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25 Stunning Examples of Recycled Art

admin — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:14:20 +0000

Considering the present day creativity and innovation in graphic design nowadays, you must be familiar of all uncommon selection of modern works of art. It’s uncommon mainly because the artists behind these creations are determined to enhance rarely used products or as we say trash into wonderful works of art. At first, it is almost impossible to believe that these artworks can be created out of junk, but if you check the selection underneath, you are going to see it’s really possible.

Various kinds of recyclable material like vinyl, archived newspapers, metals scraps, old photographs can’t provide different objective than they were designed for, but few skilled artists below confirm it wrong.

Have a look at these stunning examples of how recycled art and junk material can be re-used into creating a fabulous artwork design:

1. Collage by Derek Gores 1

2. Collage by Derek Gores 2

3. Collage by Derek Gores 3

4. Collage by Derek Gores 4

5. Ghost in the Machine- Michael Jackson by Erika Iris Simmons

6. Ghost in the Machine: John Lennon by Erika Iris Simmons

7. Ghost in the Machine- Paul Griffiths by Erika Iris Simmons

8. Oscar Wilde: Day 14 by Erika Iris Simmons

9. Muhammad Ali by Erika Iris Simmons

10. Face of Change by Erika Iris Simmons

11. Visions of Salvador Dali by Erika Iris Simmons

12. Bonsai by Guerra De La Paz

13. Bonsai 2 by Guerra De La Paz

14. Orange Marilyn – after Warhol by Jane Perkins

15. Beautiful Portraits by Jane Perkins

16. Recycling Trash by Jane Perkins

17. What Came First? by Kyle Bean

18. Incredible Junk Sculptures by Leo Sewell

19. CONSTRUCTED MEMORYSCAPE by Nick Gentry

20. SPEED OF LIFE by Nick Gentry

21. HEAD NUMBER 1 by Nick Gentry

22. WHITE MAGIC by Nick Gentry

23. Work by Robert Bradford

24. Marilyn by Tom Deininger

25. CG recycled art by Cristins and Gustavo

8 Fatal Web Design Mistakes You Must Avoid!

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:20:43 +0000

For a web developer and designer, creating a website is not an easy task. There are various challenges that he/she must tackles in the process of building a successful website. You have to keep in line with the user preferences and easy of operability. Issue with most web designers is that they design keeping their own personal needs in mind. What they forget is that a website should look perfect to a layman user.

Sometimes, in the process of building creative websites, designers overlook the simple key issues of practicality, usability and maneuverability. They make some common mistakes that prove to be fatal in the long run. Here are 8 most common blunders that you must avoid in your careers:

1. No Search Box:

For an average internet user, the web is like a huge collection of data and information. They need some form of search facility to navigate around a place. Be it a company website or a blog, having a search box is essential. You must provide your visitor the tool to look for things on your website that aren’t easily seen on the homepage..

2. Not Highlighting Visited Links:

Another big mistake that you can make is not highlighting visited links of your users. Everyone hates going on to the same page again and again just because they don’t remember their past navigation. If you want your users to stay and visit more pages on your website, then you must highlight the links visited by them once they click the URL.

3. Inconsistent Fonts:

In order to avoid inconsistency in fonts and other visibility aspects, a CSS style sheet is used by developers to make their website uniform across all browser. You wouldn’t want your readers to get irritated finding dissimilar fonts as it breaks their flow of reading. Having a standard font size for each location is essential.

4. Incompatible Screen Resolutions:

The worst nightmare for website visitors is the need to navigate and scroll horizontally. This happens when the web developer does not pay heed to the screen resolutions. The standard optimized screen resolution layout for websites is 1024 x 768 pixels.

5. Disregarding SEO:

For websites to gain traffic and popularity, search engine optimization (SEO) is critical as most users find websites through sites like Google. Hence, you cannot disregard SEO perspectives when designing a webpage or blog. The page title of your website must be accurate and according to keywords being searched because search engines generally show the first 66 characters of the title. Title each page according to the most important words that users will ind on that particular page.

6. Complex Forms:

One of the key areas of a website or blog is to obtain information about their users. Registration forms are tools that help this. Keeping your contact forms too complex and detailed will make the user irritated. It is essential to keep your registration/contact forms to the bare essentials.

7. Cluttering WebPages:

It is a disappointment for visitors to find cluttered WebPages. For a clean and crisp look, you must avoid slotting too many elements into the design of the page. Moreover, showing too many ads is a big turndown for visitors. You would want your website to look clean, crisp and presentable.

8. Using Excessive Animations:

Sometimes, web developers try to impress their visitors using excessive animations and flashy content. The thing about using too much of this trick is that you make your website heavy and slow to load. Page load time is crucial for a viewer as he/she doesn’t like to wait for the page to open up. Hence you must try to balance out your animations based on your website requirements.

15 Stunning Luxury House Designs – Live In Style!

admin — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:34:11 +0000

Living in style and comfort is every man’s dream. Whether you own a villa or apartment, a few details are such that can give you luxury lifestyle. Inclusive of the columns, arches and window frames you use, even having a fancy porch can also spice up your living experience. The kind of material that you employ in building your house also adds beauty to the finishing. You can either go for brick, wood or marble.

Nevertheless, today’s contemporary architecture includes a whole new level of luxury houses. Instead of the traditional materials used in construction houses, use of glass, steel, straight lines and atypical architecture designs are what make your house luxurious and stylish. The modern day living seeks to go for modern ambitious designing instead of conventional archetypal styles. Moreover, the extraordinary location of your house also plays a key role in making it a luxury place. Exotic spots like the sea shore or Cayman Island extend your thrills of living.

Feast your eyes on 15 stunning luxury house designs that will make you wish for your own:

Luxury House Design 1

Luxury House Design 2

Luxury House Design 3

Luxury House Design 4

Luxury House Design 5

Luxury House Design 6

Luxury House Design 7

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Luxury House Design 14

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6 Major Differences between Joomla & WordPress

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:07:11 +0000

Developing websites is not easy especially when you are not aware of the web design applications. In today’s online world, Joomla and WordPress are two renowned web design applications that are utilized by majority of websites and blogs. These applications aid designers and developers alike in creating website via open source software. While there are other CMS tools like Drupal and Typo3, the popularity of WordPress and Joomla is still on top.

But the question is how do you differentiate between these Web Design platforms? Which is better for your design needs…WordPress or Joomla? Many web designers and developers have argued over this question for several years. But the fact is that each of these web design applications has different and unique advantages for your site. Following are some of the broad difference between using WordPress and Joomla for your website or blog:

1. User-Friendliness:

From the usability perspective, WordPress is definitely more user-friendly than Joomla. This is including both the user and developer’s standpoint. Due to its convenience WordPress is simple to master and get used to. But this is mainly because Joomla provides many more features than WordPress which are advanced in functionality.

2. Flexibility:

WordPress is considered to be a better option when using as blog administering application whereas Joomla is a superior content management system (CMS). You will find that WordPress is optimum for content publishing. But Joomla in contrast provides various powerful features. Joomla offer such components that help you in targeting diverse market segments. For developers who have limited time in setting up a blog or website, WordPress is a better option. But for complex and advanced websites, Joomla is more appropriate.

3. SEO Savvy:

For a website to grow, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is critical to its success. WordPress is renowned for its SEO benefits. When you use a WordPress based CMS for your blog or website, it will be search engine friendly your site will rank higher on Google’s search results. This is because of the in-built SEO pack that is provided in WordPress admin panel that helps your page optimize according to SEO standards. While Joomla requires some modifications in order to reap the complete advantages from various search engines. So if you rightly customize websites using Joomla, the outcomes can be comparable to WordPress. Any expert Joomla developer will design a website to be SEO friendly.

4. Integration:

Joomla has clear advantages with regards to extending and integrating the website with other third party applications of software. Joomla has a well formed and powerful API that developers can use to extend the software or integrate with other systems as required. Joomla websites can be easily integrated with other sources or websites.

5. Development of Add-ons:

In terms of Add-ons and additional features, Joomla takes the lead from WordPress. Even though modified developments can be made in both WordPress and Joomla, the latter’s development framework is more powerful for creating personalized features for websites. As a web designer and developer, you can easily develop additional features using Joomla’s development API. The API of WordPress is just not that robust as that of Joomla’s.

6. Administrative Qualities:

As already discussed, WordPress is an easy to use, and trivial CMS application. Its administration panel is very simple and accessible. You should prefer to use WordPress if your purpose is to just publish content and information. Its administration panel is restricted to updating or adding new content or media. While on the other hand, Joomla’s admin panel includes features like order management, e-commerce (Shopping cart), User management, multi-language content and more.

18 Free Website Templates for HTML5

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:57:08 +0000

The good thing about technology is that it develops every second. Each day, newer and better versions of online products are released in the market. Even in the field of web design and web development, everything is improving by the day. Of the many up-gradations, HTML has undergone immense modifications and improvements and the new HTML 5 version has been released.

A few years back, HTML was the sole language used by developers in coding websites. But soon after the explosion of internet and web capabilities, HTML5 was introduced as a revitalized version of HTML. Even today, web developers are trying to implement this version of HTML5. In order to make your work easy, here are 18 free website templates especially designed for HTML5 platform.

So the next time you start experimenting with HTML5 on your blog or site, you can look for inspiration through these templates for your design and layout: