Scribblings of a cyber geek...

Do web designers need to know coding?

Deepu Balan — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:01:12 +0000

Imagine a world where web designers do not know bean about development and web developers are clueless about design. And it is a nerd like me bridging the gap to have a beautiful site up and running. Sorry for starting with a quote, but I just cannot help but feeling a bit strange when I see that still a vast majority of web designers are blissfully ignorant of the basics...

Why is your health important as a web designer

Deepu Balan — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:33:02 +0000

As a web designer, you are constantly worried about meeting deadlines on time while producing high quality content. Hard-working and dedicated to your job, you have the tendency to engage in more than one project at a time, multi-tasking in the best way that you possibly can. The responsibilities of being a web designer are numerous and sometimes they can be overwhelming; in such situations, it is only normal to...

Collection of stunningly beautiful flyers or pamphlets

Deepu Balan — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:12:40 +0000

A flyer or pamphlet is a popular form of print advertisement tool widely used by companies to promote their product or service. Flyers are still the favorite choice of marketers mainly because of its cost effectiveness. Flyers are normally handed over directly to the people on busy streets or during special gatherings to targeted groups. This process is known as flyering. With the popularity of desktop publishing systems, flyers become...

7 “insignificant” things not to forget when launching your website

danielp — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:14:54 +0000

The number of websites is in an increasing trend and the future seems to bring us more and more online presences. Nobody predicted this fabulous growing, but nowadays any agency or company with “real” activity must be present in online environment else it’s quite probable to lose some important clients and the brand surely is suffering from this ignorance. Launching a website isn’t a simple task, much more, when it’s about a big client, the responsibility is huge and every mistake is a real disaster.

Showcase of 20+ elegant business cards in black and white

Deepu Balan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:40:38 +0000

I love designs in black & white theme, whether it is a website design, or a business card design. Black and white design looks more professional and visually appealing than a multicolored design. Designers can produce elegant, unique and beautiful designs by using these two subtle shades brilliantly. It’s really a big challenge for designers to create stunning designs using only black and white.

Showcase of beautiful postcard designs

Deepu Balan — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 09:17:15 +0000

Historically and even today, postcard is still a vital vehicle for product promotion and brand building. Conventional marketing strategies using postcards, flyers, brochures, business cards etc plays a very vital role in brand building and product / service promotion. Postcards are very widely used by marketing folks in every company to reach out to their existing and potential customers. A very well designed and beautifully printed postcard is very important...

The Font Phenomena – A Closer Look at Typography

Deepu Balan — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:01:51 +0000

Letters, words, logos, and texts. Typography has crept into our lives whether we like it or not. But what exactly is typography? Typography is considered an art form which uses typefaces, point size, leading, line spacing, kerning and tracking. It’s everywhere from books to billboards and everything in between. In a society where language is a cultural identity, texts are extremely important. I don’t see why I would have to...

20+ handy free online tools for web designers and developers

Deepu Balan — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:37:26 +0000

It seems that online web design tools are becoming more and more popular and increasingly in demand among the web designer community. That might be the reason why new tools are constantly being released almost every day. It’s a known fact that work preassure can kill productivity and creativity. These handy online tools can be a huge time-saver at times of serious work stress. With the introduction of all these...

Notify: Pure CSS notification bar using :target pseudo class

Deepu Balan — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:39:53 +0000

For quite some time now, I have had this little idea of a CSS based notification bar floating in my head… and was wondering, would there be a way to create it purely using CSS. Finally I decided to spend some time this weekend, and the time spent on it was well worth it. Yes it’s all driven by the CSS3 magic. Absolutely no javascript or jquery was used in...

Three reasons QR codes don’t work… for now

Deepu Balan — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:41:42 +0000

QR codes, those rudimentary squares of black and white pixelated boxes you see on advertisements and marketing materials, have not had the initial success many thought they would. Marketing mavens across the country jumped the QR code bandwagon, but here’s why they don’t work for now. Most young people don’t use QR codes. A recent survey of college kids, ages 18-22, found that 79% of them don’t know what to...