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Friday Focus 04/29/11: The Parallax Effect
This week on Friday Focus we feature what is probably the most famous non-Flash animated effect employed in websites today. Designs of the Week Love the running theme of the rainbow spirographs not...
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Friday Focus 06/10/11: Three ways to 3D
Designers have tried to achieved the three-dimensional look on websites in different ways, and we’ve touched on this in the form of folded elements, parallax scrolling, and 3D type. This week, we’re...
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Friday Focus 07/22/11: Over and Under
The featured designs on this week’s Friday Focus take out the bore of having to scroll through several thousands of pixels as you’re rewarded with cool animations, layer effects, and the information...
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Friday Focus 09/23/11: The Dip
Happy Friday Focus! Today we’re looking at designs with a bit of a “dip” in them—one content area leading into another with a nice little curve. Can you spot them? Read on! Designs of the Week Matthias...
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Friday Focus 11/25/11: Diamonds
Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! This week’s (black) Friday Focus shines the spotlight on sites that use diamonds (or rhombuses) as a major graphic element in their designs. Designs of the Week...
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Friday Focus 12/16/11: Under Fire & Water
This week on Friday Focus: designs that use two opposing elements found in nature: fire and water. Designs of the Week Zindustry Everything is burning in here, from the wooden background to the strips...
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Friday Focus 02/03/12: Scrolling & Sliding for Good
Happy February Friday Focus! Our featured websites of the week highlight informative, for-good topics in a vertical storytelling format. Designs of the Week Need help in promoting your site? INeedHits...
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Friday Focus 02/10/12: Final Frontier
This week on Friday Focus, we’re exploring outer space. Get ready to blast off! Designs of the Week Search Optimized, Turn-Key Designs, Unlimited Everything. Start building with the Genesis Framework...
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Design Focus: Highlighted
The sites we’re discussing this week have translucent markings and shapes floating on top of the main content, as though they’ve been annotated with bright, neon highlighter markers. Do they add new...
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Design Focus: Work is Play
In this limelight this week are sites whose companies develop games for a living. It’s interesting to see how varied all their styles are, as reflected in their homepage designs. Designs of the Week...
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Design Focus: Dots & Circles
Emulating the circular form is always an intriguing exercise because of its technical and aesthetic challenges, especially on the Web. So every year it’s a delight to see designs that explore the...
View ArticleCan You Make It Work? Pushing The Limits Of Creative Web Design
With the number of innovative, yet intuitive sites on the web today, creative web design is vital – it draws readers in and keeps them interested. In pursuit of the most interesting design, however,...
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