Motion Ui Design Principles — Beyond Kinetic

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This blog is a quick look at some simple Ui motion design principles.  There isn’t too much documented about this area of mobile ui design and I thought there would be some value in expressing my views.   From what is documented already I urge anyone interested in ui motion to check out Pasquale D’Silva http://psql.me/ and Johannes Tonollo’s meaningful transitions 

Best Website Designs — January 2014's Picks

With the New Year in full swing, we did not hold back when assembling this month’s Top 10 Websites for Designers. In this first collection of 2014, you’ll find an engaging site that fights homelessness, a resource for seeing fonts in use, and a stylized design app. These are just a few of the gems that Adam Ladd, HOW’s art director, found while picking the best to debut in this month’s roundup of top website designs. - See more at: http://www.howdesign.com/design-creativity/top-10-websites-designers-january-2014/#sthash.V5AHxmqN.dpuf

5 of the most awesome interactive online music videos - The Next Web

Music videos have evolved a lot since Elvis rocked a jailhouse, the Beatles had a hard day’s night and The Buggles killed the radio star. While music videos have taken a back seat on cable television to teenage mothers and fist pumping partygoers, the Internet has been the go to spot to artists to express their sounds visually.

The Ten Most Popular Web Fonts of 2013 — Type & Grids

The use of web fonts has continued to explode in 2013 — designers are no longer content with using standard system fonts like Arial and Georgia. On my side projectTypewolf, I categorize the latest website designs by the web fonts they use. These are the ten most popular fonts I’ve noticed from analyzing font usage on Typewolf in 2013.

15 Examples Of Scrolling Done Right In Website Designs

In using many aspects of web design, some designers prefer using the same style or technique while others like to revamp their website design to reflect the latest new trend. Sometimes though, a site design uses a technique that is just right; no other method could give a similar or better result or impact.

CSSMatic – Automation Tool That Makes CSS Easy For Web Designers

CSS is a very powerful stylesheet language that lets you take control of the look and feel of a site. It provides efficiency in design and updates. But coding from scratch is always tough. Thankfully, you can find many little helpers which usually cover a few features to make coding CSS easier.

How to Collaborate On GitHub – Development – Tuts+ Tutorials

If you don't already know, GitHub is an incredibly effective way to collaborate on development projects. Providing a place for anyone with an internet connection to have an avenue where they can share code with the world for free (not to mention the robust supporting tools for source inspection and easy viewing of commit histories). GitHub has been adopted by many large open-source projects as their primary home for collaboration and contribution.

The Name Game: 9 Curious Mac Branding Choices

Since 1984, Apple has used some pretty interesting names for its Mac products and operating systems. Ever wonder how Mac teams came up with the many themes to its operating systems? Or what Steve Jobs really wanted to name the company?

2001: A Space Odyssey | Typeset In The Future

2001: A Space Odyssey – Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi masterpiece – seems an appropriate place to start a blog about typography in sci-fi. Amongst other delights, it offers a zero-gravity toilet, emergency resuscitations, exploding bolts, and product placement aplenty. It's also the Ur Example of Eurostile Bold Extended's regular appearance in spacecraft user interfaces.

Responsive Design Knowledge Hub

Responsive Design is a leap forward in the web industry to create a consistent experience on all viewports from mobile to desktop.