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The Most Popular Posts
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Articles
- Giving Users Some Credit
- Designing for the Mind
- Ask the Expert – A Chat About Art, Design, Computers and Education with Milton Glaser
- Increasing Innovation with Hack Nights
- The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 3)
- The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 2)
- The Process Behind Good Illustration (Part 1)
- Insights Into the Running of a Design Business
- CSS Posters
- Seven Tips for Your Design Job Interview
- Grid-Based Web Design, Simplified
- Ask the Expert – Design Discussion with Chuck Anderson of NoPattern
- Choosing Your First Full Time Position Wisely
- Meeting Your Client for the First Time
- The Basics of Business Card Design
- What I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Freelancing
- Getting Started with Banner Advertisements
- What's Brand?
- What Every Designer Should Do Right Now
- The Secret Behind Great Designs: A Young Web Designer’s View
- To Sketch or Not to Sketch – That is the Question
- Ask the Expert – Speaking About Startups with Collis Ta'eed of Envato
- Behind the Scenes of the Design Informer Redesign
- How to Drastically Improve Your Designs
- Design Informer is 3 Months Old
- Your Creative Drive
- Principles of Great Design: Craftsmanship
- Lorem Ipsum is Killing Your Designs
- Ask the Expert – Design Discussion with James White
- Did You Accept the Daily Design Challenge?
- Web Design Iterations and Algorithms
- Understanding the Value of Constructive Discussion in the Design Community
- The "Wow" Factor in Web Design
- Forming Professional Alliances with Others
- The Benefits of Experimentation
- Ask the Expert – Typography Talk with Brian Hoff
- Where Do You Work?
- Ask the Expert – Using WordPress to Build Large Scale Websites with Derek Herman
- Some People Actually Read: Sparing a Thought for ‘Readers’ in the Design Community
- The Bare Bones That Every Freelance Contract Should Have
- Ask the Expert – Maintaining Multiple Websites with Nick La
- Dealing With Your Mistakes
- 5 Simple and Effective Things that Designers Should Do During Thanksgiving
- Ask the Expert – Designing a Logo with David Airey
- All About Comic Sans – History, Examples and Best Practices
- Why I Can't Stop Blogging About Design
- The Favorite Colors of Our Favorite Designers
- Ask the Expert – Starting a Design Blog with Grant Friedman of Colorburned
- Welcome to the Design Informer
Tutorials
- You Can Use CSS3 Right Now
- Create a Cute Little Tiger in Illustrator
- Easy as 1-2-3: Widgetize WordPress Themes
- Out of This World Tutorials
- 3 Ways You Can Use a Useless Photo
- How to Mix Faces in Adobe Photoshop
Freebies
- Wallpaper of the Week – Kiss
- Wallpaper of the Week – Dark Tiger
- Wallpaper of the Week – Colourful Universe
- Wallpaper of the Week – Love Color
- Ginormous Christmas Giveaway Winners
- Wallpaper of the Week – Solid
- Enter the Ginormous Christmas Giveaway
- Wallpaper of the Week – Desire and Disparity
- Gloss’d – A Free Icon Set
- Wallpaper of the Week – Shine On
- Wallpaper of the Week – Escape
- Wallpaper of the Week – Ideas Are Powerful
- Wallpaper of the Week – Cosmic Shapes
- Free Under Construction XHTML/CSS Template
Resources
- inForums: Inform and Get Informed
- 10 Ways To Beef Up Your Website’s Security
- My Favorite Icon Sets
- Weekly Wrap: The Redesign
- 20 Indispensable Browser Based Apps
- 25 of the Best Free Fonts from Deviant Art
- 17 Useful WordPress Plugins That You Should Install On Your Own Blog
Inspiration
- Awesome Mother’s Day Designs
- Heart Directed: A Gallery of Art Directed Blogs
- 100 Years of Movie Title Stills
- Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien From the Eyes of Designers
- Help Haiti: Designers Getting Involved
- Typography Eye Candy
- Impressive Tumblr Customizations
- 10 Clever and Effective Series of Advertisements
- Spectacular Holiday Typography
- What an Animal – Illustrations of Pigs
- Out of This World Typography
- Incredible Black and White Typography
- The Outstanding Work of Jon Malkemus
- Creative Toy Story Artwork
- What an Animal – Illustrations of Turkeys
- The Unique Portfolio of Serial Cut
- What an Animal – Illustrations of Lions
- Delicious Foodscapes by Carl Warner
- The Awesome Work of Michael Heald
- Massive Collection of Nature Inspired Typography
- What an Animal – Illustrations of Whales
- 15 Impressive Case Studies from Behance
- 20 Extraordinary Blogs With Unique Post Designs
- The Stylish Typography of Joshua Blankenship
- The Fabulous, Must-See Work of Anthony Hare
- 20 Stunning Illustrations of US Soldiers
- 18 Interesting Ronald McDonald Illustrations
- 50 Creative Star Logos For Inspiration
Recommended Reading
- The Secret Law of Page Harmony
- 4 Dangerous Mistakes Web Designers Make When Presenting Content
- Why I Sold Zappos
- The Benefits of Slow Design
- The Sneakiest Design Ever
- Ways to Approach Design Trends
- Design is Nowhere
- Thoughts on Flash
- A Case for Space
- Design Blind
- That design is money!
- The future of wireframes?
- My Thoughts on Art Directed Blog Posts
- The Definitive Guide To Higher Rankings For Your Blog
- Ten Graphic Design Paradoxes
- Redesigning and Re-Evaluating
- Learn About Design
- Branding, Identity & Logo Design Explained
- The Dying Art Of Design
- Web Design is 95% Typography
- The Inevitable Rise of the Gated Community
- Stop Reading "Clients from Hell"
- Doesn’t Matter, I Hate It
- Development Process of the Plancast Penguin
- Cultivating Conversations
- The Future Of CSS Typography
- 2010: The Year of Common Sense User Experience
- Using Narrative Styles for Web Form Increased Conversion by 25-40%
- Q&A: A Career in Web Design
- Typography Quick Tips
- The AIDA Marketing Model in Web Design
- 6 Things Bob Taught Us
- Homo Universalis


