Best of Design Art, Inspirational Ideas for Designers and The Rest of Us

Interesting series of photos by Vin Rathod, an award-winning photographer based in Sydney.T

he abstract pictures were taken through a fountain / water-wall at the Arts Centre in Melbourne and Vin explains that they “seem like memories of childhood – a bit blurry but still vivid and colourful.”

Colorful Metro UI kit for free download and any use. Collection of blocks: calendar, stats, chart, icons, menu, search and account. All designed in Metro style.

Use our 9 slide Business Process Flow Diagram PPT deck to define and analyze processes in a visual fashion. The high quality superior visuals of these templates make for interesting presentations.

In case that you have been stuck in a cave for the past few years, let me tell you this nice news: flat design is the current craze. We should now say goodbye to those intricate designs dominated by brushes, gradients, drop shadows and all those kinds of designs. I repeat, flat is the new trend.

The flat design is an emerging design style that uses flat shapes and icons. It basically revolves around the use of rectangles, circles, triangles and others shapes with the absence of other design elements like shadows, strokes and gradients. It was made popular by Microsoft in their computer systems, especially their new operating system they call Windows 8. Basically, the flat design style is rooted on two principles: simplicity and readability. These two principles guide the designers in formulating stylish web layouts, software designs, posters and many more.

Leah Yerpe is a talented artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

“I enjoy using the human figure in my work because we cannot help but project on and relate to it. The bodies in my work are multiplied in different poses, twisting, floating and falling on a ground purged of contextualizing marks.

I never pose my models; they have free reign to move in an immediate, improvised dance. This looseness contrasts with a fastidious drawing technique, where I capture the bodies of my models as if formal elements in a collage. I see them transformed from free individuals into symbolic figures. This is akin to the transformation of human experience in mythology and religion.

The influence of mythology on my artwork is often hinted at in the titles, though my work is not a direct illustration of the stories. What I’m after is that kernel at the heart of the story, the core that will always resonate human experience.”

- Leeah Yerpe

via Fubiz Leah Yerpe’s website

Much has been written about the use of colour in web design. Back in the day there were stark warnings. Pick as few as possible, seemed to be the general advice, and be sensible about your choices.

I covered the main points when I wrote about colour and web design five years ago. A lot of that advice still stands up but there has been a definite shift, and nowadays it seems that more and more designers are embracing colour like never before. The polychromatic web is upon us!

The combination of flat design and blocks of saturated colour is certainly a winning combination from where I’m sitting. It's a trend that is perhaps underpinned by the growing number of devices with retina screens in circulation.

A strong, clever use of colour can be great for branded web experiences, web apps of various flavours, and agency websites. That said, I’m not fully convinced that this design trend is ideal for retailers with hundreds or thousands of product pictures, as too much colour can be overpowering, but no doubt there are some good examples out in the wild.

Hello Uipixels followers!!! Ui kit you can try different colors with s. sharing a useful, In order to create responsive sites.

Flat design is trendy these days! This UI Kit includes a wide range of components which can be used to create clean, colorful websites...

Thibaut Malet is a freelance designer based in Montpellier, France. The incredible creations that you see below are all made by hand with, if you haven't already guessed it, wood. Thibaut has come up with some incredible ideas for the simplest of things such as lamps, bike shelves and more.

Every time I start a new project, I try to work with one or two materials, first, to highlight the object in his natural aspect and also to think about the recycling options in the future. This is why I avoid the use of industrials screws and nails during the construction, replacing them with wood solutions. This process helps the designs to fit my ecological expectations. Recycling materials are a great source of inspiration and coming from a carpenter family, wood stays my material of choice because of his infinite capacities.

Designer: John Nouanesing. Click below for other images.