Designers Predict Design Trends for 2010

Posted in Design by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

I was recently asked to submit my thoughts on what I think will be trending in the design community in 2010. It may sound far away, but we're almost halfway through 2009 already.

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Design Tips For Creating HTML Emails

Posted in Development by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

If you think that because you know how to code a web page, an HTML email should be “no trouble”, then think again. There are lots of considerations that you need to take into account to get your HTML email to render correctly across the numerous email and web mail clients.

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Create A Vista Style Tabbed Menu Bar

Posted in Tutorials by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

This is a simple Photoshop tutorial to create a “Vista style” tabbed menu bar that you can use for your website layout, much like I've used on my own site.

The above image is one that I cooked up earlier so that you can see the finished layout 🙂

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My First Month On Twitter

Posted in Social Media by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: November 12, 2011)

Well, it's exactly one month ago today that I did my first “Tweet”. Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of years, you'll know that Twitter is the latest Social Media craze.

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15+ Useful Tools For The Designer

Posted in Design by
Anthony Hortin
(Updated: September 6, 2022)

No doubt you've come across the odd list or two of “Useful Tools”. Most people have a collection of tools or certain sites that they find invaluable for designing. Well, now it's my turn to create one. These are some of the tools that I find extremely useful and use on a regular, if not daily, basis.

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