December 3, 2012 — When building an app for iOS, you have to provide the normal-sized and double-sized images for each graphic. This is where the strongest Adobe Fireworks feature comes in. In this article, Ivo Mynttinen describes how to design an iOS app with Adobe Fireworks for the iPhone and shows a few techniques which allow you to design faster, achieving the best possible results. Read more…

December 2, 2012 — Find some inspiration with this free desktop and Christmas themed wallpapers. Created by artists from all around the world! Read more…

November 30, 2012 — A selection of free desktop and creative wallpapers for December 2012 created by artists from all around the world. Get some inspiration! Read more…

November 30, 2012 — In this tutorial, we will be covering a number of interesting topics, including: Magento layout handles, layout XML files, blocks and templates, and an alternative to Widgets. Read more…

November 29, 2012 — The relationship between the media and marketeers is the greatest sham marriage of all time: convenience, rarely love. We need each other. Writers need to be paid, and people making products need to be paid too. That being said, the journalism profession has been somewhat eager to hand a lot of control of their content to advertisers for some time now. Read more…

November 28, 2012 — Web design is an ever-changing industry, and to keep getting better at your craft and stay up-to-date with what’s going on, you need to invest a lot of time and effort in getting reliable, good quality content. The Smashing Library grants you immediate unlimited access to all Smashing eBooks including digital versions of our printed books. Read more…

November 26, 2012 — Which industries are the most likely candidates for tablet kiosks? Four that immediately spring to mind are hotels, restaurants, museums and retailers. Kiosks help streamline information-gathering processes, such as signing up for mailing lists, making reservations, ordering products and services and checking in and out of locations. Read more…

November 23, 2012 — In this article, Jeremy Girard looks at some ways in which you can end projects on the right note. Also, what you can do after they are launched to help your project stories have happy endings (and many successful sequels). Read more…

November 20, 2012 — Designers can do plenty of things to counteract the technical appearance of the Web. In this article, Sabina Idler discusses different aspects of freehand drawing and writing in Web design and how they can enhance the user experience of your website. Read more…

November 20, 2012 — We bring you a set of icons that are an homage to the creative professions. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, you can download them for free! Read more…