Articles by Vandelay Design from August 2016

After five years running the online-only t-shirt company, Lonely Kids Club, Warwick Levy opened his first brick and mortar store this year. Its a huge feat, especially for someone who describes...Clic...

Its official; were proud of the 80s again. Time to find the old cassettes, load up on John Hughes movies, and finally dust off that picture of your moms mullet. With a resurgence in...Click through to...

Whether youre a small-time blogger or the mastermind behind a multi-billion dollar agency, building a quality website is crucial to your success. With 16% of the worlds population owning a website,......

Picking the right theme for building an eCommerce website is obviously important. Fortunately for you, its impossible to make a poor choice if you pick one of the top eCommerce themes described...Cli...

Accessible websites are made to support all browser types and all users with disabilities. This is a big topic for the W3C and its growing in popularity each year.Designing for accessibility is...Clic...

No, I dont want to be my healthiest self.No thanks, I dont care about staying up-to-date on world news.Thats okay, I enjoy going to sleep alone every night.Chances are, while browsing the...Click thro...

The concept of user-centered design is nothing new to websites. User experience is a rapidly growing area of interface design and its becoming extremely popular among web and mobile app...Click throug...

There are a growing number of excellent Photoshop tutorials out there teaching how to create your own icons. It can be tough to find exactly what you're looking for and Googling around can take a lot....

The hottest new technology for web developers is Node.js. Node powers a number of tools including the NPM package manager.But Node is also a powerful JS-based framework that can be used on the...Click...

Get ready to play Dungeons & Dragons with your best buds while fighting some freaky monsters from the great beyond! (spoiler alert!) In 10 quick steps we'll transform text into a Stranger...Click...

When selecting a WordPress theme, price should not be a primary consideration. The price variation between most premium themes is not terribly large. And a few dollars either way isnt going to...Click...

The world of pixel art is vast and while it may seem small, there are many pixel artists dedicated to the craft. Most pixel art nowadays is created for fun or for practice. But there are exceptions......

When selecting a WordPress theme, price should not be a primary consideration. The price variation between most premium themes is not terribly large. And a few dollars either way isnt going to...Click...

Mobile is rapidly changing with new techniques for native apps and responsive websites. Designers have to keep up with these changes and follow trends that work to give users the best interaction...Cl...

Imagine walking into Home Depot and totally winging it. You bring various cans of paint, slabs of tile and random lighting fixtures home to your partner, who kindly entrusted you with the very...Click...

Its 6 p.m., and your stomach is growling. You look around and spot a new Thai place youve never triedbut before committing, you check out its Yelp page. And good thing you did. The pictures of the...C...

What did you want to be when you grew up? If youre like most people, the answer to that question was probably a profession you saw on television or met in real life, such as a doctor or dolphin...Clic...

Product pages today look far different from those of 10 to 20 years ago. In fact, many product pages didnt even exist because a Buy Now button on the homepage was sufficient. Times have changed...Clic...

For a long time, when you visited a blog, you likely saw a few of the same pages – home, about, blog and contact – on every one you visited. Lately, Ive recognized a new page popping up......

Paper textures are extremely useful and versatile in web and graphic design. Whether it is brown paper, notebook paper, wrinkled paper, or something else, they are frequently used by designers. In...C...

If you have ever had to set up new devices, you know that it can require a decent amount of time to configure them all. This is especially true if employees have multiple devices. Even after setting.....

A few years back I launched what was called Vandelay Premier to test my ability to sell premium stock graphics. While I would only consider it a moderate success, one main thing I quickly...Click thro...

01When looking to start a new website or blog, choosing a niche is one of the most important decisions you will make. It requires time and research but once it’s set you’ll have a very...C...