Items tagged with smashingmagazine

Link // 08.11.2008 // 9:39 AM // 0 CommentsSmashing Magazine: Top Ten Web Typography Sins

Probably nothing you don’t already know here, but they’re good reminders, nonetheless. Visit site »

Link // 02.26.2008 // 9:46 PM // 0 CommentsNavigation Menus: Trends and Examples

Smashing Magazine has a nice selection of website navigation examples. Some clever stuff, here. Nathan’s awesome playgroundblues flyout tabs get a special mention. Visit site »

Link // 08.27.2007 // 1:46 PM // 2 Comments45 Excellent Blog Designs

Smashing’s list of great blogs, organized by CMS/framework, is notable for a few reasons:

  1. It shows that — at lest when using the popular featured tools — design is almost completely independent of CMS. The idea that “all insert CMS here sites look the same” is simply untrue and an unfair criticism of a particular platform.
  2. It has several great designs I’d never seen before.
  3. It has a small, but nice, selection of Django-powered blogs. Visit site »
Link // 08.16.2007 // 9:56 AM // 2 Comments80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design

Several great selections here, which include both classics and less-known fonts. A little heavy on the sans serif side, but still… Visit site »

Link // 08.01.2007 // 2:46 PM // 0 CommentsData Visualization: Modern Approaches

Smashing Magazine features several great data visualization techniques in use on the web. I love this stuff. Visit site »

Link // 07.17.2007 // 9:12 AM // 2 CommentsExploring Design: Outstanding Start Pages

Kudos to Smashing Magazine for highlighting some more unusual designs. There was a time — back in the heyday of k10k — when people strove for unique, immersive, engaging experiences that didn’t always follow all the rules of accessibility and usability. For many types of sites, that approach is still very valid. It’s sad how frowned upon this sort of experimentation has become ever since the web standards movement blasted into full swing.

Stop shunning unusual sites and sites built with technology you don’t like (i.e. Flash), and open your eyes. You just may learn something. Visit site »

Link // 04.13.2007 // 9:30 PM // 0 CommentsSmashing Magazine: Designing With Grid-Based Approach

Smashing Magazine is quickly becoming one an amazing resource for web designers. They’ve been putting together these massive lists of articles, tutorial, links, and so forth about a single topic (in this case, grid-based design). A lot of good stuff in here. Visit site »

Link // 12.20.2006 // 4:50 PM // 1 CommentSmashing Magazine: 50 Beautiful CSS-Based Web-Designs in 2006

JeffCroft.com included. Thanks so much, guys — a lot of great inspiration here. Visit site »