As you already know, I’m releasing an article with new resources and tools once every three weeks cause there are so many good ones that are released that I can’t just ignore them. I saw that slideshow plugins are very popular and you see at least one of these a week being released on the web. Besides these you will find other useful tools in here and I’m sure you’ll use them wisely.

Style Tiles

Style Tiles are a design deliverable consisting of fonts, colors and interface elements that communicate the essence of a visual brand for the web.

They help form a common visual language between the designers and the stakeholders and provide a catalyst for discussions around the preferences and goals of the client.

Style Tiles are similar to the paint chips and fabric swatches an interior designer gets approval on before designing a room. An interior designer doesn’t design three different rooms for a client at the first kick-off meeting, so why do Web designers design three different webpage mockups?

Flow

Flow is a traffic visualization like none you’ve ever seen. It’s beautiful, it’s fast, and it’s incredibly intuitive.

Instead of a line graph or a table, you get a diagram of the actual paths people take as they browse your site. Follow your users every step of the way – from the homepage, through signup, and each page they hit as they use your product.
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When done well, photos involving reflections have the advantage of capturing and holding viewers’ attentions as they try to figure out the reflection versus the original image. Often, reflective photographs blend the reflection and the actual image seamlessly, and make it difficult to discern where exactly the two meet. Some photos simply capture an interesting abstract reflection of the image or capture a reflection in an unusual spot in the photo. Other photographs are manipulated digitally to create a reflection for an interesting concept.

Some great ideas can be had by viewing other people’s inspiring work with reflective photography. Take a look at the collection of 20 amazing photographs with reflections to help inspire you in your next photographic adventure. Who knows? Maybe the following will lead you to your best work and you will win that next award or get your photo purchased for use in a design for brochure printing or a website.

Whatever your intention for viewing the following collection, notice the details captured (or not captured) in each photograph. Then let us know what you like best about your favorites or maybe even which ones you think were not worthy of inclusion.

Beyond the Dusk

Blue Season

It is time for a new package design inspiration article with fresh items to showcase from various artists. I have to admit, in this article the package designs are a little bit more creative than the last but that’s for the better. There are 32 beautiful products from various industries, including the alcohol sector, which is the that delivers most of the package designs that you see in package design inspirational articles and galleries.

Wamssler Grand Royale

North American Teapee

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If you made some plans about becoming a millionaire in the near future you have to know that when you will be you will want to own a house with stunning architecture and incredible interior design. The vanity that’s screaming withing you will want to have luxury written all over it so it will probably look like the luxurious architectural designs that are in this article. There are 73 pictures showcasing only a few houses, cause this isn’t a real estate site. Among the houses or, better called mansions, I added a hotel, an exception that earned its place in this selection.

Armada House by Keith Baker

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There are certain online tools which could be useful to you but you haven’t heard of cause they’re just start-ups for the moment and haven’t started advertising their services on every single online zone so you will get the chance to see them. Fortunately, I snoop around and try to find useful things for my visitors and I selected these 33 online tools that you might find useful.

Geckoboard

Geckoboard is a status board for your business’s vital signs. See web analytics, CRM, support, infrastructure, project management, sales… all in one place.

Because it’s a web service Geckoboard is available anywhere there’s internet, whether it’s a 60″ monitor in your office or on your smart phone.

Mobilastic

Create beautiful, responsive websites that look great on all screens: mobile phones, tablets and desktops. There is no proprietary syntax to learn, just HTML, CSS, Javascript and Django Template Syntax. You may even run server side code in PHP or Python.

Mobilastic is a mix of a website builder and a hosted CMS, having mobile and responsiveness at its core. While simple to use, gives you that extra flexibility that every web designer and developer wants.
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