Articles by Design Modo from October 2013

The transparency has become widely popular among web developers after the CSS managed to provide developers with essential tools that are responsible for controlling this feature. Nowadays, you can ea...

It’s not just web design that should inspire us to create great websites. You can also be inspired by almost anything in the world around you. You never know when something will strike that crea...

Keep on scrolling and you quickly and easily get all content you need, spiced up with thrilling illustrations, artistic graphics and various dynamic stuff. There is no unnecessary surfing through inne...

I took the liberty of interviewing an amazing designer, Marc OBrien who calls himself a social designer and creative facilitator. He prides himself on leading workshops which address challenges throug...

Because of the tablets and smartphones emerging as very popular devices in the past years, the responsive web design trend is more and more popular as well. Although some believe that you should creat...

Every day, Designmodo is working to make Startup Framework better and soon you will be able to see it for yourself. In the meantime, we would like to preview a powerful part of this framework – ...

One way to exclude boredom from your website is to utilize the whole power of artistry, incorporating amazing cartoonish illustrations. Use of hilarious mascots, imaginary scenes, breathtaking fiction...

Recently we have published an article dedicated to using bold dominating type typography in website design. It definitely has its own advantages over others, but there are some cases, when powerful al...

Almost everywhere you look someone is talking about or calling themselves either a web designer or web developer. But what does it all really mean? Who really is a designer or developer? Can you be bo...

If you go back and read my guide to serifs, youll notice a trend with the shape of serif type overtime. As you move from old humanist type to the slick Modern serif, the stroke contrast is more appare...

Transparent outline boxes are quite rare components in a website design. In order to use them properly and effectively, the project should have a solid foundation that will provide a striking contrast...

Now that we are a couple of weeks into the new Apple iOS, are you ready to design for it? And if you already have an app running on the platform, chances are that you designed with the new iOS in mind...

With iOS7 we took a fresh look at gradient effect that, to be honest, is one of the simplest embellishments in designers toolkit. It has a numerous variations that can either liven up or, vice versa, ...

Today it is tougher and tougher for eCommerce website to stand out from one another as there are simply so many of them. However, some find a way to do any anyhow by implementing modern and cutting ed...

A perfect, some say divine, shape of a circle always captured the attention of designers that got used to sharp, hard-edged rectangular forms of buttons, frames of images, and columns that are quite o...