2008 Most Popular Design posts, Tutorials and Resources
2008 was a busy year, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping around everyday. Today we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity. Hopefully you will find some creative ideas that you can develop further in your future projects.
In the showcase below, you’ll find a variety of articles and posts from the most interesting web-design/development-related web-sites published in 2008.
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Websites You Shouldn’t Have Missed in August 2008
August was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity. I found some nice examples posted at devsnippets that is worth mentioning, so i am going to list them here as well.
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Websites you Shouldn´t have missed in JULY 2008
July was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity.
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Websites you shouldn’t have missed in JUNE 2008
June was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity.
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Websites you shouldn’t have missed in May 2008
May was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity.
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Masters of Graphic Design and Illustration: 25+ Interviews
Getting to know masters of graphic design is the first step every serious graphic designer should do . Today we brought you 25 talented graphic designers interviewed, and got you the answers to all the questions you might have. So lets get started and let us know who is your favorite designer and why.
Websites you shouldn’t have missed in April 2008
April was a busy month, we have been watching great news, articles, tutorials, scripts, tips and lot of inspiration for web designers popping up everyday so we thought it would be a great idea to wrap all those resources in one package where you can check to fuel your energy for creativity.
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60+ Unusual WP Blog Designs
This is the last article in the four-part series, "Powerful guide to master Your WordPress". We are taking a look at 60 Creatively unusual WordPress blog designs that are a little bit more distinctive from the regular WordPress Blog designs.
Watch out: Web Designer’s Awesomeness in February
4th Jul | Andrew Jhonson
For a change, this post is for readers from all niche, segment, interest, community and category. Even if you have no relation with the world of web designing you shall find reading it worthy.
4th Jul | Jeremy Horn
Have a great 4th of July! And, during this extended weekend enjoy some interesting extended weekend reading: on the importance of charging early, the debate over password masking, and early trends in Modular Innovation.
4th Jul | gizelle
Out of Bounds or simply OOB is a technique used to add a 3D feel to a flat photo image. Its a lot of fun and pretty easy to do.
4th Jul | gizelle
These 20 letterpress business cards featured in this post are a great example of how effective letterpress business cards can reflect you or your company.
4th Jul | Brian
Nice looking Wordpress theme with Grunge design. Free download and released under GPL.
4th Jul | Rakesh
Today I would like to share some interesting PHP codes to handle HTML dynamically. These codes are free to use under GNU General Public License.
4th Jul | Luis Lopez
When finishing design school you will learn so many thing your teachers never told you. Here you have some of those things.
4th Jul | Sophia Lucero
Let’s throw the design rules out of the window and enjoy a little bit of chaos!
4th Jul | Akhtar Sheikha
The list of collection Thirty One coolest business cards to inspire you.
4th Jul | Akhtar Sheikha
Coolest list of inspirational packaging designs.
4th Jul | Thomas
Minimal Websites are interesting because it\’s a way to let visitors focus on the content. We just mixed the best of Minimalist design featured on CssLeak since 2007. There is 50 websites order by popularity.
4th Jul | Andrew Houle
A free set of 10 hi-res photoshop brushes of weathered maps.
4th Jul | Mike
This blog shows creative and inspiration photos from original weddings in the San Francisco Bay Area.
4th Jul | Dainis Graveris
There are millions of blogs around the world, so it\’s really a challenge to stand out with unique design. Get inspired, to help you create really unusual design!
4th Jul | Aaron Irizarry
In this weeks vidcast we talk about mediocrity in our approach to product launches, as well as using wisdom in our timing when pursing our passions.
4th Jul | Adi
In our daily web hunting raids we have spotted another interesting & good-looking trend - the fluid grid-based layout, mostly used by galleries and visual inspiration blogs.
4th Jul | Zach Dunn
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that creativity exists in all designers, and they are endowed by Common Sense and the W3C certain rights, that among those are Web Standards, Sanity, and Creative Commons.
4th Jul | Bariski
A roundup post for June 2009 for TutZone
4th Jul | Bariski
A contact form provides an easy way for your visitors and your readers to get in touch with you from your blog itself.
4th Jul | Grafpedia
If you want to create your own custom blog design follow this easy tutorial to learn how to design a wordpress theme in Photoshop
4th Jul | Grafpedia
If you want to create your own custom blog design follow this easy tutorial to learn how to design a wordpress theme in Photoshop
4th Jul | piervix
In this selection I am glad to present you some of the best fonts to realize nice retro design. The fonts (20+) of this list are absolutely free and you can freely use these resources for your designs, click on the images below to download them.
4th Jul | DerekKimball
Walkthrough showing you how to easily paint a stunning portrait using Photoshop.
4th Jul | DerekKimball
Free high quality image downloads to use for personal or commercial projects. Updated weekly.
4th Jul | webaddicty
Want to do some creativity with your web design? Want to do something innovative and inspiring? Looking for something that helps you to boost your creativity with an amazing idea?
4th Jul | shravan
These are some digital artworks created using Typography in the art. The designs have been collected from Flickr and I can bet they these are some designs which any designer would like to include in his work once.
3rd Jul | Brian Hoff
20 questions to ask your clients prior to beginning their new logo design.
3rd Jul | DannyOutlaw
While I was researching vintage ads for this Photoshop tutorial, I came across a few Coppertne Sunscreen ads that were the perfect combination of pinup and vintage ad.
3rd Jul | Mike P.
It\’s no secret that we can see fountains in every city we travel to, and the bigger, more colorful it is, the bigger the hype. In this presentation, you will see some of the most famous, beautiful and creative fountains around the world.
3rd Jul | sickdesigner
Guitars are an awesome source of inspiration to me, both musically and visually. So with this post I set out to share some of the most inspiring guitars I know of with you guys, the great community (yeah, both of you) of sickdesigner.com
3rd Jul | Karthik Viswanathan
Infrared photography is a type of photo-capturing where the camera recognizes infrared light. It puts a whole new meaning to what we know as regular pictures. Though infrared photos may not seem appealing, they can easily present a new perspective.
3rd Jul | Webdesigner Depot
Coffee or Latte art consists of the pouring of steamed milk into a shot of espresso generating a pattern or design on the surface.
3rd Jul | QBrushes
Here is a top 30 list of Gimp tutorials hand selected by Gimper and SGlider12 that will help you to add many new Gimp design techniques to your arsenal.
3rd Jul | WebAir
Today we show you 44 Creative and Smart Advertisements that we have found in recent times.
3rd Jul | Divya
Inspirations, resources, examples, articles, tips, tricks, tutorial and more only for our readers. All this inspirations will help you designers and developers in you daily activities.
3rd Jul | nanodon
I have always seen that a collection of Business Cards on internet sells like hot cakes. Countless people regularly browse net in search of fresh, catchy, professional, vibrant Business Cards.
3rd Jul | Michael Wilson
A showcase of work from the hugely talented designer, Emil Kozak
3rd Jul | gizelle
Another set of texture freebies that you can use for free in your designs, both personal and commercial. This set contains pictures of grass and leaves in high resolution format.
3rd Jul | Charlotte-OXP
If content is the heart of every website publication, navigation is its brain and a fundamental pillar of information architecture design. When dealing with large quantities of content, the critical importance of navigation cannot be overestimated.
3rd Jul | Dainis
We collect top 50 best art works. In this set are great design elements, that you can use in you photoshop works. I hope these works will inspire you. Here you will find many fantasy scenes.



