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25 Design Blog

cosmos — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:33:12 +0000

Most of us visit several different blogs every day. While the greatest factor in a blog being successful and useful is the content, having a memorable and attractive design can certainly help. With so many blogs using the same or similar themes, a unique design can have a positive impact on first time visitors and can improve the visitor’s experience on the blog.

In this post we’ll showcase 25 blogs with beautiful designs. Hopefully these examples will prove to be useful for your own design inspiration

Our Swiss Life

Jonathan Lochhead

Laura Burciaga

Poco Mountain Girl

Little Miss Heirlooms

Code School

Design Intellection

Janko at Warp Speed

Flight Brigade

Gourmade at Home

Inchoo

Web Design Fan

Web Designer Wall

Kendra Schaefer

Chitwood & Hobbs

Another Face in the Crowd

Girl with a Camera

Bilder von Freunden

Dave Gamache

Iemai

Joey Lomanto

Raven Blog

The Bright

Web Standards Sherpa

Build Internet

30+ 3D Flash Websites Ever

cosmos — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:41:59 +0000

Beauty will save the world! And digital world will be saved by attractive and magnetic 3D Flash websites which are almost brilliant works of art. This kind of sites quickly draws audience’s attention as it provides rich visual experience. So today we would like to touch the subject of 3D Flash Websites – the most interactive and creative web projects for those who do care about the impression they make.

Developers consider Flash to be a platform with a wide range of opportunities in a website building and presentation, but at the same time it is a rather complex tool which requires certain coding knowledge and skills. Moreover, often Flash sites have essential downsides in comparison with static ones: slow loading and inability of search engines to crawl website pages are mostly called weak points of Flash. But we are sure that Flash is the ultimate solution for creating interactive websites which will blow visitor’s minds. And 3D Flash websites are especially alluring thanks to their fascinating three-dimensional effects. It’s a kind of virtual reality where you are a welcome visitor.

3D Flash websites listed below will make you sit with eyes wide open, even if you are a Flash antagonist. And if you are a true fan of Flash technology then you will definitely be impressed with the interactive beauty displayed on your screen. Just check these 3D Flash websites out!

Liniers

Paper critters

Vestas

Limbus

PNC

Optus

Apoteket

Whirly

Puma

Legends of Valhalla

Immersive garden

Mechaniks

Sensisoft

Danonino’s welt

The rainbow warrior

Ben Faragau

My tunnel

Whittakers

100 best films

Nelo music

Nespresso

InTru3D

The band Dancer

Fout the design

Biliouris

Playmedia

Camp Balcones Springs

Moment of truth

Adobe museum

Galaxy

Gymnasium

Grow

Hop

Day and Night

eMag 3D

50 Beautiful E-Commerce Website

cosmos — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:49:18 +0000

Many e-commerce sites aren’t the most attractive websites. There’s often a lot of clutter with little to distinguish the design from any other site. Of course, selling products is more important to an e-commerce site than having a pretty design, but these 50 examples show that some e-commerce sites display excellent design.

A Better Tomorrow

Bonjour Mon Coussin

Mouse to Minx

Bad Designer Threads

40 Inspiring Examples Of Macro Photography

cosmos — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:06:34 +0000

Macro photography, the art of taking close-up photos, can produce incredible results that show us the world in a different way than we normally see it through our own eyes. The details in macro photos can be stunning, as you will see below.

In this post we’ll showcase 40 different examples of macro photography from a variety of photographers. If you see something that you would like to view in full size, please click the image or the credit link to be taken to the source.

Photo credit: Michael Dykstra

Photo credit: Suren Manvelyan

Photo credit: Joni Niemela

Photo credit: Justin Dotson

Photo credit: Andiyan Lutfi

Photo credit: Izidor Gasperlin

Photo credit: Jimmy Hoffman

Photo credit: Andiyan Lutfi

Photo credit: Daniel Aviles

Photo credit: Hubert Kosmowski

Photo credit: Marl1

Photo credit: Magik

Photo credit: Fabien BRAVIN

Photo credit: Iryna Melnyk

Photo credit: Brizadly Arifin

Photo credit: Alexander Zubrickij

Photo credit: Ursula I Abresch

Photo credit: Billie Jo Moscherosch

Photo credit: Fabien BRAVIN

Photo credit: Alexander Zubrickij

Photo credit: Jimmy Hoffman

Photo credit: Billie Jo Moscherosch

Photo credit: Heidi Westum

Photo credit: Joakim Kraemer

Photo credit: Ivaylo Petrov

Photo credit: Suren Manvelyan

Photo credit: FA Design

Photo credit: Justin Dotson

Photo credit: Daniel Aviles

Photo credit: Erhan Dayi

Photo credit: Mikesi

Photo credit: Jimmy Hoffman

Photo credit: Heidi Westum

Photo credit: Hajdu Tamas

Photo credit: Joan Safont

Photo credit: William88

Showcase of Community Websites For Your Design Inspiration

cosmos — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:00:40 +0000

We frequently showcase examples of well-designed websites in various industries, and we had a reader request a collection of community-oriented websites for inspiration. In this post we’ve gathered 25 community websites to showcase some examples of outstanding design. The sites come from a wide variety of different industries, but they all share the common focus of bringing together like-minded people in some way.hope you like

BabyList

Smashapp

CSS Globe

My City Lives

Sweet Hat Club

Daily Burn

Carbonmade

Last.fm

Art in My Coffee

Foodzie

Buzznet

Pure Volume

Trulia

Loopt

Face 2 Face

Brite Revolution

Brightkite

Pictory

Flickwit

Culinary Culture

Dribbble

Gowalla

Designers Couch

Dishizzle

design:related

30+ Tutorials About Design Your Own Business Cards

cosmos — Thu, 12 May 2011 04:28:21 +0000

Business cards are an important marketing tool for many designers, and a lot of web designers also design business cards for their clients. If you’re interested in learning more about business card design take a look at the tutorials presented here. Some of the tutorials cover the process of designing the card in Photoshop and others use Illustrator.

How to Create a Nebula Background Business Card

How to Create a Sweet Bokeh Business Card in Photoshop

Design a Clean Striped Business Card in Illustrator

Making a Print-Ready Business Card Using Only Photoshop

Design a Print Ready Business Card

How to Create Print Ready Standard Size Business Cards

How to Create Old Grunge Style Print Ready Business Card

Stylish Print-Ready Business Card Design

Designing a Professional Business Card in Photoshop

Create a Molten Chocolate Business Card in Photoshop

Make a Swiss Design Inspired Business Card in 30 Minutes

How to Design a Business Card

How to Create a Stylish Business Card Template in Adobe Photoshop

How to Make a Space-Themed Business Card in Photoshop

Business Card Design Walkthrough

Create a Slick Business Card with Stunning Typography

Creating a Colorful Vibrant Business Card

Create a Fun Print-Ready Doodled Business Card Design

How to Make a Great Print-Ready Business Card in Photoshop

Creating a Cartoony Print-Ready Business Card in Photoshop

How to Create a Sophisticated Business Card Design

Create a Print-Ready Business Card Design in Illustrator

How to Create a Colorful Business Card Template in Illustrator CS4

Create a Business Card in Illustrator and Print it with UPrinting

How to Design an Abstract Business Card in Photoshop

Design a Slick Print Ready Business Card Design Using Photoshop

Create a Grunge Print-Ready Business Card

Design a Cool and Original Jeans Style Business Card in Photoshop

Design a Print-Ready Business Card for Designers

Business Card Design Project Walkthrough

Making a Grungy Business Card

Cardboard and Torn Paper Business Card

Design a Dirty Business Card

20+ Illustrations for your Inspiration

cosmos — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:56:10 +0000

In today’s post I will share with you 23 inspiring illustrations that take a different approach from piece to piece. Let us know your favorite in the comments.

TwiggX

Simple Public Figures

DRIVER

Paradigm Shift Illustrations

Saurians Renaissance (Calendar 2011)

Da Monk

40 Logo Designs

cosmos — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:52:50 +0000

In this post we have collected some awesome logo designs for inspiration. Enjoy!

The Olde World Rug Washing Company

Logo to the 30 anniversary of fan-movement FC

Montana’s Tree & Lawn Service

Ugodno

OpenCandy

Illuminarty Creatives

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

20+ Inspirational Typographic

cosmos — Wed, 11 May 2011 04:49:06 +0000

Another typography post to inspire you today.

Type Treatments & Typography

ESPN Magazine

Illustrations NOVEMBER 2010

the person you love is 72.8% water

Typographic Experiment

HotelAmbrose Identity / 2011

Gabriel Sans

Esquire Magazine – “The Best Bars in America” Coasters

The Bends Typeface

Heston’s Fantastical Feasts

Screen Prints

WORK 2010

TYPOGRAPHY

Type Treatments & Typography

Showcase of Amazing Vector Art

cosmos — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:50:33 +0000

Seeing what are designers are doing can be a great source of inspiration and motivation. Today we’re featuring vector designs, and this post includes more than 30 for your own inspiration. This showcase includes vectors of people, cars, and other objects.

Eiffel Tower

Alyson Hannigan

Blood Sweat Vector

Saleen S7R

Look Away

Cassandra

Rachel Nichols

Harlequin

Johnny Depp

As Good As It Gets Poster

Jessica Alba

Communion

Self Portrait

TV Kills Everything

Vector Fun

Vectors Eat Toast Too

Parrot of the East

Free

Dodge Viper

Poster

Dijean Neo

Illustration

The Renegade

Witch

Super Lucky Nintendo

Adriana Lima

2F2F Skyline

Hamasaki

Best Church Website Designs

cosmos — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:57:48 +0000

As far as web design is concerned, churches have come a long way in recent years. It wasn’t too many years ago that most church websites were several years behind the times. Apparently a growing number of churches today are recognizing the importance of their web presence.

This gallery isn’t only for those who design church sites; these examples are excellent sources of inspiration for any design project. Many of them involve excellent use of color, images, and graphics that draw attention right away. In addition, most church sites have a lot of content that needs to be displayed and easily navigated. The layouts and methods used here can be applied to other projects with similar requirements.

Here are some of my favorites. Let me know which ones you like in the comments.

Bethlehem Baptist Church

Christ’s Church of the Valley

(Note: this website’s design has been changed since this was originally posted.)

Church of the Open Door

The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

The Community Church

Crossroads Church

St. Gregory’s of Nyssa Episcopal Church

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Trinity United Methodist Church

Zion Reformed Church

River City Church

(Note: this website’s design has changed since this was originally posted.)

Memorial Baptist Church

Generation Church

Northside Christian Church

(Note: this website’s design has changed since this was originally posted.)

Hope Christian City Church

Island Evangelical Community Church

Lake Ridge Church

(Note: this website is no longer available.)

Bethel Temple

Southridge Community Church

Lakemount Worship Center

Elim International Church

Calvary Bible Church of Kalamazoo

New Life Presbyterian Church

Calvary Church

Revolution Church

Church of the Incarnation

City of Grace

Church on the Rock

Grace Community Church

Rolling Hills Community Church

Genesis Church

Shandon Presbyterian Church

Far Hills Community Church

Fellowship Church

Gateway Fellowship Church

Glad Tidings Assembly

LifeChurch

Trinity Fellowship

Watermark Community Church

Westside Family Church

(Note: this website’s design has changed since this was originally posted.)

Woodlawn Church

Fellowship of the Woodlands Church

Church of the Valley

The City Church

New Song Church

(Note: their website has changed since this was originally posted.)

Missionary Baptist Church

(Note: this website is no longer active.)

Edmond’s First Baptist Church

Beautiful Amazing Vector Art

cosmos — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:49:31 +0000

Eiffel Tower

Alyson Hannigan

Blood Sweat Vector

Saleen S7R

Look Away

Cassandra

Rachel Nichols

Harlequin

Johnny Depp

As Good As It Gets Poster

Jessica Alba

Communion

Self Portrait

TV Kills Everything

Vector Fun

Vectors Eat Toast Too

Parrot of the East

Free

Dodge Viper

Poster

Dijean Neo

Alessandra

Illustration

Dodge Challenger

The Renegade

Milk Shakespeare

Witch

Pepper Vector

Goldfish Turn On

Super Lucky Nintendo

Adriana Lima

2F2F Skyline

Hamasaki

40+ Reflection Photography

cosmos — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:25:30 +0000

Beautiful photographs serve as an excellent source of inspiration for designers. In this post we’ll showcase 45 photos from various photographers that make use of reflections. If you see something you like, click on the image or the photographer’s link and you will be led to the source where you can view the photo in full size or browse through other work from the photographer

Photo credit: xxsanelunaticxx

Photo credit: tomaskaspar

Photo credit: Moramarth

Photo credit: Eva McDermott

Photo credit: jeremi12

Photo credit: Emma Hodson

Photo credit: 6-Nedward

Photo credit: Azimos

Photo credit: Scear

Photo credit: iQayed

Photo credit: Masha Sedykh

Photo credit: hakukamizaki

Photo credit: Mustardplz

Photo credit: John R

Photo credit: Zhornik

Photo credit: Martin

Photo credit: Phil

Photo credit: Mostaque Chowdhury

Photo credit: Midlander1231

Photo credit: O-Renzo

Photo credit: darlingangels3

Photo credit: Andy Whiteley

Photo credit: Simeon Klimasewski

Photo credit: Arturo Sotillo

Photo credit: SP8254

Photo credit: tanakawho

Photo credit: epicnom

Photo credit: Jim Boud

Photo credit: Dead Habits

Photo credit: CatDancing

Photo credit: Simon

Photo credit: Jaroslaw Pocztarski

Photo credit: Sathish J

Photo credit: Liz

Photo credit: Emma

Photo credit: Leland Francisco

Photo credit: Paul David

Photo credit: Pieter Musterd

Photo credit: Paul Huber

Photo credit: Bu

Photo credit: Dene Miles

Photo credit: Gerry Balding

Photo credit: William Cho

Photo credit: Graela

Photo credit: inayaART

50 Best And Useful Designer Portfolio Sites

cosmos — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:50:44 +0000

In the past few months I’ve seen a number of outstanding portfolio sites that weren’t included in that post, so I put together this collection of another 50.

Web Media Alliance

Usman Group

Just.dot

Theatre Website Services

Hambo Development

Jay Hafling

Clear Media

Dumbwaiter Design

BLK+MTN

Emerge & Bloom

MonCarton

Furthersite Website Solutions

Bainbridge Studios

Andrea Cima Serniotti

2000 Free Photoshop Patterns

cosmos — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:28:09 +0000

Today I have put together the largest collection of free Photoshop patterns . Enjoy!

Rope/Hair Seamless Vector Pattern

ScrappinCop Pattern Set1 (12)

Wooden Pattern Pack

(13)

Stylized Clouds 1

Carbon Fiber Patterns (10)

Very flowery PS free patterns (6)

Free Ornament PS Patterns (12)

Photoshop Patterns (25)

Damask Patterns Volume 2 (15)

squidfingers (158)

Japanese style pattern (40)

Summer Pattern Pack Vol. 8 (14)

Patterns .23

(33)

Dice patterns (5)

Cloudy abstract deep blue tileable photoshop pattern set (10)

Patterns (52)

Patterns

(25)

Patterns (14)

Patterns (44)

Patterns (34)

Pixel patterns (200)

Patterns (16)

Cute patterns (17)

Pattern

(28)

Simply But Elegant Floral Photoshop Pattern Set (4)

Pixel Patterns (24)

web 2.0 Pattern Collection (139)

Basic Elements (50)

Japanese Love Song (14)

Cutie Patterns (25)

That’s My Dad (20)

French Wallpaper Patterns (18)

Tartan Patterns (46)

Flowers Patters for Photoshop (6)

Photoshop Patterns

Photoshop Patterns (12)

Victorian – PS Patterns (45)

Vintage Patterns (12)

Arabic Patterns for Photoshop

(4)

Grandmas Flowers (4)

Paisley

Seamless Paper Patterns (6)

Grungy Abstract Squares Photoshop Patterns (4)

Tileable Midnight Blue Grunge Patterns (5)

Flat Grungy Summer Stripes Seamless Patterns

(6)

Intricate Lace

Abstract Gears (3)

Geometric Links (3)

Soft Pastel Abstract Light Patterns

(5)

Gears and Cogs (3)

Vintage Velvet

Grungy Tileable Diamond Patterns (5)

Damask Patterns Volume 2 (15)

Micro Patterns (54)

Patterns (5)

Patterns

(10)

Tileable Playful Lavender Peach Patterns (5)

Skull Patterns (2)

Metal Mesh Patterns – Pack 1 (14)

Vector Patterns (12)

Ultimate Carbon Patterns Pack (16)

Softly Plaidly- Peachy Keen (11)

patterns 01 (12)

GypsyGarden” Seamless tile (2)

Retro Grunge Wallpaper Pattens (10)

PS Patterns Pack 2 (3)

70′s Photoshop Pattern

octopus photoshop patterns (90)

Pie – Photoshop Patterns

(5)

Grungy Festive Seamless Photoshop Patterns (8)

Strawberry + Chocolate Pattern (8)

Retro Butter (11)

Summer Pattern Pack Vol. 2 (14)

Midnight Blue Patterns (6)

Diagonal Stripes Set 1 (6)

Photoshop Pattern Sets Made with Gliftic (8)

ZigZag Pattern Set (10)

squidfingers (108)

Floral Patterns 01 (28)

Plaid and Checkered Patterns

(25)

Ninja Noise Patterns (10)

Patterns .22 (30)

Spring Fling (36)

Patterns (20)

Grungy Tileable Vintage Patterns (10)

Tileable Fabric Photoshop Pattern Set (12)

Faded Mauve Vintage Photoshop Patterns (4)

115 Seamless – Blue Patterns (115)

free retro nature patterns (3)

30+ Awesome Typographic Portraits

cosmos — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:06:29 +0000

In this post we are featuring some awesome typographic portraits. Enjoy!

Mother Teresa in Type

Weiland_Type

type

Reznor type portrait + gig poster

A Man of His Word

typographic portrait

self portrait

Kurt Cobain – Nirvana

Tribute to the Dalai Lama

Muhammad Ali Typeface Portrait

Michael Jordan Typeface

Tutorials

How to make a Typographic, Retro, Space Face

Super Easy Typographic Portrait in Photoshop

Make yourself an Amazing Typographic Portrait

Creating a Typographic Portrait

Typographic Portrait like Grammy’s Posters

Technologic-Daft Punk

Slavocracy

Redemption Song-Bob Marley

Darth Vader-The Sith lord

‘The Dream” Martin Luther King

Nelly Furtado Typographic Portrait

Typographic portrait of Grigore Vieru

Typographical Face

Jimi Hendrix Typography Poster

Mahatma Gandhi in Type

Too much pressure

lyric portrait 2nd attempt

Beautiful Boogieman

Mr. Marley

B.A.

30+ Specialty Galleries for Your Design Inspiration

cosmos — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:19:42 +0000

All designers need inspiration. That inspiration can come from just about anywhere, and ideally inspiration will be found from a variety of different sources. Nature, print publications, art, music, photography, architecture, and other things that are all around us can serve as excellent sources of design inspiration. But since most web and graphic designers are online for hours at a time, gallery sites and blogs often become a go-to source of inspiration.

While web design and CSS galleries have been popular for several years now, specialty or niche galleries often prove to be the most useful sources of online inspiration. In this post we’ll feature 35 different galleries that may prove to be very helpful for you.

Teespiration

A gallery of creative and inspiring t-shirt designs.

Packaging of the World

Packaging design inspiration from various products around the world.

The Die Line

More of a blog than a gallery, but a consistent source of package design inspiration.

Sustainable Packaging

A showcase of environmentally-friendly package design.

Card Observer

A gallery of creative and well-designed business cards.

Cardview

A gallery of creative and well-designed business cards.

Card Nerd

A gallery of creative and well-designed business cards.

Cardonizer

A gallery of creative and well-designed business cards.

Ads of the World

A gallery of creative advertisements.

The Creative Ad Awards

A gallery of creative advertisements.

I Believe in Advertising

A gallery of creative advertisements.

Adverbox

A gallery of creative advertisements.

Motion Graphics Served

Showcasing beautiful motion graphics, from the Behance Network.

Motionspire

Showcasing beautiful motion graphics.

MotionGraphics.nu

Showcasing beautiful motion graphics.

LogoPond

A user-submitted logo design gallery.

Logo of the Day

A logo design gallery.

Logo Faves

A logo design gallery.

LogoMoose

A logo design gallery.

illyPads

A user-submitted illustration gallery.

Illustration Served

An illustration gallery, from the Behance Network.

HTML5 Beauty

Showcasing sites that make use of HTML5.

HTML5 Gallery

Showcasing sites that make use of HTML5.

Ars HTML5 Gallery

Showcasing sites that make use of HTML5.

Ars CSS3 Gallery

Showcasing sites that make use of CSS3.

jQuery Style

Showcasing sites that make use of jQuery.

CartFrenzy

A gallery of well-designed e-commerce sites.

eCommerce Gallery

A gallery of well-designed e-commerce sites.

CartCraze

A gallery of well-designed e-commerce sites.

Folio Focus

A gallery of beautiful portfolio sites.

Foliostars

A gallery of beautiful portfolio sites.

Pixel Perfect Portfolios

A gallery of Flash-based portfolio sites.

Mobile Awesomeness

A gallery of mobile websites.

CSS iPhone

A gallery of mobile websites.

eduStyle

A gallery of higher education websites.

Some Examples For Creative Logo Design

cosmos — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:22:14 +0000

A logo design can have a major impact on the branding and memorability of a company. Sometimes the creativity of a logo can help to draw attention, make it more memorable, or even help to communicate something important about the company or what it does. In this post we’ll showcase 40 examples of logo design to get your creative juices flowing.

The examples shown here will demonstrate creativity in a variety of different ways, but they all help to capture attention in one way or another. Not all effective logos need to attempt to be this type of clever or creative design, but they can be very powerful in the right situation.

Buzzword Studios

Summit Drycleaning

Upside Town

Word Refuge

Cyber Cafe

Wine Searcher

Poker Hills

Raven

Optical Strength

CityCliq

MusicSkull Records

Flyer-City