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• Daily Inspiration #542
• Tuesday Total Textures #24
• Le Cirque Des Couleurs by SlashTHREE
• Architect Day: Denton Corker Marshall
• Psychological Study of Web Designs
• Metal Makes Everything Better

Daily Inspiration #542 Posted: 22 Jun 2010 01:57 PM PDT This post is part of our daily series of posts showing the most inspiring images selected by some of the Abduzeedo's writers and users. If you want to participate and share your graphic design inspiration, just send us, via email, the image with the link from where you found it, also use "Daily Inspiration" in the subject, and don't forget to send your Abduzeedo username; or via Twitter sending to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo If possible use the HTML code: <p class="imgC"><a href="Link to the page you found the image"><img src="Link to the Image" /></a></p> Do you want to see all images from all Daily Inspirations? Check out http://daily.abduzeedo.com 2D al b sure Ásbel Torres Cofap - Chacoalhando from Estúdio Romeu & Julieta on Vimeo. Cofap - Pula-pula from Estúdio Romeu & Julieta on Vimeo. Calixto Júnior December.ly dennis_zer08294 Dennys Tormen Eddlo Eugene Kim Fabiano Fabio 1MD Showreel 2010 from 1MD on Vimeo. Felipe Gomez Gisele Habib Q Henry Hingst Huy Phùng jacob Bian Jim Jordan Lackey jtownboy Juliana MTV Rockgol from Animatório on Vimeo. luis reyes Michale J. Lopez MiguelArt Raphael Bueno Ray ricardofx roberto alves suprman79 Tom Bloomfield Vanderlei Junior Via Twitter Send your suggestions via Twitter to http://twitter.com/abduzeedo using #abdz in the end of the tweet. @Iaravi @mrBRIELS @tiagobenevides @daniel_nelson @alemdasideias @lurex @Marcos333 @mendesfrm About the author My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com. Sponsored Links:

Tuesday Total Textures #24 Posted: 22 Jun 2010 07:25 AM PDT Tuesday Total Textures is post series that will bring a new life to your Tuesdays. Every week I'll be posting some free hi resolution textures that you can use in your projects. Check out this week's textures, download the ones you like and start making your texture collection. <!--break--> Click Here to View all Tuesday Total Textures Leather Seattle Grunge Jeans Fabric Silky Broken Glass Shutter More Bricks Old Wood Texture Blue About the author Hi! I'm Paulo Canabarro and I'm here to post some really cool stuff for you, if you have any ideas or any requests please get @ me - pvpcanabarro@gmail.com you can also Follow me on twitter! Sponsored Links:

Le Cirque Des Couleurs by SlashTHREE Posted: 22 Jun 2010 04:29 AM PDT SlashTHREE, one of our favorite collectives out there has a new exhibition, their 14th to be more precise, and it's called "Le Cirque Des Couleurs". The theme invited the artists to not only to explore their brighter and more vibrant side but also to create free flowing, abnormal, 'circus' like imagery. They also created massive typographical collaboration in which volunteers from the collective created pieces of art based around a letter of their choosing, which is called "Le Grand Cirque Des Couleurs". The featured artists for the "Le Cirque Des Couleurs" was the mighty Erik Schumacher a Physics student from Germany and a Photoshop crazy artist in his free time. You can read the whole interview with Erik Shumacher by Saad Moosajee here. For more information and to check out all images of the exhibition visit http://www.slashthree.com/artpacks/14/ Some people say it's the apocalypse... by Kire Tale of the Hidden Orchid by Kire Masque du Caprice by Bechira Psychecellia by agiaco AIN SVP AVR atomic circus And then, they invented color, and gave it to people by kacperspala slashTHREE is on the verge of a new era. With major projects in the pipeline such as slashTHREE Version 4, we aim to change the face of this collective and make your experience even better, this truly is the place to be in the future. For now, though, we are extremely proud to present our 14th exhibition, "Le Cirque Des Couleurs". Cirque du Freak by bechira Couleur Espace Colour your reality by r2on Color Universe by edlo Discodance Dissonance by apom, agiaco Reach For The Sky by freekilly polychromasia by Ignite Platform 3 by Logix About the author My name is Fabio Sasso, I'm a graphic/web designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the founder of Abduzeedo. I hope we can share lots of information, tips, and ideas through Abduzeedo. Also you can follow me on Twitter or my personal site at http://fabiosasso.com. Sponsored Links:

Architect Day: Denton Corker Marshall Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:48 AM PDT John Denton, Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall founded this magnificent Australian office with headquarters in Melbourne, Jakarta and London who have already completed projects in 20 different countries. With a distinct architectural language they became one of the most sought after offices in the world. <!--break--> dentoncorkermarshall.com In 1972 in Melbourne, John Denton, Bill Corker and Barrie Marshall initiated a joint career, establishing a partnership that became one of the most sought after architectural firms in the world. The office Denton Corker Marshall believe that its distinctive architectural language is derived from the operation of a fusion between art, architecture and tectonics. Melbourne Museum, Australia Melbourne Museum, Australia Australian Embassy Tokyo, Japan Australian Embassy Tokyo, Japan The Australian firm won over the world with projects in Europe, Middle East and Asia with a reputation for producing dynamic and innovative design solutions. In addition to the founding members, over 10 principals and 120 architects work together throughout the three studios: London, Jakarta and Melbourne. After winning many awards, Denton Corker Marshall continue to develop excellent designs, beautiful urban insertions and volumetric balance. Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Manchester, UK Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Australia Art and Design Building, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Brisbane Square, Brisbane, Australia Webb Bridge, Melbourne, Australia Wilson House, Medhurst Yarra Valley Marshall House, Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia Cape Schanck Residence, Victoria, Australia Sheep Farm House, Kyneton, Victoria, Australia Harbour Lights Apartments, Cairns, Australia South Bank Arbour, Brisbane, Queensland East Building, AWM, Canberra, Australia Sensis Building QV, Melbourne, Australia Sydney Water HQ, Parramatta, Sydney Euro-City Plaza, Nanning, China Zhengxu Apartments, Beijing, China Chongqing International New Town, Chongqing Bluewater Events Venue, Kent, UK Sentul City Convention Centre, Jakarta Museum of Sydney, Syndey, Australia Computer Science Building - Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Zhongkun Tower, Beijing Sunshine 100 Beijing, Beijing, China Verge, Melbourne, Australia Chinese Consulate Melbourne, Australia No 1 New York Street Development, Manchester, UK Manhattan Hotel, Jakarta, Indonesia Entertainment X'Enter, Jakarta, Indonesia 222 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, Australia Liuzhou City Plaza, Liuzhou, China Central Bus Station, Adelaide - Australia Monash Citylink Westgate Upgrade, Melbourne, Australia Department of Trade, Jakarta, Indonesia UOB Plaza, Jakarta, Indonesia HWT Office Building, Melbourne, Australia Milson's Point, Sydney, Australia Rupert Myers Building Uni of NSW, Sydney, Australia Bank Slaski, Katowice, Poland Liuzhou Classic Times, Liuzhou, China About the author My name is Marcelo Seferin, I'm an architect from Porto Alegre, Brazil and I'm the chief architect at Seferin Arquitetura, an office that works with architecture, interior design and sustainability projects. You can check our work at http://www.seferinarquitetura.com.br and you can follow me at twiiter http://www.twitter.com/mseferin. Sponsored Links:

Psychological Study of Web Designs Posted: 22 Jun 2010 03:11 AM PDT A website is the window to the soul of an Internet business as well as the people behind it. It may have a positive or may be a negative effect on your end result. If you take the time to think about what your visitors want and how they want to get it, then you're already on the right track to creating a site that will tap into the psychological drives of your target audience. There are somethings more important to a successful website than its design. A good website is noticeable to not just designers, but to everyone who will visit your website. When you see a website for the first time, you tend to make an instant judgement on its quality and relevance. Even if it is done subconsciously, we are able to take a fairly accurate impression very quickly. Web designs busy with too many elements fail. In that, they attempt to express too much, confuse visitors and make interaction stressful. On the other hand, those which are too barren or sparse fail to build trust or convey purpose. Important Factors in Website Designing: There are some factors which act like determinants for making a good website. These actually contribute a lot in enhancing the usability and experience of the visitors on the website. The factors are listed below: You need to be very particular about images that suit your website the best. The focus of the page— the area where your eyes tend to look when you visit a page for the first time. Be particular about the object you tend to focus on— a single wrong move can ruin the expected traffic Get a hold of your competitors— what their website look like. Simplicity is the best policy and there is a need to create a balance between quantity and quality— be concise and qualitative. This is where psychology helps you! Psychological principles are either looked upon as unnecessary, or too complicated. The human mind is able to recognize a combination of general human psychological and website design factors in the same way where you are able to recognize several letters jumbled together as a specific word and assign meaning to it. When you break it down, web design is simply the manipulation of content and images on a website to appeal to the perceptions of a target audience. When you are trying to make a website that stands out amongst the rest, that has a high conversion rate and performs well, you need to get more specific with your designs. To help you with all this, here we load you with some of the best psyches of humans, which can actually help you to create not only a website that stands out but, the one which leaves a deep impression in the minds of the visitors. Don't let them think that they have landed up in a Wasteland There are certain things that someone naturally, or to put it in other words, have already made a perception that they would see certain things right away when landing to a page. The only things that people expect is the purpose of the site and the form of navigation menus. The designs compliment and reinforces the message. They even expect certain things to be at certain places. People expect blog posts on the front page of a blog. They expect products on the front page of an e-commerce site. And in most cases, they expect some kind of "about" information and a contact page. Trust, is What is In Demand Trust doesn't come easily, especially in this age of scams, schemes, and unsavory characters, which are readily available online. No matter how recommended the website is, one becomes really suspicious if they visit a website and then, it asks for any personal information. Internet is often considered as a black hole of personal information and creates a terror in the minds of the users, be it clients or the clients' client. With this in mind, try and inculcate that trustworthy design in your website by making use of design psychology. Symbolism of Colours Colours are the non-verbal communicators and go beyond the limits of ink. It all depends on how our mind perceive and associate meanings with each colour. But the colours have a deep impact on how your visitors perceive your site, reinforcing the message you want to portray, only if the selection of the colours is right. Red Fiery and passionate, strength, boldness, excitement, determination, desire, courage. It stimulates people to make quick decisions. Orange Enthusiasm, cheerfulness, affordability, stimulation, creativity, and is highly accepted among young people. Yellow A warm, happy color. It is attention-grabbing, comfort, liveliness, intellect, happiness, energy. It stimulates mental activity. Green Durability, reliability, safety, honesty, optimism, harmony, freshness. Green can sometimes represent inexperience. On the flip side, green is sometimes associated with envy or jealousy. It has been known to drive people away, so in most cases, unless the website is associated with nature, it is better to use it only for website accents. Blue Depth, stability, professionalism, loyalty, reliability, honour, trust. It proves to be calming and cool, but too much can be depressing. It is often associated with corporate images. Purple/Violet Long associated with royalty and wealth. It's also a spiritual colour— power,nobility, luxury, mystery, royalty, elegance, magic are its phenomenal characteristics. Black Elegance, sophistication, formality, strength, mystery, with a bit of chameleon touch. White Cleanliness, purity, newness, virginity, peace, innocence, and simplicity. Brown A wholesome and down-to-earth colour that denotes stability and reliability. Grey Neutral and balanced. Conservatism, traditionalism, intelligence, seriousness depicts "Grey". Colours make us feel a certain way, so they can and should be used to support the purpose of a website. Reinforcing Concepts Psychological and emotional triggers are the most valuable tools in influencing visitors. The images you use on your sites can either help or confuse visitors. A well-chosen image can put your visitor at ease, making your intensions clear enough. Every page ought to have a focus. Your design needs to put the emphasis on the focal element of every page. Abstract images may prove helpful, and sometimes work quite well if they tend to focus on a vital subject. They may have different meanings to different people. Therefore, their use should be minimal. That concludes us to by far the most important concept of white space and breathing room. If a visitor arrives on a page filled with every possible thing imaginable, there are possibilities that they are likely to become claustrophobic. "Whitespace," or "negative space" is the space between elements in a composition. More specifically, the space between major elements in a composition is "macro whitespace." - MARK BOULTON - Whitespace article for A list Apart Don't let your visitors experience the negative space on your site. Try and encourage your readers to focus on a thing and then, take the appropriate action. Incorporating not so essential information within the 'Z' reading zone means your visitors may leave the site before they find what they're looking for. People tend to read in a "Z" pattern on a website, starting across the top from the left and ending in the bottom right corner of their screen. So, try and follow this technique to be able to hold readers. Now that we are well aware of the psychological approach behind almost each and every website design, it becomes important to avail you with the information regarding incorporating these techniques into your website designs — Its high time that you start figuring out who your target audience is. It can range from a tech-savvy, to a layman who just checks out a website for photos. Being well aware of the target audience helps you to aim right at bulls' eye and nothing can actually stop that bait or in other words, trigger. Its advisable that you follow and act on customers' advices. Customer's satisfaction should be your soul motto and try and build up a strategy where you tend to interview customers and ask for their feedback and requirements. A sitemap, is very important so that it gives the reader an idea that every single page consists a single objective and it rules out. Try and make sure that you at least have a choice to figure out the best element. Rather than merely being the production of online decoration, web design is an effort of direction and communication. The main goal of such a psychologically triggered web design is to strike a balance between client preferences, design principles, and trial-and-error tests based on end-user analytics data. It should be an on-going process incorporating all the essentials. About the Author Jenny Warner is from PixelCrayons, a creative web design and development agency that specializes in custom web design & development, markup services, CMS & ecommerce solutions.

Metal Makes Everything Better Posted: 21 Jun 2010 10:15 PM PDT We don't do this often, but musical posts are so needed from time to time. For me, music is an essential part of designing, since I just can't work without listening to something. And if you are into metal, it makes your workflow much more badass. <!--break--> Yesterday a friend of mine sent me a link to a metal cover of a Lady Gaga song, and it was pretty cool. The guy who did it goes by the alias "bliix" and he has done some unbelievable metal covers from songs that one wouldn't like at all (like some from Justin Timberlake) and he's done others from true classic ones, such as the listed below, and are totally worth checking. Of course, I've saved my favorite of his covers for last. I bet you metalheads will dig it. For more of bliix's covers, go to his channel at YouTube, and you'll find some precious pieces of sweet metal art. Cheers! ;) Michael Jackson - Beat It Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence Rick James - Super Freak Eiffel 65 - Blue Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise And last, but not least... my favorite one. About the author Hello, everyone! I'm Paulo Gabriel, a 25 year old designer from Porto Alegre, Brazil. I have worked as a webdesigner since 2006, but websites and blogs have been a hobbie for me since 1999. Here in Abduzeedo, I try to bring only the hot stuff for you... and hope that all of you enjoy my posts! For more cool stuff, you may also follow me on Twitter. Sponsored Links:

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