I recently had a whole new central heating system installed in our house. During the works I realised the similarities between our trades – Maybe not so much the physical labour, but the way in which we both deal with clients as single-man businesses. Whether you’re a freelance designer or a plumber, here’s a few [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Springhouse Solicitors, Quodis, The Squad, Hardtree and Galphin Industries. Springhouse Solicitors View the website Quodis View the website The Squad View the website [...]

Noura Yehia (original founder of Noupe.com) has kindly arranged for 3 lucky Line25 readers to get their hands on the latest bundle of goodies from BundleHunt, absolutely free! BundleHunt is currently on its second treasure giveaway with the resources this time around tallying up to $2000. The bundle is on sale at just $50, but [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from nGen Works, Gugafit, AmazeeLabs, Review and Fred Maya. nGen Works View the website Gugafit View the website AmazeeLabs View the website Review View [...]

The use of texture is one of the important principles of good design, and the use of subtle textures is becoming more and more popular in the world of web design. These textures help give a tactile and realistic feel to the interface, which can help a website seem more familiar with things we come [...]

The use of texture is one of the important principles of good design, and the use of subtle textures is becoming more and more popular in the world of web design. These textures help give a tactile and realistic feel to the interface, which can help a website seem more familiar with things we come [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from McKinney, Danny Keane, Joey Lomanto, Eight Hour Day and Questionable Characters. McKinney View the website Danny Keane View the website Joey Lomanto View [...]

Have you always wanted to add those cool Javascript lightbox galleries to your website, but haven’t the first clue about how to do so? This guide is aimed at the Javascript coding noob and will take you through the step by step process of linking up the jQuery library, installing the lightbox script and getting [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Redup, Applicom, Twitter, Supereight and Vince Angeloni. Redup View the website Applicom View the website New Twitter View the website Supereight View the [...]

Follow this step by step guide to create a detailed briefcase icon in Photoshop. We’ll build the rough outline with basic shapes, then add depth and definition with various Photoshop layer styles such as Inner Glow and Stroke. To really bring the icon to life we’ll use real photographic textures to give a tactile leather [...]

Follow this step by step guide to create a detailed briefcase icon in Photoshop. We’ll build the rough outline with basic shapes, then add depth and definition with various Photoshop layer styles such as Inner Glow and Stroke. To really bring the icon to life we’ll use real photographic textures to give a tactile leather [...]

Follow this step by step guide to create a detailed briefcase icon in Photoshop. We’ll build the rough outline with basic shapes, then add depth and definition with various Photoshop layer styles such as Inner Glow and Stroke. To really bring the icon to life we’ll use real photographic textures to give a tactile leather [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from Creative Soapbox, Rype Arts, Echo Enduring, Miralize Design and Blinksale. Creative Soapbox View the website Rype Arts View the website Echo Enduring View [...]

If design blogs were to be transformed into motor vehicles (Transformers style!), what would they be? Now’s your chance to find out! Here’s a roundup of your favourite design blogs along their mechanical counterparts, each comparison has been scientifically matched on general theme, style, persona and character – Which one do you think is the [...]

Line25 Sites of the Week is a weekly roundup of the most outstanding website designs that I stumble across during my every day browsing. In this week’s collection, we have designs from FreeAgent, Courier for Mac, Square, WeGraphics and SAVVY Belfast. FreeAgent View the website Courier for Mac View the website Square View the website [...]