Category Archives: Design Resources

Designers of all kinds rely on inspiration for their work in order to achieve their best results. Inspiration can come from just about anywhere, but for web designers who are online virtually all day it frequently comes from gallery sites, design blogs, or just websites that you come across in other ways. The amount of…

Last month I wrote an article on why design trends don’t have to completely disappear, explaining why design trends should live on beyond their acceptance. However, we are now starting to see designs that don’t follow any popular recent trends. What makes the following examples great is that they stand out from the crowd and…

I know, I know, your RSS reader is more crowded than the gadget mall in China, but please – don’t hesitate to check out these websites. Most of them are not even related to design, but there’s a chance to inspire you more than the others. As usual, feel free to share other suggestions in…

You’ve probably realized by now that the internet is overflowing with web design galleries. So I thought I would take some time to share with you my list of the 10 best Web Design Galleries out there. Feel free to let us know what your favorite galleries are. Check out original source

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Textures are used more often than one may think and in fact they are essential building blocks for designers. The reason why most people are not aware that textures are being used everywhere is that textures usually remain in the background or fade into other elements, supporting the overall design. This way textures are used…

Both grunge and watercolor effects are really cool and hot in web design industrial. There are a lot of website backgrounds using watercolor effect. Some people may think watercolor and grunge effects are “dirty”, but if you are able to mix the design with these effects, then you will have a beautiful layout which able…

The business card is the first thing that is exchanged when meeting a new potential client or business contact. Even in new world of digital media, the business card is still an important piece of initial exchange in the world of commerce. Lately, I have noticed that many business cards today are being designed with…

As creative thinkers we have to think of new and exciting ways to grab people’s attention every day. Here’s a showcase of some amazing examples of Guerilla advertising. Check out original source

15 Fantastic Robots Illustrations Gathered from DeviantArt. Check out original source

One of the first design considerations a web designer has to make is the resolution that the project is going to be built in. Will the site be optimized for 800×600 systems? 1024? Will the width be fluid or fixed? Will it work for mobile devices? There are certainly a lot more screen resolutions to…

There have been numerous creative logo design showcases, logo design resources and logo design tutorials posted across the Web. While these help you to create a powerful toolbox for your logo designs, first you need to gain a solid understanding of what makes a logo design good and what you need to consider before starting…

In this post we have a selection of jQuery plugins and tutorials for enhancing and aiding in the development of the dreaded form area. There are the always important validation plugins, plugins that will give the form added functionality (stretching text-areas, auto-tabbing…) and also plugins that will help you to style the form exactly as…

Most Twitter “Follow Me” buttons and icons are boring (look at mine, very dull),souless and cliched. How about something with some creativity, originality and a little bit of charcter. In this post that is exactly what you will find, 35 Original and Creative Twitter Icon Sets. Check out original source

Looking at nature from different perspectives can create stunning compositions for your photographs. This couldn’t be more true than when we look at our planet from outer space and appreciate the reality of its beauty from such an incredible and rarely seen perspective. Check out original source

20 beautiful portraits of women, showcasing tremendous talent and skill. Each portrait captures a lot of emotion, as well as an awesome attention to detail. Check out original source

One of the things that I like most about web design is its results... yeap, I love to see great designed websites, and for sure we can find a bunch of those out there. Today we will show some beautiful blue layouts in web design. At this selection you will find a bit of everything:…

The world is full of advertising these days. Everywhere you go, adverts appear. Even in our video games! But there are a small minority of clever adverts that make you think twice. The creators of these adverts really thought outside the box. If you want to share any other creative advertising campaigns (there are loads…

As a web developer, you can broaden your potential client base and add value for existing clients by listing ‘WordPress’ as an area of expertise. WordPress is incredibly versatile, it can be tweaked to add many non traditional features to run a more effective blog. Check out original source

Have you ever feel that traditional fonts are a little too boring and plain for your designs and artworks? Ever wanted to use fonts that are funkier, stylish and fun to look at? Check out original source

I am reading and surfing around for design news and resources everyday. As usual, I will like to share my best findings here with the 10Steps.SG community. Today I found a whole new design portal over at ZCOOL. This site is gathering all the best Chinese artists to share their works and free downloadables. Check…

It happened so, that I’ve got 2 Wordpress related articles in the row. Again I worked very hard on this one post this time offering 60 really premium like Wordpress magazine news themes. Such themes are very handy if you have to display a lot of information on your site. For example this site should…