Articles by Vandelay Design from July 2012

This post is just a quick reminder that our current promotion, the Web Designer's Bundle 2, ends today. With this bundle you can get a huge collection of more than 60 resource packs like UI sets, PSD ...

The type used to communicate a message is every bit as important as the language used to do it. Different typefaces, or, in this digital age, fonts, signify different levels of sincerity, whimsy, or a...

Paper textures are some of the most useful and most versatile types of textures to have in your arsenal. Today we're offering this set of 4 high-quality brown paper textures for free download. They ar...

Although there's a constant demand for web design and development services, more service providers are entering the market each day and many struggle to find enough client work. There are countless wa...

UPDATE: Our Simple Style Photography WordPress theme is now responsive! With this theme your website will be ready for visitors using smartphones and tablets in addition to desktops and laptops.With t...

Web design needs to do several things at once. It must look good. It must make sure the navigation of the website is clear. It must hold an internet users attention for as long as possible. And it mus...

Our friends at MightyDeals have offered to give a free item to 5 lucky readers of the Vandelay Design blog!...

It's important to realize that web design is not just about making a site look good. Just focusing on the visual appeal will not enable your site or business to achieve the goals that you have set.Do ...

Today we have a new free WordPress theme that was designed for photographers who want to show off their work on a blog-style site. The theme shows thumbnails on the home page for a portfolio style app...

If you're a web designer you're going to want to check out all of the resources included in this huge bundle. For a limited time (offer ends July 30, 2012) you can get a huge collection of PSD files, ...

DealPixel is a new site from the people behind Web Design Ledger where you can get great deals and save money on resources for designers. They have offered to give a deal of your choice to 5 lucky rea...

A few weeks ago we released the free Elegant Photography WordPress theme. Today we're going to walk through the process of designing the theme's home page in Photoshop.While the design was used to cre...

There are a lot of different styles and approaches that can be used for logo design. If you browse through logo design galleries for some inspiration, you may notice that a number of logos use silhoue...

Pavement textures are great to have in your arsenal when you need to design a textured background or to give a rough texture to a particular object within a design. This free set of 5 high resolution ...

Talented illustrators have the ability to do what few people are capable - literally create a character or world from scratch and breathe it into life. This collection focuses on characters illustrate...

Oversized is a free WordPress theme for photographers that uses a full-size background image for a dramatic effect. The full-screen image slideshow is perfect for showing off your best work.Theme feat...

Like other major social networks such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Pinterest, Google+ offers excellent opportunities for networking and connecting with other professionals in the industry. ...

Over the past few years while running this blog we've come in contact with countless freelance designers from all over the world. While there is a great deal of diversity in those designers in terms o...

With page views from mobile devices on the rise, shifting focus from standard to optimized and responsive design has become even more vital in preventing alienation of your sites visitors. Some of the...

Websites in the travel and tourism industries often have attractive websites that make use of quality photographs. Hotels, resorts, booking sites, and government-run tourism groups can help to entice ...

There are many techniques to transform your business sites success. A simplest strategy is to create a schedule for news releases and adding new and fresh material to a site. Updated content encourage...

High Resolution is a free WordPress theme for photographers. It uses a stunning full-size background slide show that makes your homepage an effective showcase for your best work.Theme features include...

Switching from a conventional 9-5 job to freelancing in every kind of profession- from writing children's book to web design, comes with all kinds of great new standards of life and some real slaps i...

Techniques for building a usable registration form can be a major factor towards bringing in new users. When you've got an overly complicated form it can scare away so many first time visitors. But a ...

Advertisements are usually the hardest tools to make when it comes to having a business. These materials can either make or break your connection with the people making it important to carefully plan ...