With blue being such a basic color, many designers shy away from it in hopes that an alternative color will make their designs more creative. However, just like all colors, blue can come in a variety of shades, hues, and moods. Applied in the right context, blue can truly be amazing.

Typography has gained a lot of attention in the recent years of web design — as it should have. It’s a large part of any website, some saying that it takes up more than 90% of the website itself. With more options for design arising, we as designers must recognize good from bad typography for ultimate legibility.

Finding Twitter graphics is just another chore, so create them yourself with these 20 resources concerning Twitter. You can follow them directly, or derive design ideas from them for your own design.

Make sure you never leave your participants hanging after an important meeting. Part 4 of this series will help you maintain a long term relationship with your participants.

User-centric web design is a method of web design where the content, design, and usability factors are all placed in accordance to the target audience’s needs and goals — a design that is centered around the user. This article will cover the basics of what user-centric web design is, and how to achieve it.

Macro photography is a style of photography that involves finding focus in close-up subjects. Through correct focus, macro photography can provide amazing detail, and open up a world we could never have even imagined.

Some of the best detailed inspiration can come from nature. Here are more than 25 examples of excellent macro photography with a nature subject. When viewing these, look for shape, texture, focus, and color, and then try to bring the same into your own designs.

Often times we only learn the CSS strategies we need to as we go through new projects. However, we should study new strategies in our spare time as well. This way, we can discover new and more efficient methods of getting things done for the future.

Clients and users need guidance when contributing their design ideas. Part 3 of this series will prepare you for the challenges inherent in facilitating collaborative meetings.