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How to use icons to enhance your designs

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:12:17 +0000

It’s incredible how icons, these tiny, sometimes elusive cute illustrations can do so much for your work. Icon creation has become a giant industry because of the many, many advantages they can bring to any design. They add visual cues to your headings, work as buttons, separate your website sections, and overall give polish and professionalism to your web or application.

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Iconshock interview: Css mastermind and sushi addict Jina Bolton

Blogger.Iconshock — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:27:30 +0000

Jina is a must reference for all of you working in web design & development. Her opinions on CSS are one of the most respected in the designer community, being a frequent speaker in the web developer’s conference circuit and being a consultant for the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative. That is big stuff for a lady so cute my friends! The W3C as you might know, is nothing more than the World Wide Web consortium, the international organization that develops all web standards. So if this girl has something to say you better listen!

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Best website redesigns of 2009

Blogger.Iconshock — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:54:37 +0000

The inspect element blog has made this list of the best web redesigns of 2009, featuring amongst others, Manchester City, CNN, The White house and Engadget. Each example backed up with thoughtful analysis and good arguments. Very good post by Tom Kenny.

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Iconshock interview: Top web designer and premiere Mom Randa clay!

Blogger.Iconshock — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:36:30 +0000

I envy the productivity of a mom. What would happen if mom’s ruled the planet… Have you ever thought of that? I’ve changed diapers, fed and played with children, as I helped raise my little nephew, so I kind of know the drill. A man can sure do all that stuff and certainly do it well. But still, mom’s have always that extra endurance … Its almost as if motherhood is blessed with super powers form the deep beyond that allows them to play football, help out with math homework and at the same time, make that super energy vegetable soup that overshadows a red bull beverage.

Well, you can add to that list designing very cool web pages if you are Randa Clay. This is a lady that gets so much done it makes us feel lazy. She has not one, but two boys, and still manages to run one of the most visited and well respected design blogs in the net. She is kind of an odd case, because she actually majored in music before turning into design. Web design appeared after she had her first child, and she is completely self thought. Some girl! I am very honored to have her featured here, so I appreciate all your lovely comments to express admiration for such a talented designer. You can visit her at her design blog Randa Clay.com or at her personal site Honestly Crazy.

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Tutorial: How to make 3D typography with 3D max and Photoshop (Part 3)

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:53:18 +0000

Last time we learned the basics of 3D Studio Max and created a 3D version of our vector Logo and rendered it.

Now we are ready to complete our “masterpiece” in Photoshop.

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Ultimate list of Logo resources

Blogger.Iconshock — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:24:05 +0000

Jacob Cass, one of the best logo designers in today’s design industry, has listed the ultimate, most complete list of resources for anything you have to know about logos. In here you will find tutorials, galleries, theory articles and much much, more. Complement this list with our post 100 best logo Tutorials and you’ll become a logo Jedi. Watch it with that lightsaber!

Everything you need to be a logo guru is just one click away. Click on image to access.

Adding depth with 1px lines

Blogger.Iconshock — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:59:34 +0000

Sometimes subtle details are the difference between an amateur design and pro work. It’s incredible how tiny, almost invisible touches make a whole difference in the way a design is perceived. In this article by Henry Jones for “Web Design Ledger”, he shows us how a 1px line can add depth and separation to your images in a web layout.

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Picture China’s online censorship

Blogger.Iconshock — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:23:19 +0000

Google’s recent announcement of their bail out from China brings to the world’s attention, (yet again) the hardship and sometimes irrationality of Hu Jintao’s government censorship. This info graphic by our dear friends of “information is beautiful” gives us a lot to think about.

Click on image to see what is China imposing censorship online.

Brilliant type only logo designs

Blogger.Iconshock — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:45:39 +0000

January is always the month of reviews and roundups. Henry Jones made this cool list for “Web Design Ledger”, were he shows us 40 incredible logos designed only with type. Great inspirations for designers and also for entrepreneurs looking for ideas to refresh your brand.

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Web design Ledger’s, most popular posts of 2009

Blogger.Iconshock — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:55:03 +0000

“Web design Ledger” is one of the most renown and visited design blogs in the net. and today I wanted to post a list of their most poplar articles of last year. In this list you can find anything from icons, to textures, to some insight on the possible design trends of 2010. Worth your visit.

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Wordpress theme from scratch

Blogger.Iconshock — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:11:37 +0000

This is one of the most clear and useful tutorials I’ve read on the subject. Lam Nguyen made this series that explains step by step how to create your own Wordpress theme out of nothing. You don’t have to necessarily stick with what the free themes or commercial ones offer you. You can always do it yourself as the punks once said, with the aid of good’ old Photoshop or Gimp. Extremely recommended tutorial for anyone serious about blogging.

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How colour communicates meaning.

Blogger.Iconshock — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:17:02 +0000

Rob Mills has wrote this incredible post for the Think Vitamin blog, where he talks about the psychological and social interpretations of colour in design. One of the best posts of last year and a must read for every designer out there.

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Will fixed dimension designs disappear for good?

Blogger.Iconshock — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:07:46 +0000

not more than twenty years ago, almost everything had a fixed design. If you designed a book, you knew that the user will be reading that book exactly the way you meant it to be read. Information didn’t have changes is its way of being assimilated from the publisher to the consumer. But times change pretty quickly and design is facing a new conceptual battle. Check out these cool reflections by the good people from The positive Space Blog.

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Building the UX dream team

Blogger.Iconshock — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:40:17 +0000

How can you assemble the perfect guys to develop killer Ux projects? User experience design is a relatively new area compared to all the other facets of design and technology, and it’s very difficult to know really who you are hiring just by their resume and interview. Anthony
Colfelt made this incredible two part article for the “Boxes and Arrows” blog, where he signals out some key details you can bet on to find just the team you need.

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Aspects to take care of in a minimalistic layout

Blogger.Iconshock — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:43:26 +0000

Mies Van der Rohe is one of the most influential sculptors of modern society. This German born architect made a body of work that has influenced urban landscapes since the 50’s. One of his most coined phrases was “less is more” and that has become the main concept behind minimalism. Check out this straightforward post by Sarah for Your inspiration web. where she enumerates the main aspects to keep an eye on when going towards this timeless tendency. Examples included!

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