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8 Essentials for a Newborn Baby
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Last week we discussed all those things “they” say you need for a new baby, but that — well, you really don’t. But this doesn’t mean you need nothing. There are a few necessities most families need to care for a newborn. Throughout history, parents have managed to raise the next generation with very few items. The “must haves” of today’s culture weren’t even invented not that long ago. Everyone’s list is different. But here are the top eight things I find essential for nurturing a new baby. 1. Diapers
2. Pack ‘N Play
We had a crib with our first-born (bought on the cheap at a consignment store), we were given one with our second, and for this upcoming third, we’re sticking with only a pack-n-play. (In case you’re wondering, we’ve lived in different locations for each of these births.) I do hope to find an attaching bassinet feature for those first early weeks, so that I don’t have to bend all the way down to pick him up. 3. Baby CarrierThere’s no question — babywearing is so healthy for bonding and comfort, and it makes basic chores like folding clothes so much easier. It’s not hard to be absolutely overwhelmed at the selection of baby carriers. There’s no one perfect carrier, but each parent and baby do tend to have their favorites.
I love the Ergo baby carrier |
has proven essential both on the road and at home. I know it’s tempting to get a classic crib with the coordinating sheets and bumper, but it’s not a necessity.
for most of my babies’ early months, but for our next baby’s earliest, teeny-tiny months, I’m going to try a Moby wrap, given to me by sweet Simple Mom columnist Maya.Interface Design Inspiration | 30 Impressive Ways to Design Sign-Up Page/Form
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In most online business the revenue of the site solely depends on the registered and active users and Making the visitor of your site to sign up isn’t easy, nobody likes to fill in forms . Web forms bridge the gap between the product and the customer therefore, we designers, need to figure out sound design make the form completion process easy. But while designing the Signup page / form lot question will arise in designers mind like how should the text box / buttons should look? alignment of labels in form? the size of the textbook, where to place the tooltip link ?, to name a few. To help you in that, here i’ve collected 30 examples of nicely designed and implemented sing-up page/ form design, in various style formats which suit the over all website design perfectly , hope you like this collection 1. )PSDThemes
2. )Nibbledish
3. )Livestream
4. )Big Cartel
5. )Gowalla
6. )Next Big Sound
7. )YouAre
8. )Omgpop
9. )Footytube
10. )LaunchMind
11. )PopScreen
12. )StrawPoll
13. )Thumbslap
14. )Virb
15. )Wedding Jojo
16. )14dayz
17. )Builditwith
18. )CulinaryCulture
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26 Inspirational Vector Posters from Creattica
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The Envato community is filled with top notch talent, and Creattica has been built around the premise of showcasing that talent. Recently, Creattica added a whole bunch of new categories, including a few with outstanding vector work inside. Here’s a rundown of some of the best vector poster work submitted so far!
1. JAT – Branded by nature 2. Conserve Rain Water 3. Eagle in your mind 4. Chemtrail 5. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 6. Globale 09 7. Every color of your summer 8. John Petrucci BFR 9. Future Imperfect 10. Firs |
25 Impressive Email Newsletter Designs for Your Inspiration
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Many newsletters are published by clubs, churches, societies, associations, and businesses, especially companies, to provide information of interest to their members, customers or employees. Sending newsletters to customers and prospects is a common marketing strategy, which can have benefits and drawbacks. A beautifully designed newsletter can make the user more interested in your product or your service, here i’ve collected 25 impressive news letter designs, for you inspiration, which will be help-full to you on your next newsletter design process 1.) Fifty Coins
2.) Whiskey Militia
3.) Team Worx
4.) Percept
5.) Nation Toys
6.) Crate & Barell
7.) Altar 7
8.) Totally Rad
9.) Patriot
10.) Letone email
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20+ Inspirational Vector Flickr Groups, and a Truckload of Awesome Vector Art
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If your considering placing your vectors on Flickr, then here are some groups to submit your work to. There are a wide range of vector groups. Some focused around programs like Illustrator and Inkscape, other focused on websites, like the Vectortuts+ Flickr group, there are some large anything goes vector Flickr groups, and some small groups with a tight focus and active communities. One of the strategies to getting lots of feedback on your work is to submit it to numerous relevant groups – especially, those with active communities. Let’s take a look at these groups and a whole bunch of awesome vector art. It’s time to get your vector on!
Vectortuts+ Flickr GroupWe have a really active vector Flickr group with over 1,300 members and 4,000+ vectors based images uploaded. There are some really talented artists that consistently inspire, as well as those showcasing the results of the latest tutorial they’ve completed. It’s a diverse community and a great place to showcase your work. Visit the Vectortuts+ Flickr group. Below are some submissions into this group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vectips Flickr GroupAnother group backed by a vector focused website. With 100+ members and over 350 pieces of artwork, this community is getting started. It’s growing though, as the Vectips community keeps expanding. The group also is a showcase for newbies and inspiring professional vector artwork alike. Visit the Vectips Flickr group. Below are some submissions into this group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector Art Flickr GroupThis is a huge vector art community, which you can submit any type of vector art too. It has almost 6,000 members and over 30,000 vector images submitted. Definitely one to check out, as there is a mega-load of vector inspiration here. Visit the Vector Art Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector Graphics Flickr GroupThis is another large vector art community, which you can submit any type of vector art too. In fact this community encourages a wide variety of submissions, like logos, stickers, posters, illustrations, and more. It has almost 2,000 members and over 14,000 vector images submitted. Another one to check out and participate in. Visit the Vector Graphics Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector Glow and Art Flickr GroupThis is a fairly small flickr group, but it has an interesting focus, which is on vectors that have glow effects used. So, if you’ve created glowing vector fireworks, light rays, stars, flowers, or fairy dust, then this is the place to submit those designs to. Visit the Vector Glow and Art Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector Drawings Flickr GroupWith around 900 members and about 6000 pieces of work, this is a medium size flickr group. It’s focused on vector drawings, and specifically warns against submitting vectorized photos to the group. It doesn’t matter the program the work is created in, as all vector drawings are welcome. Visit the Vector Drawings Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector ANIMALS Flickr GroupOften groups with a tight focus are some of the best to get involved in. This groups subject is vector animals. And while the group is small, there is some great vector artwork in here. Also, Bubblefriends is a group admin, who does some really happy and high-quality animal characters. If your into vector animals, then post them here. vector ANIMALS Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   VECTORVAULT Flickr GroupAnother group backed by a vector focused website. This one has been around for quite some time. With 350+ members and over 1,900 pieces of artwork, this community has grown to a good size. It’s backed by the VECTORVAULT site, which consistently displays exciting vector art from across the globe. VECTORVAULT Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Faces Vector Flickr GroupThis vector art group is a great place to showcase your vectors of people, especially of people. There are over 300 members and around 1000 vector images of vector people and faces. The styles of portraits depicted in this group is diverse. If your working on vector faces, or images of people, then this is a good place to showcase that work. Faces vector Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   I LOVE VECTOR Flickr GroupThis is another anything goes vector art group you can display your work at. There are around 200 members and over 1000 pieces of vector art on display. I LOVE VECTOR Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Adobe Illustrator Flickr GroupThis is a huge group with a focus on displaying work from my favorite program Adobe Illustrator. So needless to say, most of the work on display is vectors made in a multitude of styles. If you use Illustrator to create your artwork, then this is a great place to display your work. It also boasts an active member base of almost 3,000 members. The discussion boards receive regular posts and comments. And there are around 17,000 images displayed in the group. Adobe illustrator Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   VECTO®Z Flickr GroupThis group has almost 100 members and over 6,000 images of vector art. It has a fun vector name and some funky vector images in the Flickr pool, though the group is open to posting any type of quality vector images. Visit the VECTO®Z Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vectores Flickr GroupThis group is supported by a vector magazine, which has a spanish community surrounding it. Here is a link to the magazine Vectores 3. Regardless of the language, both the digital magazine and the group are a great source of vector inspiration. There are over 1,500 members and 7,500 vector images in the group. Visit the vectores Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Vector Characters Flickr GroupThis group is all about vector characters, one of my favorite subjects. There are over 1,500 members and over 6,500 vector character images submitted. This is a the group to submit all your vector character designs to, and any style is welcome. The group is particular in keeping this a vector dedicated character illustration group, and to avoid becoming a catch all for any type of character design. Visit the Vector characters Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   G-Rated Vector Illustrations Flickr GroupWith almost 150 members and just over 1000 vector images, this group isn’t that big. It’s focus though tends to draw talented vector children’s illustrations, and is certainly a good fit for this group. The groups focus isn’t limited to this though. Visit the G-Rated Vector Illustrations Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Simple Vectors Flickr GroupThis group has a little over 100 members and almost 600 vector images. It’s filled with less complicated vector art, such as flat vectors, illustrations made with few shapes, basic character designs, and more. This is a great place for a novice vector illustrator to post to. Visit the Simple Vectors Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Architecture Vector Flickr GroupFor those of you with a passion for architecture and want to fill your vector canvas with it, this is the group for you. This is a tightly focused group of about 40 members. There are currently a little over 100 images. Help fill it with more great vector architectural illustrations. Visit the Architecture Vector Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   Lo Que Es El VECTOR Flickr GroupThis is a Spanish vector group. It appears that there is work in numerous styles and various vector topics on display. There are over 50 members and around 300 vector images to view. Visit the lo que es el VECTOR Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist.   We love Vectors Flickr GroupThis is another small vector group open to submissions based on any vector topic. There are a little over 60 members and almost 500 images filled with pure vector love. Visit the We love Vectors Flickr group. Click on the artwork to learn more about the work and artist. |
27 Inspirational Horizontal Scrolling Websites
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Horizontal Scrolling was considered evil before, but now it’s considers as one of a unique way ( mostly for showcasing Things) of approach in web design, And it seems that in most cases it is really put to use in an intelligent way, horizontal scrolling is not good idea in every situation, but when done properly they can really make a website standout, after checking out these samples you can see how it can actually be an interesting interface Here I’ve collected 27 Horizontal Scrolling Website design for you inspiration, check it out, Perhaps if this style fits your topic it might just be the extra touch to make your site stand out. 1.) Vanty Claire
2.) Sursly
3.) Peter Pearson
4.) Gavin Casteletom
5.) Dean Oakley
6.) We Shoot Bottels
7.) Visuall
8.) Publicidade Viva
9.) The Horizantal Way
10.) Suie paparude
11.) Artist in Design
12.) Lucama
13.) Synth
14.) Wall Swaps
15.) Hasrimy
16.) Graphic Evidence
17.) Carrot Creative
18.) Section Seven
19.) Lomotek
20.) Maurivan Luiz
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35 Inspiring Examples of Transparency in Logo Design
27 Inspirational Horizontal Scrolling Websites
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Horizontal Scrolling was considered evil before, but now it’s considers as one of a unique way ( mostly for showcasing Things) of approach in web design, And it seems that in most cases it is really put to use in an intelligent way, horizontal scrolling is not good idea in every situation, but when done properly they can really make a website standout, after checking out these samples you can see how it can actually be an interesting interface Here I’ve collected 27 Horizontal Scrolling Website design for you inspiration, check it out, Perhaps if this style fits your topic it might just be the extra touch to make your site stand out. 1.) Vanty Claire
2.) Sursly
3.) Peter Pearson
4.) Gavin Casteletom
5.) Dean Oakley
6.) We Shoot Bottels
7.) Visuall
8.) Publicidade Viva
9.) The Horizantal Way
10.) Suie paparude
11.) Artist in Design
12.) Lucama
13.) Synth
14.) Wall Swaps
15.) Hasrimy
16.) Graphic Evidence
17.) Carrot Creative
18.) Section Seven
19.) Lomotek
20.) Maurivan Luiz
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80 Extreme Advertisements That Will Challenge Your Mind
An advertisement’s aim is to instantly attract the attention of viewers. Some use humour to draw viewers’ attention, but there are other kinds of advertisements that go to extremes to present something different. As a follow up to our previous article 60 Humorous Advertisements That Will Tickle Your Bones, today we look at the opposite extreme to using humour in advertisements. Presenting another side to design, some of the advertisements shared in this article today may be a little visually disturbing or conceptually controversial.
Warning: Viewers Discretion Is Advised!
Image from: Squid
While some might find them somewhat perverse yet creatively brilliant, others might cringe and be disgusted or disapproving of their content or style. Everyone has a right to an opinion.
80 Controversial and Disturbing Print Ads
Let’s look at these advertisements objectively with an open and analytical mind and appreciate the creativity that went into it. One has to wonder how the creative directors and designers came up with these concepts. What was the thought process and rational behind their radical ideas? Was there prior censorship and surveying done in a control group before the decision to go ahead with the advert was made? No matter the response, such advertisements do exist and are on the rise. Does challenging the norm by being controversial and extreme payoff by leaving an impact or making an impression on viewers? This is an answer we’d love to find out.
Here are 80 controversial advertisements that challenge the boundaries of what is socially and morally acceptable with the use of dark humour and shock tactics. These print advertisements often use gore, vulgarity, sex, violence, and sometimes religion to promote their products or bring across the organisations’ message. These adverts either challenge social, political or moral propriety. That is why some of these advertisements are banned in certain countries. Although the use of such adverts can be effective, it is not for the faint of heart or small of mind. Not everyone can appreciate the beauty in such clever and deliberate ugliness.
Ariel: Pervert
Amnesty International: Archery
AMAM – Association of Women Against Genital Mutilation: Plastic doll
Alka-Seltzer: New Year
Alac: Kitchen
Ace: Tarantula
A Bela Sintra: Foot
WWF: Blood
Amnesty International: Red Little Tender
Vergessen ist ansteckend: Tub
TMF: Army
Queer Travel.de
Superette: Elevator
AIDS Awareness Campaign: Gay
Stella Coffee Pot: Spider
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