Apr 19 2011

Sarah & Adrienne Kahn - Showcase Of Creative Navigation Menus: Good And Bad Examples

Good navigation is the main cornerstone of an effective website. In practice, however, it’s often a tough challenge to come up with a meaningful, unambiguous way to organize, arrange, and display co

Showcases , Navigation , Web Design , Design

Dec 04 2008

György Fekete - Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices

On content-heavy websites, the search box is often the most frequently used design element. From a usability point of view, irritated users use the search function as a last option when looking for

Showcases , Search , Inspiration , User Interaction , Web Design

Nov 03 2009

Julia May - 50 Beautiful and Creative Blog Designs

The most recent collection of creative blog designs was featured here on Smashing Magazine back in July. Only three months have passed and we’ve got a new dose of inspiration for you. Beautiful and

Showcases , Inspiration , Blogging

Nov 17 2025

Frederick O’Brien - The Grayscale Problem

Last year, a study found that cars are steadily getting less colourful. In the US, around 80% of cars are now black, white, gray, or silver, up from 60% in 2004. This trend has been attributed to co

Colors , Opinion Column , Design

Mar 26 2008

Sean Hodge - Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques

Grid systems bring visual structure and balance to site design. As a tool grids are useful for organizing and presenting information. Used properly, they can enhance the user experience by creating

Techniques , Grids , Layouts , Web Design , Design

Feb 13 2010

Lee Munroe - The Definitive Guide To Styling Links With CSS

So without links, we’d be lost. We look for them on the page when we want to venture further. Sure, we pause to read a bit, but inevitably we end up clicking a link of some sort. Further Reading on

seo , Web Design , Design

Jun 17 2009

Matt Cronin - Informative And Usable Footers In Web Design

Website designs have so many different elements that work together to convey information in a usable and organized manner. For a website to be effective, every element on the page, from the header t

Showcases , Footers , Inspiration

Jan 04 2009

Jacob Gube - 35 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Video Tutorials

Adobe Illustrator is the industry-standard when it comes to the creation of vector graphics. Though a very robust tool - the learning curve involved in mastering it can be high. Thankfully, there ar

Videos , adobe , Illustrator , Tutorials , Graphics

Nov 05 2008

Dmitry Fadeyev - Strategic Design: 6 Steps For Building Successful Websites

Web design isn’t art. It involves a whole collection of different skills — from copywriting and typography to layout and art — all fused together to create an interface that not only features a plea

Marketing , ux , Branding , Strategy , Usability , Web Design , Product Strategy