Category Archives: Web Design

Analysis of the Top20 Private Banking Websites

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The Private Banking websites of UBS, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse come out as winners in the benchmarking of the online presence of the world’s top 20 Wealth Managers by MetaBank, an online Swiss banks database. In the study, UBS ranked first, with a total score of 82 out of possible 100 points. The UBS [...]

Grid Style In Modern Web Design: Showcase and Resources

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A great introduction to Grid-basd web design by Instant Shift, with plenty of inspirational resources and hints and tips to using grid systems in your web design. At the bottom of the list you’ll also find some free word press themes that follow the grid design principles.

swissmiss selected as one of 50 world’s best design blogs

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The Times Online has listed the best 50 blogs that are full of inspired home-styling ideas, suggestions of how to support small-scale, affordable designers selling handmade items and vintage and modern homeware, as well as tips for upcycling old furniture. Well done swissmiss for coming in at #14

This site appears on Grid-Based

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Just like to say a big ‘Thank you’ to Grid Based Designs for featuring the Josef Müller-Brockmann site on their gallery. Cheers guys.

TeuxDeux – A simple browser-based To Do’er

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TeuxDeux is a simple, designy, browser-based to-do app and the first collaboration between studio-mates swissmiss and Fictive Kin . It is so simple to use that you can spend time getting things done instead of logging-in or grappling with other GTD software. What’s more, it looks great, too.

960 grid template for OmniGraffle

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Brian Cray has released a free template for use in Omnigraffle, based on the grid design of the 960 grid system. Brian Cray is a web 2.0 professional living in Columbus, Ohio. His work has been featured by Mashable, the Tuts+ Network, and Smashing Magazine among others. He is a social experience designer, develops popular [...]

Grid-Based Design Showcase

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GBD gallery showcases some of the world’s best websites designed with grid-based approach and beautiful web typography. To submit work, your web site design must meet four simple criteria: Based on grid systems Solid visual balance Beautiful typography Modern & Minimal

Egill Harðar

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Egill Harðar is a veteran web designer, social media professional and music blogger living in Reykjavík, Iceland. He works for social music marketplace start up www.gogoyoko.com where he heads a one man social media marketing team. Egill is also the editor of www.rjominn.is which is Iceland’s longest running and most read online music magazine. Together [...]

960 Grid System: Great for Design, Great for Development

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Springbox have written a succinct article on how the use of a core framework, in this case, 960, can streamline time to launch from two different viewpoints: The designer’s eye and the developer’s expertise. Conclusion: In the end, the 960 Grid System is a win-win: you get fewer CSS errors and less time is needed [...]

Designers share their favourite designed website

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Brian Hoff of The Design Cubicle, has recently published the results of a request for his Twitter friends to choose their favourite web site designs. There’s a great mix of work on display alongside the the Tweeter’s comments on their thoughts. What is evident in the majority of the designs is a clear indication of [...]