Design Archive

Spiffy Corners

Some time ago, I was talking about very simple tools that come with a single purpose, and those online behemots some love while others hate, like the SEOmoz tools package, for example. Now, the time has come for another really straightforward tool, namely Spiffy ...Read More

Stripe Designer

The problem with most pattern generators we talked about so far is that customization possibilities aren’t exactly endless. Obviously, the good part is that even my grandmother can use them, but with a little bit of training, I am sure she can also learn ...Read More

The Font Pool

Last time when we talked about free fonts, it was the perfect day for 1001 Fonts to step forward. Now, the time has come for a new fonts resource, and since there aren’t exactly that many serious competitors in this area, choosing The Font ...Read More

Animal Photos

Usually, you need some serious gear to take beautiful shots of animals, especially out in the wild. To live and deliver these pictures to the Web, you sometimes need a gun, too… or a fast and resilient car. Anyway, this is not about going ...Read More

Drill Down Menu

Almost a decade ago, I had a personal site. That kind of site with a few pages that nobody is visiting, you know… but there’s one thing I will always remember – working on the graphics with more than just one program. In fact, ...Read More

FlashButtons

If I think well, there was a time when I loved simple HTML sites with some Flash menus. Unfortunately, those days are now gone, and now I arrived to that point where simplicity of a website is what I appreciate before anything else. Considering ...Read More

PatternCooler

While in front of my computer everything’s just fine, external temperatures are going sky high these days, way above 30 degrees Celsius. No, I am not located somewhere in the middle of a desert, since I even have some nice forests about 2 kilometers ...Read More

Buttonator

I am really anxious to see Terminator 4, but since I am really sad because Arnold is not starring in it at all, I guess Buttonator should do just fine for now! No, it has nothing to do with the fictional war between mankind ...Read More

Stripemania

Feelin’ in the mood for some stripes? I know we just got through a dotted background generator, but I hope having some stripes as an alternative won’t be boring. After all – at least when I speak about myself – stripes are more interesting ...Read More

Background Dotter

For a long time, I considered website backgrounds to be useless. Looking at sites like Twitter, I can say that I was somehow wrong. Backgrounds can look pretty good, if used wisely, but some designers consider them to be a waste of time, so ...Read More