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36 Inspirational Fine Art Gallery & Museum Websites - DesignM.ag DesignM.ag HomeAboutTrainingContactCategoriesTutorialsResourcesInspirationFreelanceInterviewsDesignFreebies 36 Inspirational Fine Art Gallery & Museum Websitesby Jake Rocheleau

December 2, 2014 in Designer Showcase

The world of fine art is large and historic crossing borders all around the world. Art galleries and museums have been around for centuries but haven’t always been able to market themselves online. Now that most people in the world have Internet access it’s almost strange to not have a website – and this most certainly includes art museums.

For this gallery I’ve put together 36 websites created for museums and fine art galleries. Most layouts employ a sense of minimalism to put a direct focus on the photographs and page content. It’s not everyday that you’d need to create a new museum website, but it’s good to know what some of the big players are using for their own designs.

Van Gogh Museum

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by Jake Rocheleau

December 7, 2014 in Freebies

Microsoft is one of the few software companies yet to release a series of official iOS applications. Since mobile app design is so popular it seems like a fantastic idea.

In a recent tutorial I covered the process of designing small buttons for an older iOS6 app interface. This was based off the Microsoft Word UI created by Victor Erixon. It’s a great concept but also somewhat dated in the current realm of flat iOS7-iOS8 interfaces.

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by Brant Wilson

December 16, 2014 in Resources

As a profession, the designers are provided with the task of imbibing a website with creative designs and patterns. They have to strictly adhere to the specification laid down by their client while instilling uniqueness and innovation wherever possible. So your task as a designer is to excel the expectations of your client while making sure that the user interface of the website looks appealing.

So to fulfill all the assigned tasks you have to go through the Photoshop document of the website and also inculcate some cool designs that will set you ahead of the curve. And you would be able to just that if you would create and design each and every web element from scratch. But frankly speaking it is not at all a feasible solution and such initiative is most likely to increase the project cost leaps & bounds. So to evade such scenario, you can take help of pre-existing design templates.

There are a number of design resources available at DealFuel, that can ease your designing task and also decrease the time required. These resources can be downloaded and utilized for free and you can even tweak it accordingly. Thus provided the flexibility and are the perfect solution that can be availed by you to save cost and time. So lets dig in and find out what resources we have in store for you.

1. Christmas Graphic Design Pack

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by Jake Rocheleau

December 21, 2014 in design

There are now more app developers than we have ever seen in the short history of smartphone devices. Google newest Android OS coupled with Apples advancing technology makes for a force to be reckoned with. Although mobile interfaces can borrow traits from the web, they can't be perfectly emulated because mobile apps rely on touch-based interactions.

I want to share a few mobile interface patterns to help designers craft purposeful applications that run smooth and behave as expected. This is no easy task and it requires a lot of practice to figure out the best methods for any individual application. But I suggest looking for these interfaces in other applications to determine how they feel and behave on a typical device.

Tabbed Content Areas

Among the many traits of modern app design is a growing need to squeeze content into infinitesimally small locations. Although recent versions of smartphones comes with enlarged screen sizes, the content still fits into a very small area. Include the fact that mobile apps are touch-based and youll see why extra screen space is a tremendous benefit.

A common design pattern is to use tabbed content switching between feeds, lists, thumbnail views, and other pertinent information. This trend started with older versions of iOS using the same grouped button concept. However it has since evolved onto Android and is used prominently for interface design.

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