Dec 11, 2007

Typographic Contrast and Flow

As you have probably know, most online readers don’t read line by line, instead they scan (from one point to another). For this reason, designers create typographic contrast and flow ...

Dec 7, 2007

CSS: The All-Expandable Box

In HTML, if you don’t specify a specific width, block-level elements are vertically expandable by their nature. Think of an unordered list. That list will grow be be as big ...

Dec 3, 2007

Best of CSS Design 2007

For those who don’t know, I’m also the guy behind Best Web Gallery and N.Design Studio. In 2006, I started Best Web Gallery as a gallery site where I feature ...

Nov 27, 2007

Free Christmas Icons for You

Last year I did a free Christmas icon pack for fun. They are still looking fresh and cute. So, I just want to announce again in case you missed it ...

Nov 23, 2007

Vector Polishing Techniques

Someone emailed me and asked how did I do the illustration background on Next2Friends. It inspired me to write this article. He asked "Did I do it in Photoshop or ...

Nov 4, 2007

Review: PayPal Redesign

What do you think of the recent PayPal redesign and the new PayPal branding? In my opinion, I think the new design is very unprofessional and lack of consistency. My ...