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Type is a fundamental part of any design it appears in. It can be used as text to read, as a shape and as a visual element where the choice of typeface conveys an emotion or mood. Type, when used well doesn't need a photograph or illustration to back it u

Discover the five design elements that every well-built website needs. Includes tips and tricks for content and navigation design.

Links to videos for each of the elements in the periodic table.

Planning and communication are two key elements in the development of any successful website or application. And that is exactly what the wireframing process offers:

Free, online teacher professional development on 21st century learning concepts: Project-Based Approaches from Intel Teach.

So far in this series we've taken an amateur design and improved it in several ways. We aligned design elements to provide a sense of order, we used repetition

Last week our discussion revolved around repetition as a basic design principle. We saw how adding repetitive elements highlights similarity and how repetition

Last week we talked about alignment as one of the four design basics. We looked at a web page who's elements were randomly strewn across the page and by

For his new book, communications coach Carmine Gallo watched hours of Jobs' keynotes. Here he identifies the five elements of every presentation by the Apple CEO.

SitePoint Blogs: News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers

Buttons, whatever their purpose, are important design elements. They could be the end point of a Web form or a call to action. Designers have many reasons to style...

In a typical web layout, a designer needs to place a logo, text, photographs or illustration. By making a conscious effort to work on the relationship between these elements to produce an eye catching design.

Learn a simple, five-step web design process to make sure you include the basic elements every website needs while freeing your mind to be more creative.

In today's post, I want to walk through how I built the graphics in the course. They're easy to do. And once you have the techniques down, you can surely use that overhead office look in other elearning courses. It's definitely a great way to create an immersive elearning experience.

The theme has 2 columns, a quite vibrant design including "personal" design elements such as handwritten headings, stick-it-notes, clips and pins. The theme was designed by Evan Eckard especially for Smashing Magazine and its readers.

Ever wondered how a particular effect was achieved in a web design, and, after zooming in several clicks, you found that the author added several subtle shadows, borders, gradients, etc? In the past, this was achieved simply by slicing out an image, and setting it as a background of some element. Luckily, with CSS3, we can be afforded much more flexibility. Now, while the code for such a simple effect might be a bit tedious, it's well worth it, and that's what we'll review in today's written and video quick tip!

HTML5 is giving web designers and developers new capabilities that were things of fantasy with previous versions of HTML. Web pages will now be more semantic with the use of structure specific tags. Visual elements like rounded corners are now built in, and so is the ability to create drag and drop interactivity. Even though HTML5 is not fully supported in major browsers, there are those that are pushing forward and experimenting with its new features. In an effort to encourage you to do the same and to prepare you for the future, we've rounded up 15 useful HTML5 tutorials and cheat sheets.

Pictures for everything on the table.