Colour palettes by topic...

For this article I have decided to do a little research and find some popular colour palettes being used across web sites of various topics. Some of the sites I looked at are the most popular in their field while others are just personal favorites. Basically these are not exactly scientific findings, instead simply some colour combinations that I enjoyed and found effective for their topics. So...

Web templates...

Every day I get emails asking for help and explanations of terms and processes in web design. This is why I have decided to create a series of articles aimed at beginners. This article is the first in the series. Web templates – why use them Web templates are ideal to use when building a professional looking website in a small amount of time and on a lower budget then when hiring someone...

Free web template – Squick Design...

This is a web template, featuring 3 separate pages: Home, contact and portfolio. There’s no need to link back to this site when using it but it is always appreciated should you choose to! You can download the Joomla version here, thank you to joomla.it for converting the template. The top squiggly arrow is removable without any problems. Simply remove the arrow.jpg reference from the...

Design Inspiration of the week – nemstudio...

This week’s design inspiration comes from blog.nemstudio.com. As well as the beautiful header, the right hand side bar also has a fantastic design with careful attention to detail. I love the...

New premium wordpress theme: One Theme...

One Theme is the latest premium wordpress theme available with many fantastic features. These include: Custom Control Panel Widget Ready Adsense Ready FREE Updates forever Unique “Hot Conversation” Plugin Featured Homepage Article Search engine optimised And lots more. It is an advanced, feature packed, attractive wordpress theme that will give any blog a professional look without costing a...

Monotone wordpress theme...

Monotone is a rather unique theme which changes colour depending on the image attached to a post. It was created for photoblogs in mind (or at least blogs who use an image in every post) as the theme changes it’s colour automatically from a sampling of the image used in the post. The theme is available for WordPress.com or self hosted .org wordpress blogs. You can download it from this...

Weekly design inspiration and trends...

I would like to make this a regular feature on this blog, a short article or a few images about interesting design related articles or well designed sites from which we can get inspired. So without further ado: This week’s inspiring articles: 2008 design trends – Webdesigner Wall has compiled this nice list of sites which set the trends of 2008 which is along the lines of the hand...