Symmetry in Design: Concepts, Tips and Examples
Symmetry creates balance, and balance in design creates harmony, order, and aesthetically pleasing results. It is found everywhere in nature, and is probably why we find it to be so beautiful. Symmetry is one of the fundamental principles in gestaltism, a human behavior theory that proposes that our mind naturally creates order and completeness in the things we see and encounter.
However, symmetry can get boring. Asymmetry is a break in symmetry, which when used effectively, can make things more interesting. We will also talk about asymmetry.
Giveaway: 5 1-Year Memberships to IconDemon
IconDemon, which provides members access to a huge collection of icons, has teamed up with Six Revisions to give out five IconDemon 1-year subscriptions to their membership packages. Two winners will get the IconDemon unlimited package (worth $99), and three winners will gain a subscription to their limited package (worth $19). Read on to see how you can win one of these excellent prizes.
Designing Websites with Personality
We all have personalities, and no one is exactly like another. Our relationships and memories are built on our interaction with other people.
Like every person, web designers have unique and intriguing personalities. But even with the clearly obvious level of impact our personality has in our lives and our work, there is still a noticeable lack of individuality in the web designs we see on the web.
7 Simple Ways to Raise Your Rates and Keep Your Clients
Raising your rates. It’s something that every freelancer wants to do, but most of us are scared to do. Or at the very least, we’re not sure how to do it.
It’s natural to have questions about rate-raising. Is my work worth more? Will my clients flee at the sight of higher prices? Will I be able to recover if they do go somewhere else?
Announcement: JoomlArt Magento Theme Club Membership Winners
JoomlArt, a theme club that provides its members with Joomla, Drupal, and Magento themes, offered up 5 Personal Memberships to the JoomlArt Magento Theme Club (JMTC) on a recent Six Revisions giveaway. Over 130 Six Revisions readers participated, and in this post, we reveal the winners.
10 Tips for Optimizing Your Website’s Speed
Web page speed and performance is very important to the user experience. If your site is too slow, you’ll not only be losing visitors, but also potential customers. Search engines like Google factor a website’s speed into account in search rankings, so when optimizing your site’s speed, you should take everything into consideration. Every millisecond counts.
Here are just a few basic and general suggestions for improving a site’s performance.
Do You Have a Mac or PC Persona in Your Design Work?
You know that "Get a Mac" ad campaign? The one where one person represents a Mac and the other a Windows PC? It’s obviously a cheeky way for Apple to differentiate itself from its competition, but the Mac versus Windows difference they portray is actually a good analogy and question for designers: When it comes to your design work, are you a Mac or a PC?
