Lately, I’ve been getting this question a lot: “how did you get your terminal to look the way it does?” If you’ve noticed my terminal and are curious about how I set it up, this is the tutorial for you! Of course, what you learn here will be enough to get you started on creating [...]

By Tom Ross Posted in DESIGN, Fonts 3 comments When you’re designing a website, one of the pillars of great design is typography. Typography is an essential part of good web design, yet it’s amazing how many designers consistently don’t have the proper tools to work with! Talking of course about a quality font library. [...]

The Smashing Book #3: All Good Things Come In Threes By Smashing Editorial Team February 15th, 2012 Books, EBooks 26 Comments Yes, the brand new Smashing Book #3 is coming. The printing press is warming up, the illustrations are finished, and the chapters are being proofread. This third book is the best printed book we’ve [...]

Designer Myopia: How To Stop Designing For Ourselves By Rian van der Merwe February 14th, 2012 Design, Process, Usability 11 Comments Have you ever looked at a bizarre building design and wondered, “What were the architects thinking?” Or have you simply felt frustrated by a building that made you uncomfortable, or felt anger when a [...]

By Jasmina Stanojevic Posted in Illustrator, TUTORIAL 0 comments Valentine’s Day, the most romantic holiday of the year is upon us. So why not take the opportunity to learn how to create a romantic gift box in AI. In this Adobe Illustrator tutorial we will be learning how to create a heart shaped gift box [...]