July 23, 2010 — Mark Rothko, an American artist who described himself as an \“abstract painter\“, once said that he was not the kind of person interested in the relationship of form, color or_similars. He didn’t define himself as an abstractionist, but rather as a person … Read More…

July 22, 2010 — Think of Tumblr as micro-blogging on steroids (technically, it’s called “tumblelogging”). Whereas Twitter and similar services limit posts to 140 characters or less, Tumblr lets you post updates of any length, although it’s best suited to short-format … Read More…

July 21, 2010 — A website is never done. Everyone has worked on a project that changed so much after it launched that they no longer wanted it in their portfolio._One way to help those who take over your projects is to produce a style guide. Read More…

July 20, 2010 — Smashing Editorial: Please notice that the language in some parts of this article may be very informal. If you think you might be offended, please stop reading this article now. I hate the division represented in this title. It’s the major stumbling block in modern business. … Read More…

July 19, 2010 — Today we are glad to release CMS Icon Set, a set with 12 high quality icons in 48×48px, available in the .png-format. The set was designed to be used in content management systems, but can also be useful for other user interface designs. This goodie was designed by the … Read More…

July 19, 2010 — This article will demonstrate a technique that uses part of CSS3 that is also unsupported by Internet Explorer 8. However, it doesn’t matter as one of the most useful places for this module is somewhere that does have a lot of support - small devices such as the … Read More…

July 16, 2010 — In the Web design scene, the sense of community is extremely strong. We always talk about “giving back” and about how much we learn from those who do. A few names are popular and dropped here and there. But it’s all still just a bit too impersonal, … Read More…

July 15, 2010 — The word chocolate can be associated with many words: dark, white, milk, hot, sweet, spicy, etc. But have you tried to combine it with the word web design? We did. We searched the Web for websites in any way related to chocolate and what we found is worth to be collected in … Read More…

July 14, 2010 — You may be wondering why you’re reading about the good old semantics on Smashing Magazine. Why doesn’t this article deal with HTML5 or another fancy new language: anything but plain, clear, tired old semantics. You may even find the subject boring, being a … Read More…

July 14, 2010 — Today we are glad to release gCons, a set of free all-purpose 32×32px icons for designers and web developers (100 icons). The icons come in 12 different colors and are available in PSD, PNG, JPG and GIF formats. This set was designed by Sarfraz Shoukat especially for … Read More…