Licenses on photo stocks: not prohibited not means allowed
In the comments on the blog article about the best free photo stocks you can find several questions regarding copyright for photos and images. An employee of one of the photo banks tried to answer them, but today I would like to publish a slightly more detailed article on this topic and at the same time consider the types of licenses in photo stocks. The material was prepared by Yulia Melnichenko. (more…)
Ways to navigate users on the site
Imagine that you are traveling by car, but because of traffic jams all main roads are blocked, and you need to turn into an unfamiliar part of the city. For some time traffic signs will help you to move in the right direction, but suddenly they will disappear. It seems that getting lost in an unfamiliar place is a pushover.
Any site, regardless of its ultimate goal, should perform the main task – to indicate to the user the path to the information of interest. However, it is possible due to his own fault, and maybe the fault of the designer, the user is lost and does not know where to go next. How to help your visitors navigate the site. There are several effective ways. (more…)
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Web design illustrations are the best examples of use.
If you carefully study any selection of website designs on a particular topic, you will see one trend – illustrations are now in vogue. They are so widespread that we just have to talk about this phenomenon in detail! For writing to become an inspiration was scooped from a note. I hope you will be interested to read.
The interface should not be useless and meaningless elements. Even a decorative element, if it is in its place, must perform a specific function. Generally speaking, the illustration can play the role of both a decorative element (the task of which is to decorate and diversify the design), and informative (presents some information in a convenient and easy to read form). Ideally, it performs both functions at once. Continue reading
How to create a website that increases the awareness of your brand
If you want your website to become successful, just a good design will not be enough: it must first reflect the personality of your brand. When developing a design, you need to consider that the colors, texts, images, structure of the site – all this should be aimed at emphasizing the uniqueness of your company.
Think of the style of your brand as a combination of qualities and ideas that you want people to associate with your company. Design should help you bring these ideas to your audience. For example, Google uses in its design minimalism, which suggests the simplicity and at the same time technicality of their products. While Ben & Jerry’s have created a light, fun style for themselves through the use of bright colors, funny icons and custom texts. Continue reading
Social networks for designer career
Today’s topic, as you already understood, will be connected with the use of social media by employees of the sphere of design and not only. Moreover, unlike the article on useful social networks, the article will deal more with the career of a designer than with his immediate activities. The inspiration for writing the post was the English-language publication 6 of Creative Social Media Strategies for Designers. Continue reading
