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Tuesday November 25th, 2008

Shiny Stuff Part 7

From Design Melt Down, 1 month ago, 0 comments

This is a style that won't likely end anytime soon. This wonderful batch of sites tastefully use the approach to demonstrate how sharp the style can be.

Tuesday November 18th, 2008

Portfolios Part 11

From Design Melt Down, 1 month ago, 0 comments

A fresh batch of portfolios.

Friday November 7th, 2008

Illustrated Part 6

From Design Melt Down, 2 months ago, 0 comments

Yes, finally a fresh batch of illustration focused designs.

Events Part 4

From Design Melt Down, 2 months ago, 0 comments

Round 4 of event promotion sites.

Tuesday September 2nd, 2008

Orange Sites Part 4

From Design Melt Down, 4 months ago, 0 comments

A fresh batch of zesty orange sites. Enjoy.

Minimalism Part 7

From Design Melt Down, 4 months ago, 0 comments

Another round of the ever popular minimal style.

Thursday August 14th, 2008

Fabric - Textile based web designs

From Design Melt Down, 4 months ago, 0 comments

This particular topic has been on my collection for quite some time, I love the style, but it seems it is not that heavily used so it took me a while to assemble this list of sites below. All the same I think they are a sweet cluster of sites and serve the style really well. First and foremost is the fact that though these sites make use of fabric in their design they aren't necessarily fashion or textile oriented. Lets just look at a few samples to see how this style is leveraged in various ways.

Wednesday August 6th, 2008

Designer Portfolios Part 10

From Design Melt Down, 5 months ago, 0 comments

I get lots of portfolios sent my way, so this section just keeps growing. I am still on my rant about focusing on highly effective and easy to use portfolios and almost all of these reflect that. There is one odd ball in the bunch though, a flash site that caught my attention. This one harkens back to the days when portfolios were so complex it was annoying. This one has the flash style, but isn't to hard to use. Somehow a nice balance has been struck between usability and sizzle.

Tuesday July 22nd, 2008

All Shades Of Green Part 8

From Design Melt Down, 5 months ago, 0 comments

I have once again fallen a bit behind on things, but as always I pick back up where I left off. I suppose some people take their blogging incredibly serious and stick to strict schedules. I find that this only sets you up for failure. It is impossible to think you can write every day on a topic and never need a break. I have been off busy getting a job and going to classes to learn to care for a baby. But alas, here I am, back with a fresh set of links. Enjoy the samples.

Monday June 30th, 2008

Sketchy Part 4

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

In keeping with the recent trend towards organic design the sketchy style fits right in. Sure this isn't a new trend by any means, but it is still a solid design solution that has a unique and useful set of connotations. The fresh hand drawn style eludes to an artistic and crafty atmosphere. This connects viewers with a creative side and really establish's a context for the sites design to exist in. Almost any topic feels a bit more personal and creative with this style.

Monday June 23rd, 2008

Red Part 5 - 14 Bold Red Sites

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

This new set of red sites once again deomonsrates the power and authority this color carries.

Thursday June 19th, 2008

Got Wood Part 5 - Is wood is the new glossy style?

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

Sometimes there is a trend, and sometimes there is a trend. Is the use of wood the new glossy style? It just might be the case. I have noticed for some time now the shift from a technical aesthetic (things like shiny sites, badges, saturated colors etc) to a more organic style (think brown and muted colors, and wood of course). As I researched my database of sites for this article I couldn't believe how many sites I found that used wood. There were so many I just got tired of looking to be honest. But this wasn't until I had 40 samples to provide here. Which by my standards certainly establishes this as a solid trend. Sure the style has been around for a long time, in fact it was one of the first articles on Design Meltdown. However, there is a massive surge of design using this style and it easily warrants a fresh collection here on Design Meltdown. Enjoy the samples.

Wednesday June 18th, 2008

Beautiful Blogs Part 6

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

This is a small set of blog samples, and yet it still has such massive variety. My goal with this section on blogs in general is not to include every last beautiful blog, that would be an impossible task. Rather, I hope to provide diverse sets of samples which demonstrate a variety of layouts and design styles to push us towards inventive designs.

Tuesday June 17th, 2008

Announcing SpamMeltdown.com

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

Many months of hard work is finally paying off. The Web Designers Idea Book is finished and accepting orders, and yesterday I finally put the finishing touches on my next Meltdown site. I am thoroughly pleased to announce that SpamMeltdown.com is up and running. And since I don't believe in launching empty blogs and tout what they will be I have already posted 20 articles featuring about 650 HTML emails.

Monday June 16th, 2008

Old Paper Part 5

From Design Melt Down, 6 months ago, 0 comments

Some styles just never die, and the use of old worn paper is certainly one of them. This is not to suggest that in any way it should. No more then we should decided that the color blue should no longer be used because so many others have. As the saying goes, there is nothing new, only new combinations (actually, I think I just horribly misquoted the bible). Anyhow, this design style is fun for one main reason, it breaks the techie feel sites seem to come with.

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