Designers aren’t just creating pleasing graphics for the Internet anymore. As a web designer you need to consider other properties of user interaction and coding. UX design is possibly the most important topic to cover, and this is especially true designing web forms. All webmasters should understand this message.

“What did you find most memorable about the world of web design in 2011?” That’s the question I posed to some of our industry’s shining stars last week. One word cropped up more than any other (can you guess?) and everyone had plenty to say. See for yourself after the jump, and let us know what rocked your boat in 2011!

As Ferris Bueller famously said “Life moves pretty fast; if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it”. Let’s heed his sage advice and take a moment to look around some web design trends we witnessed in 2011.

The web is an ever-changing beast, full of flaws and imperfection and experimentation.

One of the most notable changes to the web in 2011 was the roll out of Google’s new UI across a range of its products. In this article I’m going to look at the thought process behind Google’s UI decisions and determine what we can learn from their methods and principles.

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Color calibrating monitors is an issue that’s existed in the design community for decades. But a recent Twitter debate between Amy Hoy, Peter Cooper, Thomas Fuchs, and Thijs van der Vossen about the subject raised a crucial question: is color calibration necessary in web design?

Thumbnail: Colorful Graffiti, available on Photodune

CSS3 has got a huge potential to create very elaborate and complicated details by strictly using  CSS and no images. It can carry out a lot of functions as it is based on motion techniques. Many designers all over the world believe that CSS3 is a technique which has unbelievable potentiality which will be used [...]

Web design is a craft that is constantly evolving and yet also sometimes sabotaged. The moment a design is released, a new version is born. In the beginning, like a baby, it seems vulnerable and weak, but in time it grows up and becomes self-sufficient. Redesigning a website for its own sake doesn’t prove anything; quite the contrary, i...

First of all, we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year! To kick things off for 2012, we’ve gathered some amazing examples of subtle textures and patterns in web design. The web sites in this collection demonstrate that you don’t always have to over do it to make a big impression. Sometimes it’s better to use subtle design elements so that the focus is on the content. In many of these examples you’ll notice that the textures and patterns used are barely noticeable at first glance, but just enough to add an extra layer of interest and depth...