A Designer’s Dream Office
I believe Imaginista’s office is one of the most impressive creative spaces I have seen. Not only is the interior incredible, but the views outside are amazing as well – and you’ve got to love their neighborhood.
Read Article »Introducing Themes: The Best WordPress Themes
There are many talented theme designers and developers coming out of the woodwork to create impressive Wordpress themes at great prices (and sometimes free), and the quality of these themes has been increasing as well as the number of themes available. So a new Themes section was created to showcase the best of the best in Wordpress themes so you can spend less time looking for those great themes and more time doing what you love.
Read Article »The Switch to FireHost for Secure Hosting
Unfortunately, it seems like there are more and more attacks on websites these days. It doesn’t matter who you are or how popular your website is. If you have a website, your files are at risk of b
Read Article »The Smashing Book 2
As I began reading through this book, I was quite impressed with the topics chosen for the chapters. It covers a wide range of areas that many web and design professionals are interested in. From graphic design principles and wireframing to mobile app design and web typography – this book contains all of the things that we love to read about.
Read Article »The New Site: Breaking it Down
About a year and a half ago, I started to think about all of the things I wanted to do to improve this website. At first, I was just going to keep it in the Textpattern system it had already been in for years and just re-skin the site with some additional features. (This would have been the lazy way to do it.)
Read Article »The Role of a Web Designer
Back in 1998, when I was first diving into the world of HTML, there were several others that were doing the same and going by the title of Webmaster. Many of us had programming experience, but no design experience, and some had design experience, but knew nothing about programming.
Read Article »Digital Designers and Carpal Tunnel
For many web designers and digital artists, their profession requires them to sit in front of a computer for many hours each day. Although some may not realize it, this can be very hard on the body. The human body was not designed to sit for hours on end – nor were our eyes designed to stare at a computer screen all day. Our bodies, and especially our muscles, need activity and movement every day.
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