to light is one of the more prominent logo trends of 2010.
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Social Networking sites or Social News sites are the good places to promote yourself or for you business. We have out there Facebook, Digg, DesignFloat… all of them are great and you may wonder how they build them. This collection will give you an answer.
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By: Lief in
Inspiration |
There are a lot of web design trends were published somewhere over web design community to help us predict what is next in 2010 about web design. Each trend has especial idea, each trend tells us something interesting about web design in the past and help us continue to go forward to future. This one is not a trend. It’s just a small preview that works on the new, fresh, and never-seen-before portfolios some web designers prepare for their portfolio in 2010.
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