A life hack is a trick or method to improve your productivity and efficiency. Lifehacks can solve everyday problems and make your life in the office or at home much easier. I’ve collected 20 lifehacks for designers, developers and photographers that will help you get more out of your day. There are also some tips for your home office or workspace. Continue reading
Banner ads are everywhere. You’ll find these image ads all over the web: on personal blogs, e-commerce websites and even personal portfolios. Unfortunately, a lot of these banners are a pain to the eye. They use the wrong color palette or annoying animations. A well-designed banner will perform much better and bring a lot of traffic to the destination page. In this article you’ll find 5 tips that will help you design an effective banner. Continue reading
Responsive web design is hot. With the rise of smartphones and tablets, flexible layouts have never been more important. Thanks to responsive web design we can be sure that the visitor will have the same experience, regardless of the screen size. Here are some examples of companies that already created beautiful responsive websites. Continue reading
A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You’ve probably seen them — colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of web registration forms. Some developers tried to improve these CAPTCHAs by incorporating movement such as drag and drop or sliders. The result is a collection of unique and creative CAPTCHAs. Continue reading
The text of a blog communicates the tone and aesthetic just as strongly as a captivating image or video.
Even if your blog focuses primarily on posting pictures, the titles that accompany those pictures should feature strong writing. Take a look at these tips for a crash course in sharpening your writing skills.
The question that has been keeping up logo designers all over the world: how do I design a great, memorable logo? Unfortunately there isn’t a simple answer to this question. But there are some tips you can follow to design a better logo. Don’t be afraid to post a comment with your own advice and share it with the rest of us. Continue reading
It has been another interesting week on Twitter. Last week I came across some great resources such as Fitvids, a lightweight jQuery plugin for fluid width video embeds, the iPhone app Gadgetbox, a huge collection of code snippets and a JS library that helps you with your web typography. We also found images of the original Twitter homepage. Enjoy! Continue reading
It’s Saturday and you know what that means: time to pick a new logo of the week! This great logo was designed by Shihab, a freelance web and graphic designer who lives in India. The Fing logo was only a conceptual exercise but the idea behind this logo is really well executed. I think that this logo would be perfect for a internet-related company. Continue reading
War has always been a terrible thing: destroying cities, tearing up families and scarring people for life. Photographers try to capture these terrible scenes so they can show us the real face of war. The result is a collection of touching and heartbreaking photos from the dark side of war. Some of the pictures in this gallery might be offending. Viewer discretion is advised. Continue reading
Another interesting week in the Twitter universe. This week we came across Browserstack, a browser testing software. We took a look at Alex Mathers’ new book and we learned more about the golden ratio in web design. Another great discovery was Fontseek and Flexslider, a responsive jQuery slider. Continue reading
The GUS-Trans logo is our new logo of the week. It was designed by Floris Voorveld, a Dutch freelance graphic designer living in Spain. His speciality is logo design but he can design pretty much everything else too. He designed this beautiful logo for a German transport company. The running bear represents the speed of this company. Continue reading
Paper textures are always useful, whether you’re designing a website, poster or wallpaper. Correct use of textures can give your design something extra. But some designers are having trouble finding a texture in the right color and size. That’s why I’ve collected 100 high res paper textures in this article (p.s: it’s a mix of premium textures and free textures). Continue reading
It was once again an interesting week on Twitter. The week was packed with useful and interesting tweets. Big news was the Wacom Inkling, a great tool that closes the gap between traditional and digital sketching methods. We also saw the semantic grid system, 12 graphic design paradoxes, a JPEG tool and the beautiful website for the Sony Tablet S. Continue reading
This great logo is an unused proposal for a hear grooming salon.The designer put the hair cutting tools together in a graphic rendition to represent the salon. Strange that the salon didn’t choose this logo, I think it’s hard to come up with an even better one. I really like this logo because it’s clever and well executed. Continue reading
Business cards are a must-have for every self-respecting company. Some designers like to create business cards with lots of colors and illustrations while other designers prefer a more minimalistic approach. The latter use subtle gradients and textures instead of bombastic visuals. In this article you’ll find some examples that will hopefully inspire you. Continue reading
Twitter users are sending 55 million tweets per day. That’s circa 640 tweets per second! There’s a lot of spam and rubbish between these short messages but occasionally you’ll also find some interesting stuff. This week I found some tweets that have been very useful and/or interesting to me. I discovered Inkerlinker, found some great icon sets, learned a useful photoshop tip… More interesting tweets after the break. Continue reading
Sometimes it’s hard to find well-designed, inspiring logos. Thankfully I came across this logo a few days ago, the perfect candidate for our logo of the week. This beauty was designed by voxsix, a designer from Alabama, USA. I found it on Brandstack so this means that you can buy it from the designer himself. Continue reading
For those of you who are freelancing or maintaining a website or blog, it’s important to monitor your online presence. Your online presence and/or influence can have a great effect on the number of clients or visitors. Monitoring your online presence can help you make decisions about communication and marketing. It’s also a great way to gather feedback.
This doesn’t have to be a time-consuming task. A few hours per week can help you a lot. And with these free tools to monitor your online presence, you’ll be able to work even more effectively. Continue reading
This great logo was designed by Gert van Duinen, a logo and brand identity designer from the Netherlands. He was asked to design the new logo of the UK based video production company ‘Storm Foundry’. This logo really shows one important lesson in logo design: keep it simple. Combine this with excellent use of negative space and you have a great logo design. Continue reading
We already took a look at 15 awesome and inspiring offices a couple of months ago. Fortunately there are more than 15 great offices in the world. This is a selection of offices that stand out from the rest because of their creative design or crazy decorations. Surely, you wouldn’t mind working in one of these awesome offices. Continue reading
Due to a busy schedule, I haven’t been able to pick a logo of the week for quite some time. Fortunately I found some time this week to skim the internet for more great logo designs. This is my favorite of this week. Continue reading
One of the biggest challenges for a web designer is designing an e-commerce website. Online shopping requires a lot of insight when it comes to product page design, information architecture and product page design. In this article you’ll find 5 common mistakes in e-commerce design and why you should not make them. Continue reading
For those of you who are already on Google+, I’ve compiled this great collection of Google Plus icons. You’ll find various shapes and sizes, so I’m sure you’ll find the perfect icon for you website or blog! Some icon sets even come with a PSD file, so you can customize the icons or create your own Google+ icons. Continue reading
Are you tired of your old boring desktop wallpaper? Looking for a beautiful fantasy wallpaper? Then you’ve come to the right place. In this article you’ll find 20 amazing fantasy wallpapers that will give your desktop a fresh new look! Continue reading
The inevitable has happened: TheRoxor has a Facebook Page. This means that all you Facebook addicts can visit our page on this popular social media site. On our page you’ll find articles, links and freebies. So come and join us! Continue reading
There’s nothing more beautiful than a well designed icon. The design process for a beautiful icon can take several hours. Desigining a basic icon doesn’t take very long, but you know what they say: it’s all about the details. The step between a good icon and a great icon can cost you a lot of time. This means that creating icons from scratch can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Luckily there are plenty of websites that offer stock icons. Today we take a look at Icons Land and see what they have to offer. Continue reading
With no assurance as to what medium – desktops, mobile phone, iPad, netbooks, etc – a user is going to use for viewing a site, it has become imperative to produce such a design that appears equally good on all types of devices.
As it is difficult to create separate versions for different screen resolutions or platforms and is also not a great idea if considered practically, it makes sense to go for a feasible option and what else is better than a Responsive web design. Continue reading
Last week we had the opportunity to host a great giveaway thanks to the people (and dog) at PixMac. We were able to give a free one month subscription to three lucky readers. The response has been great and I’ve been able to randomly select three winners. Find out who won after the jump. Continue reading
Lomography emphasizes casual, snapshot photography. Characteristics such as over-saturated colors, off-kilter exposure, blurring, “happy accidents,” and alternative film processing are often considered part of the “Lomographic Technique”. It’s basically photography without a focus on perfection. This can create surprising results. Continue reading
The people and dog (more on that later) at Pixmac were kind enough to give away a 1 month subscriptions to three lucky readers! This subscription normally costs $199 but you can get it for free. More information about this giveaway after the break… Continue reading