There are dozens of logos easily recognizable all over the world. Who doesn’t know the famous Coca-Cola brand or minimalist Nike sign? Or do you happen to know a person who has no idea what a bitten Apple, or a huge yellow letter “M” against a red background mean? These are iconic logos. Created in Read More
Category: Web design
Web Design Trends 2012: Using Rich Textures
We have already told you that one of the Web Design Trends 2012 is using textures. Textures are used in every sort of design. Nowadays you can see splendid textures used in business cards, mobile applications, and definitely in website designs. Appropriately used texture can help you achieve brilliant results by creating the realistic and Read More
Must-Attend New York Conferences in 2012: SEO, SEM, Web Design and Development
Now that 2011 is over it is high time to schedule your plans for the future. Here we present you a list of conferences in SEO, SEM, web design and development that are expected to expand the horizons of what you already know in the industry. Hurry up to register for the ‘Web Visions NYC’ workshops and Read More
Viva Trajan?!
Today we’d like to tell you about Trajan – the font loved by numerous movie poster designers. Trajan is an old style typeface created by Carol Twombly when she was working for Adobe (in 1989). The designer based the font on Roman square capital letters engraved on the base of Trajan’s Column, hence, the name. Read More
The Most Creative and Extraordinary Fonts
There are lots of fonts available on the Internet. Sometimes it seems to be impossible to create new ones, but web designers manage to impress the audience with the most extraordinary ideas over and over again. There is a thin line that separates a good font from an excellent one. In respect of web design, Read More
Web Design Trends 2011/2012 Part #2
Let’s continue our previous post about web design trends… 6. Big Images & Photo Backgrounds Nowadays, super high-quality photos are used as backgrounds of websites. Due to such hyper-realistic backgrounds, it is impossible to take your eyes off the screen. It is important to get a content-appropriate picture. You can also try using a slightly Read More
Web Design Trends 2011/2012 Part #1
Web design trends come and go. It’s difficult to predict the future of web design, but still, there are some changes that are worth talking about. Here we will tell you about current web design trends and explain the very concept behind each trend. 1. The priority of a website’s functionality over its graphics. The Read More
Free Templates vs. Custom-Designed Websites
When you are starting your online business you want to make it stand out from the crowd. Today we’ll try to find out whether it’s better to use a free template or a custom-designed website for your business project. If you have no web design or web development skills you can build a website using Read More
What is HTML5 Canvas and What Does It Offer?
HTML5 Canvas is used to create animation, entertainment applications, and games for the Web. HTML5 Canvas enables you to create animated graphics in different web browsers by means of HTML and JavaScript. It offers great visuals and provides immense freedom to do what you want in the browser window. All you need to start programming Read More
A Web Designer to the Backbone
Plumrocket Inc. is starting a series of posts about famous web designers. Design itself is an art form. And design in the Web is a powerful tool which needs a skillful master to start working. Today we want to tell you about Doug Bowman who used to be Google’s Visual Design Lead. More than two Read More