Webdesign

18 May 2010

using Typekit with Typetogether

Last week, I signed up for a Typekit account, the web font-service with lots of great fonts. There is also a gallery available with examples on how you can implement typefaces in your webdesign. I experimented a bit with the design from my previous post and tested a few fonts available from Typekit.

02 May 2010

Coding a layout in HTML5 and CSS3

Since several months, i'm reading - in between client work - about the HTML 5 and CSS 3 specifications. Many blog writers encourage web designers to implement - already - some of the new HTML 5 and CSS 3 features in their websites (progressive enhancement).

19 Jan 2010

Interview with artist Benoît van Innis

One of the websites I made in the spring of 2009 was for a Belgian contemporary artist/painter/illustrator and friend of mine, Benoît van Innis. His website is a portfolio of his artworks and projects. Recently, I did an interview with Benoît, asking about his work method and the things inspiring him. The interview was done in Dutch but i'm translating it to English. (I’m not a native English speaker, I appreciate your correction/comment)

08 Jan 2010

Interview with artist Dirk Zoete

One of the many New Year's Resolutions I made this year, is to blog more. I want my readers to know about the projects i'm working on this year. On of the websites I made in 2009 was for a Belgian contemporary artist and friend of mine, Dirk Zoete. His website is a portfolio of his artworks and projects. I really enjoyed making this website.

Dirk Zoete's gallery is currently Annie Gentils in Antwerp.

Recently, I did an interview with Dirk, asking about his work method and the things inspiring him.

The interview was done in Dutch but i'm translating it to English. (I'm not a native English speaker, I appreciate your correction/comment)

01 Dec 2009

Graceful Green

Some time ago, a client asked me to do a "green" logo, meaning it had to reflect 'eco-friendliness', 'connected to earth', 'nature' and so on. I liked his briefing and decided to go for it. After doing some research and gathering some ideas and inspiration I started to draw and color.While I was looking for the 'right' green color, I found out that it's hard to find a beautiful green. It took me a long time to decide what green I should use. I created a Graceful Green Flickr gallery to collect inspiration from the color green and the green idea.

19 Nov 2009

Creating a unique avatar

Yesterday, a person on Twitter was complaining about the fact that some other company/person had stolen his/her avatar. It resembled the original avatar quite a lot. In fact, there are a lot of avatars with the same look, same colors etc... I think you can avoid having your avatar looking similar to others if you spend a little more time when you choose your avatar and look for some ways to be more unique, more special, more attractive ...

05 Jun 2009

Redesigning existing websites

The last couple of weeks, I redesigned a few websites. This websites existed for a few years but needed a redesign. The fact that they were initially made in Flash came also into play. The website owners asked me to convert them into websites with a back-end that they can administer. For all of these website, I used ExpressionEngine as CMS.

07 May 2009

Project scheduling, the way I do it

Some points in my schedule are essential to me for every new project. Here's how i plan new projects. It is essential for an independent web designer - like myself - to have it as smooth as possible, your project and client will benefit from a good preparation and open communication. But how do you prepare for a project and how do you set goals?

16 Apr 2009

Creating an iPhone icon for your website

A quick way to navigate through websites on your iPhone is with custom icons. If you have a Home Screen on your iPhone dedicated to websites you frequently visit, it is nice when the website has a custom icon. So I decided to make a custom icon for this website. With just 1 line of code and a .png file the job is done.

06 Apr 2009

iPhone tools for the webdesigner, part 2

In the first part of iPhone tools for the webdesigner, I wrote about the tools I use on my iPhone as a webdesigner, tools that you can use for color, html, css, fonts, filesharing and printing from the iPhone. In this second part, I write about tools for social networking, podcasts for webdesigners and some handy utilities.