Just in time for Google's annual I/O developers conference, the web giant launched a pretty dramatic redesign to its Google+ social networking arm and Google Maps. And Google is on-trend. The design scheme, while not completely flat, is almost flat a...
We are gradually getting used to the fact that professional designers don't have limits; they just simply push boundaries of general conceptions and recreate whatever comes to their minds. One of the best examples confirming this notion is website de...
Today, we launch the first important update for Flat UI Pro, (v. 1.1). Exactly two weeks ago, we made the official release of Flat UI Pro, and even on the first day, there was a huge flow of users who were interested in watching and sharing the prese...
I've admired Dann's work since I've started in this industry; I found his work to be simply amazing and I've always wanted to achieve such sexy designs myself. I'm sure I am not the only one as Dann is a vivid designer within our industry that so man...
Topic: CSS3 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 45 min In this tutorial, we will be creating a flat style navigation with a search box and dropdown menu from the Square UI. HTML Code The navigation is made up of an unordered list (.na...
Quality website is based on three fundamental postulates: design, development and content. The latter has a greater impact on users rather than the first two since its changeable nature, at first place, attracts and wins users over. But what if the c...
Part of my job is consulting with web designers to help them make more money. I get to hear about a lot of pain within the web design community. It never fails. The #1 painful comment that I hear more than anything else is "we can't get paid what we ...
I like big type and I cannot lie … OK, that's not exactly how 1990s rap anthem by Sir Mix-a-Lot goes, but you get the idea. Big typography is trending in a major way. And that's a good thing. The point of text in your design is to be read. From navig...
Topic: Adobe Illustrator Difficulty: beginner Estimated completion time: 15 minutes In this tutorial we will deal with some combination of gradient fills with the help of Blending modes, gradients with transparent sliders, and Opacity masks. These te...
Every day we stumble upon marvelous websites that overwhelm us by creative truly unique designs, wonderfully incorporated animations and high-level technical side. However, generally majority of them remain impersonal and we don't have a clue who is ...
On May 6th 2013, I read that Adobe had decided to stop development of Fireworks. A sad news especially for me as I have been using it since 2001. I developed interest in the web thanks to a book titled "Teach yourself HTML in 24 hours" which my broth...
Prototyping just got easier and faster with Designmodo's release of Flat UI Pro, a user interface kit made in the flat design style. The stunning kit contains basic components, glyphs, icons and a variety of buttons and other elements made in the sup...
Recently we have made a collection dedicated to food-inspired website designs that replete with stunning color schemes, massive use of textures and patterns, well-thought typography treatments, and, of course, mouthwatering images. Today is a beverag...
A software however good has to improve continuously or will be outdated very soon in this time of fast technological change. WordPress is highly popular and a strong community around it also is enhanced continuously to make it more and more useful to...
Fred is another one of the well known faces within our industry thanks to a few of his projects getting very popular on online communities especially Behance. He is a great inspiration for many - including myself - as his skills are simply breath tak...
Together with wide screen photo backgrounds which are frequently used tools for website decorations, blur backgrounds have thoroughly settled and found their niche in modern website design. Although, at first glance, it is rather difficult to underst...
We've talked a lot here about the flat design trend here at Designmodo. We've raved about it, showed you plenty of cool examples and even developed a free user interface kit for you to download and use for projects. But what if you want to do it your...