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We've talked a lot here at Designmodo about flat design - so you probably know what the trend is all about at this point. The short version: Flat design is a style that does not use tricks or embellishments such as shadows, embossing or gradients to make elements look "real."

All designers are constantly on the look-out for high quality design elements to add to their libraries, and even better if they can find them at no charge! Particularly for designers starting out in the industry, possibly keeping their prices down to acquire work, free, premium quality resources are a necessity.

Plenty can also cause pain at times. All of us have heard the ancient saying- excess of everything is bad and it is pretty relevant in the present technological era too. There is so much of information and advice available on the internet that anyone can get confused.

Big background images are extremely trendy in modern web design. You will find dozens of creative examples around the web which illustrate this technique. Consider the idea for captivating landing pages, portfolios, as even company websites are using specialized full-screen background photos. In this article I want to put together ...

In this post you'll find a beautiful collection of free textures for photoshop, including a lot of high resolution textures that are used in modern web designing. So download and use them for your next design.

Gone are the days when programming languages could only be mastered programmers like Bill Gates, who later got to dominate the world by storm. Now everyone holds the same potential, and the chance to learn and even master programming language easily. Today, we will show you 10 interactive websites that ...

Browsing the work of talented designers is a great way to spark your own creativity and to boost your motivation to further develop your own skills. This can apply to all different types of design, and today we're focusing specifically on vector art. Here you'll find 35 examples of vector art from various designers.

A new trend is making its way through cyberspace - long shadow design. The concept, which borrows themes from flat design, is popping up in a big way in recent weeks. The trend is impacting user interface elements and icons the strongest, but is starting to creep into other parts of website design.

It is surprising the amount of services and apps that don't really worry about their websites, about the way they show their product/idea to users. I browse around the web a lot, looking for inspiring websites to show here, and when it comes to services and apps, it's usually hard to find nice designs.

Brush Script is a casual connecting script typeface designed in 1942 by Robert E. Smith for the American Type Founders (ATF). The face exhibits an exuberant graphic stroke emulating the look of handwritten written letters with an ink brush. Lowercase letters are deliberately irregular to further effect the look of handwritten text.