Horizontal scrolling web sites were once considered bad practice, but I believe most will agree that for some purposes e.g. for showcasing a portfolio it can be a quite useful and attention generating approach. While researching for this is post I found that in most cases the horizontal scrolling have been put to use in an intelligent way and user friendly way. Still keep in mind that horizontal scrolling is certainly not good idea in every situation, but when done properly they can really make a website standout.

Common practice today is that web sites use the vertical direction to give place for content that does not fit into the screen, i.e but allowing readers to scroll down. This is how it has always been and we are so used to this approach that it will be difficult to change. It is interesting though to consider the navigation design in iPhone and iPads where a lot of navigation actually goes in the horizontal direction. It works really well and users love it. However in most apps reading text and web pages still require vertical scrolling. To give you an idea of how horizontally scrolling web pages work I have collected 35 excellent examples of websites making use of horizontal scrolling for main navigation.

Using the color red for your design can be a great move. If you choose the right shade of red in the perfect spot, it has the power to grab attention. Red is known to be associated with passion, energy, and sensuality, but remember, it must be used with care. In the wrong shade or used inappropriately, red can be a disaster. Below you will find some amazing examples of how red should be used in design. Hopefully they will inspire you to greatness in your own use of red hues, whether for posters, business cards, or a website design.

Convincing visitors on a web site to take some kind of action is one of the most important skills to master as a web designer. The Internet is certainly the new land of opportunities for entrepreneurs and established companies, but the competition is tremendous. If your web site front page or landing pages does not convert (visitors take action before leaving the page) you may have lost the money you spent on advertising and the opportunity to get a new customer on board. In this article, tripwire magazine show you 20 excellent web site front pages designed for action.

One of major trends currently is to create squeeze or landing pages where the marketing campaign send the visitors/leads in to convince them to take action. This is especially a technique used by Pure Play Internet marketers mainly making use of ad campaigns and email marketing. Many of them does not even have a web site or a blog, but simply make a living out of being Conversion GURUs. We currently see many companies picking up the same techniques and basically turning their website front pages into conversion engines. The most significant difference of course is the traditional navigation you find on web sites (about us, home, contact, services etc.). You will never see this on a squeeze or landing page from an Internet marketer because it provides options to the visitors not leading directly to conversion. It can be seriously effective to use the area above the fold (really the best spot) on your front page to initiate a sale process, picking up an email address. The trick basically is to have a simple and powerful statement, a solution to a problem communicated effectively. This could preferably be using a video bit large types and few well picked words and images also work. Then of course the location and design of the buttons that initiate the action is key. Below you will see 20 great web sites making use of the Internet marketing techniques. Please share any web site you know in this category in a comment as we want to have as much inspiration in this area as possible.

A well-thought logo is the one that successfully communicate ideas to people. Logos have great importance in creating brand identity that’s why designers compete to be creative to deliver their message in a unique way.
Today, we focused on logos that use creative methods to represent the brand through color, shapes, and typography. In this post we’ll feature 30 clever logos for your design inspiration.

Every designer wants his/her design to be solitary in type or characteristics. Exclusivity is always rewarded with appreciation for thinking out of the box. Uniqueness is webpage layout always makes me keyed up as we hardly get chance to view layout that are fledged with creative ideas.

So if you are also in a way towards creating a new website, you should not miss on these remarkable webpage with unique layouts.

Errors don’t need to be ugly. On the Web, any links that are broken result in a 404 Not Found error message. There are two ways you can address this issue when your user navigates towards a broken link.

Option 1: Present the user with an old and boring default error page, which displays no information other than "There’s an error."

Option 2: The second solution is to present them with a custom error page design that can suggest alternative things they can see or do in order to resolve their problem.

Which one do you think is better? Obviously, the second option.

Here is a collection of 30 beautiful and creative 404 Not Found error message pages.

A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. Logo design is an important area of graphic design, and one of the most difficult to perfect. The logo is the image embodying an organization. Because logos are meant to represent companies’ brands or corporate identities and foster their immediate customer recognition.

In this post, we’ve collected 50 beautiful logos inspired by birds. Take a glimpse of these compilation and be inspired.

The great thing about web design is that we have an enormous range of styles, techniques and ideas to implement when designing. You can go from Super Clean and Minimal Layouts to Colorful Layouts, and you can use Huge Typography or Hand Drawn elements – as long as you keep your style and give your website your own personality. As illustration is somewhere in between those options and is something that can be used to give your website a very unique touch, we decided to gather 60 excellent examples of illustration in web design. There should be plenty here to inspire you.

Everyday new logos are created by talented designers and of course some of them are standing out among the crowd.You know some logos are really meaningful like below ones and this depends on the creativity or imagination of the designer.Mostly we see showcases of every type of logo designs in blogs and of course great examples but today i want to showcase more specific logo designs.All the logos are created by using numbers and i’m sure you like them all.

The principle behind topography is based on the creation of a complete text by reusing identical characters. Typography to define is the art and technique of arranging type, type design, and modifying type glyphs.

This innovative art of typography began with the invention of movable type and the printing press. Typography is all about creating letter forms, selecting typefaces and arranging them on the page. This art form has a great role in the life of graphic designers so we have arranged beautiful examples of typography.