Every designer knows that design (and especially web design) has rules and that’s one of the things that separates it  from art. Here are 10 great laws to follow and design by, written by Mr. Ross Johnson on 3.7 designs blog. Of course the best and most innovative designers are they who break the laws [...] Related posts:

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Bobby McKenna:

One of the most consistent and admired illustrators on Dribbble, Mr. McKenna just graduated from Notre Dame and is apparently looking for a job. Something tells me finding one won’t be a problem.

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"Tilt-shift photography" refers to the use of camera movements on small- and medium-format cameras, and sometimes specifically refers to the use of tilt for selective focus, often for simulating a miniature scene. This trick is becoming very popular and has made its way into the mainstream in print advertisements, as well as commercials. In this post I will share with you 49 examples of tilt photography that make good use of its clever illusion. A Miniature Dip

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“Web design is not merely building. It’s not just designing. It’s not only the rest of the myriad disciplines and titles we all align ourselves with, but the culmination of all these things.”

- Jason Santa Maria, A Real Web Design Application

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I find this site to be a beautiful example of a blog layout. The grid based design, the type choices and yet it’s all very readable and scannable. Really great site, and it’s a dark background site too, I usually don’t like that type of site too much. Perhaps it’s all the MAD Men [...]

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One of the cool new features of HTML5 is WebSockets, which let us talk to the server without using AJAX requests. In this tutorial, we’ll review the process of running a WebSocket server in PHP, and then building a client to send and receive messages to it over the WebSocket protocol. What are WebSockets? WebSockets [...]

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Tweeting has taught us much about importance of attention-grabbing. Why not write your first email line like a tweet?

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Turns out that if you sleep few hours during the week, "catching up" just provides a false sense of recovery.

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If you are born around the 80’s, chances are this video game had been your [...]

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Imagine it: you’ve been given the chance to look into the future and bring back one tool that will help you be the Best. Freelancer. Ever. What is this tool?  Heck if I know. What is the one tool that will help you become the best?  Even if it hasn’t been invented yet, what is it that [...]

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