http://www.studio7designs.com/blog Tracking popular trends in eco environmental and design news Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:41:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The importance of building a congruent color palette for web design is paramount. A person's eye will automatically make judgments on color based upon their human instinct. Green is seen as a representative of nature, purple reflects that of royalty, and white portrays a feeling of neutralness and so forth. ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/create-color-palette-from-photographs/ We wanted to start a collection of great eco based companies around the world that are really making a difference. We are starting with 101 companies and will be expanding this list in the future to include some up and coming bright start-up companies. If you have any other suggestions ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/101-great-eco-companies/ As a graphic designer, the practice of prowling the web for the latest trends, tips and tricks is a common one. Here we have composed a list of common resources we use. The primary focus of this list is inspiration, it can come from a photograph, font, or a website. ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/101-design-resource-links/ Why choose eco-hosting? Deforestation, global warming and polluted waterways are just a few of the myriad of environmental disasters hitting the headlines each day. As web professionals, there’s something substantial and economical we can do to help address the problem and to demonstrate to our clients our social conscious. The ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/eco-green-website-hosting-companies/ Once in a while we come across a fantastic website that we find very helpful in our daily reading. Deziner Folio is a blog full of fantastic design resources with an emphasis on tips, tricks, and downloads. The site is run by a talented photographer who understands composition and colour ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/photoshop-layer-style-downloads/ We find it very helpful to build on our current design skill sets on a daily basis. An excellent resource site we have found (and check daily) is a site called PsdTuts. They offer Photoshop tutorials, inspiration, articles and an entire community of design related people. Another great design resource ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/photoshop-tutorials/ What is the core reason for creating Sprout? At our core, we want to free people from having to think about how to get information. People shouldn’t waste their time and brain power on where information is and how to find it. So, we created Sprout to give users news and ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/sprout/ How did you enter the world of graphic design? I’ve always been interested in design. Even when I was a child, I loved to draw and had an eye for detail and colours. I didn't go down the traditional route of university. Instead, I taught myself how to use programs ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/design-process/ How did you first come up with the concept of Mailplane? I’ve used and tried many different email clients and services and was never happy with them. Spam was a problem, or I didn't get my attachment through or email never reached me. Plus, I was always deleting mail to make ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/mailplane-gmail-for-osx/ Where did the idea for Corkdump come from? The idea came to me, like most ideas do, right out the blue while I was browsing a popular web design/developer resource website. This particular site, and many others like it, is set up as a huge list of links that are divided ... http://www.studio7designs.com/blog/corkdump/