/Tutorials/ Discover the art of grunge
Elliot Jay Stocks shows you how to create a dark, distresssed, rough-and-ready design for your website. Roll up your sleeves and prepare to get dirty
/Interview/ World Archipelago
21/05/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
World Archipelago is a leading multimedia agency that specialises in building and repackaging media content for the web and interactive TV. We quiz the team on how it differs from other agencies, and how it built its impressive, niche client base
/Tutorials/ Create a reusable stamp
08/05/2007 | Filed under Design > Tutorials
This edition, Derek shows you how to create your own stamp. Get to grips with paths and create reusable custom brushes along the way
/Tutorials/ Produce a character in Photoshop
27/04/2007 | Filed under Design > Tutorials
Fancy creating a character from scratch, complete with different facial expressions, to use for rollover effects? Derek Lea takes you through the process in 19 steps
/How we built/ Clickdensity.com
16/04/2007 | Filed under Design > How we built
Dozens of web apps appear every year to help businesses with productivity, but few are aimed at web analytics. Dan Zambonini explains how Clickdensity became a vital tool
/Interview/ B-Reel
03/04/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
A handful of specialist design companies team up with big ad agencies to produce some of the most expensive-looking work on the web. B-Reel is one of the elite bunch that gets to work on the biggest projects, and it has a full trophy cabinet to prove it
/Interview/ Luke Whittaker
23/03/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
Luke Whittaker shot to prominence in 2004 when A Break in the Road hit the big time. When he’s not working on new web projects, he’s co-editing Creative State, an online magazine that showcases the personal work of illustrators and writers.
/Interview/ Khoi Vinh on Design vs. Art direction
22/03/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
On the web, most designers spend their time designing systems or platforms, but almost no time art directing content. That’s a shame, because it can make a big difference to your site
/Tutorials/ Create a gritty poster art effect
23/02/2007 | Filed under Design > Tutorials
Derek Lea shows you how to combine Photoshop with ‘traditioinal’ technology to create an 80s-style underground gig poster effect.
/Interview/ Frost
14/02/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
In southern Sweden lies an agency at the heart of Scandinavia’s creative hub. Formed in early 2006, the staff at Frost are a blend of 3D, Fl ash and ecommerce experts. We spoke to marketing strategist Russell Clark about Gothenburg’s finest
/Interview/ LBi
22/01/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
LBi is a new name on the design scene, the product of a merger between design giants Framfab and LB Icon. With a 1,300-strong workforce and a turnover of £108 million, LBi certainly means business. .net headed over to the London office to find out more
/How we built/ miniclip.com
17/01/2007 | Filed under Design > How we built
Miniclip is one of the web’s largest online gaming sites with 30 million users a month. Founder Robert Small tells us what it’s like to build a site where 98 per cent of users are on broadband
/How we built/ The new CVG site
09/01/2007 | Filed under Design > How we built
Gamers want their favourite sites to be robust, usable and good looking. NOWWASHYOURHANDS’ Bob Silver explains how they struck the right balance with the redesign of gaming site CVG
/Interview/ Balwinder Bhatla
02/01/2007 | Filed under Design > Interview
Balwinder Bhatla is art director at the London offices of Agency.com, which is currently running the online campaign to promote BT’s new proprietary VoIP technology, BT Softphone. Among other things, he shares his thoughts about London 2012 ...
/Interview/ Graphico
04/12/2006 | Filed under Design > Interview
Discreetly tucked away at a mansion house in Berkshire, Graphico is one of the UK’s leading design agencies currently carving out a niche in mobile design. We chat to Creative Director Andy Holden about how it got started and why mobile web is the way forward
/Interview/ David Engzell
24/11/2006 | Filed under Design > Interview
Former pro skateboarder David Engzell left the cooler climes of Sweden and headed for the world of web design at Fantasy Interactive’s New York office. He’s enjoying working with MTV and making the most of living in Manhattan in his spare time.
/Interview/ Jen Mie Yoong
07/11/2006 | Filed under Design > Interview
Pod1 is a London-based design agency with a big reputation with clients such as Hi-Tec and Shell. Jen Mie Yoong was one of its first employees and when she’s not doing crockery-breaking headspins at office parties she’s a pretty sharp designer, too.
/Culture/ The Great British blogs
30/10/2006 | Filed under Design > Culture
Blogs are brilliant. British blogs are even better. Gary Marshall has filtered, winnowed and sorted through the blogosphere to present the 50 best blogs from Blighty – ranging from the plain weird and passionately political to Doctor Who and Samuel Pepys.
/Tutorials/ Get into lomo with Photoshop
Vignetting, noise and colour saturation are all image imperfections you normally hope to avoid, but not when it comes to lomography. Craig Grannell introduces you to this digital craze
/How we built/ www.ask.com
15/09/2006 | Filed under Design > How we built
Jeeves might have gone, but Ask is still a serious player in the search market. Tony Macklin tells us about the new site
/Interview/ Thomas Silkjær
04/09/2006 | Filed under Design > Interview
Thomas Silkjær is a designer at 2Krogh, a small Danish agency focused on designing books. He loves combining typographic rules with new media and is currently working on an ambitious project to publish a book containing 150 of the best web designs
/Culture/ How to redesign a website
Most designers would jump at the chance to revisit their work but what is the right motivation for a site redesign and how should the process actually work? .net puts you in the know
/Culture/ Designing with patterns
Yahoo!’s AJAX evangelist Bill Scott explains what Yahoo!’s design pattern library can do for you
/How we built/ McDonaldsMenu.info
27/07/2006 | Filed under Design > How we built
Chris Hassell explains how Ralph created a healthy site for McDonald’s
/Tutorials/ Batch processing images
Use Photoshop to turn a bunch of digital photos into thumbnails, and then format them on a web page with Dreamweaver.
/Interview/ Clifford Boobyer
Clifford Boobyer is creative director at London-based Firedog Design, which he set up with a friend three years ago. “The market suited small agencies then,” he says.
/Tutorials/ 20 pro tips
The difference between a good web designer and a great one is the ability to know how to take short cuts and save time without compromising the quality of work. Pixelsurgeon’s Jason Arber has put together 20 top tips and tricks you should be using to give your work that all-important professional edge
/Culture/ Best of British
It’s undeniable – the contribution made by British designers, developers and innovators to the Internet is immense. It can’t just be the huge amounts of tea they drink that makes these web gurus so successful. Armed with his trusty thermos and a packet of Hobnobs, Gary Marshall ventured forth to discover the secrets of the British web designers…
/Tutorials/ Halftone filters
Find out how to add some visual punch and interesting effects to your web site’s graphics by working with Photoshop’s Halftone Filters
/Interview/ Matt Firth
10/07/2006 | Filed under Design > Interview
.net caught up with Matt Firth, the design director at Dare Digital in London, who learned the trade from the bottom up and says now is the great time to get into the web design... [thumbnail: axefeather.com]
/Interview/ Piero Frescobaldi
Piero Frescobaldi is the creative director and managing partner at web agency unit9, based in the heart of London. His background is in video direction and he’s applied his camera skills to dozens of sites for top brands on the web, so he knows a thing or two about what makes a good site.
/Culture/ Copyright for web designers
For the inexperienced, developing sites and software can be a legal minefield. This issue Brian Miller, solicitor and partner in the new media firm Davenport Lyons, explains how to keep control of your copyright
/Culture/ Create sites with impact
First impressions count and with the clock ticking, make sure your site has impact.
/Culture/ Attack of the clones
Internet design has become repetitive. Is the web eating itself or are we simply seeing the beginning of usability convergence? Richard Wentk investigates…
/CSS/ From mess to CSS
04/07/2006 | Filed under Design > CSS / Develop > CSS
We show you how to bring your site bang up to date by converting your old tables-based layout to CSS...
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