Web and Graphic

What does Halloween mean in this modern age? It means good food, good laugh and hard partying. It’s a day of laughter, fun and thrill. Nowadays, the event is usually celebrated with costume parties, trick or treats, kiddie parties and sizzling club gimmicks at night. In fact, it’s only a few weeks away. At this point, people are preparing for their own Halloween parties. Everyone is busy planning their attire, food, decorations and music for this Halloween. So if you’re hosting a Halloween party, you’re probably busy with the preparations.  I know it’s not easy to plan a party so …

Everyone needs food, this is a universal truth. But because of the growing market today, different food manufacturers are competing against each other. A company must think of ways to outwit, outplay and outlast their competition to be the sole “survivor” in this industry. The most effective way of doing this is by having advertisements. And not just plain old advertisements, to be able to be successful, you must have a creative advertisements and not just those monotonous, stereotype advertisements that others have. An advertisement can spell a company’s success or failure. In order to have an effective advertisement, it …

Web design trends come and go, with some successes, such as flexible frameworks, and some flops, such as full flash sites with unskippable intros. 2013 has seen quite a few Web design elements that improve user experience, expand interesting features for Web developers, and start pushing the capabilities of HTML 5 to its limit. Here are a few up and coming Web design elements that you should consider the next time you’re building a website: Designing for Small Screens 56 percent of mobile phone users have smartphones and the number of people browsing websites on their phones continues to rise, …

Social networking and online communities are making the world a little smaller each day. As gaining international readers is not difficult for a website in recent times, it is important for web designers to measure the message the websites send out to a potentially wide user base. The use of colors in web design has found a new value with the introduction of flat web design trend. However, it is also vital for web designers to remember that one single color can have different meanings at different corners of the planet. Color associations vary from culture to culture. What a …

Flat web design is a rage nowadays! But why is it so popular? The reason lies in its use of simple effects to bring up a design scheme which do not belong to the category of skeuomorphism or do not have 3D attributes. In short, effects like gradients, embossing, bevels and drops shadows are completely removed from flat web design. The appearance of flat design is simple – direct and user-friendly, thus making it a stupendously popular (as well as trendy) option for mobile user interfaces. Of course, going flat has its own set of benefits. The content is straightforward, …

A good company has to have an equally very good corporate identity. Think of it as picking what dress or shoes to buy, your decision will be based on the impression that is relayed to you by a particular brand of shoes or dress. This is where corporate identity comes in, just like the colorful themes of ads in India Imagine going to a fruit stand to buy bananas, naturally, there are many bananas available there because after all, it’s a fruit stand. When picking the bananas that you will buy, there are certain characteristics, color, texture, and even smell that …

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Outsourcing design jobs is well embraced during this era. This is one way to cost-cut and to have a better result where in a certain advertiser can choose from the pool of talented designer worldwide. But what happen when the client take the freelancer as the least important from the whole project? Some says that they will no longer continue the project and dump those client from hell, others also gives what is worth based from payment received. Kode Logic came up with a campaign entitled Underpaid, Undermade where in it shows how  advertising design are supposed to be done when designers are …

What should a developer prioritize towards app monetization or a good UI design? Let’s ask what should be placed forward depending upon the kind of business model the company is working towards. Here are a few pointers given by those who know the relation between the two well. Davide ‘Folletto’ Casali (Design Director & Advisor http://bakerframework.com/) Twitter address: Folletto The two things aren’t really disconnected and must be balanced in relation to many different factors, between which you can find: Kind of market Time to market Positioning Brand Strategy Moment in the evolution of the company Financing Company values For …

Today’s consumers are Web-heads. Google reported in September 2012 that 97 percent of Americans who use the Internet are looking for specific products and services. And yet, half of all small businesses don’t have a website, rendering them invisible to a lot of potential customers. At the same time, the Web’s impact on business is steadily increasing. According to the respected consulting firm BCG, the Internet economy grows by about 10 percent each year, making a Web presence a vital survival business tool. Creating a website is an empowering step for your business. Your site is another venue to use …