Search Results For: graphic design

Graphics / 27 Jan 2025

Border Design: 8 Tips & Modern Examples

Graphic designers have been using borders for as long as they have been designing things. And they’re a fun element to play with. We’re taking a look at eight border design concepts (most of them you can actually download as project starters), along with tips for usage and some examples that you can try in projects.

Sometimes a great border can help separate your design for other elements, such as around the perimeter of an ad. Other times, a border can serve as an element to help break up different parts of a design, or frame messaging or content.

While borders are most frequently thought about in terms of print design, they can be a valuable digital design tool as well. A good border defines a space so that users know where a design begins and ends. (Pretty simple, right?)

Layouts / 24 Jan 2025

10 Crucial Elements for Any Website Design

While every designer may have a different plan when it comes to building a website, they do have a common checklist. No matter how you try to avoid it, there are a few elements every website should (and usually does!) include.

From plenty of whitespace and great images, to search functionality and clear calls-to-action, these common elements are the things that users expect when it comes to using a site with ease.

Today we’re taking a look at ten elements you should prioritize on your website, perfectly designed examples of each, and tips on how to use each in your next website design project. As the saying goes, “the devil is in the details.”

Poster Design / 20 Jan 2025

10 Poster Design Ideas & Inspiration

Creating a poster can be one of the most fun – or frustrating – design projects that you ever take on. Posters are a highly visible, public design project that can lead people to attend an event or generate buzz about something.

These designs are often large in scale and there’s nothing like seeing something you create in a physical form.

Here, we’ve rounded up some great poster design ideas and inspiration to get you excited about your next poster design project.

Brochure Templates / 16 Jan 2025

40+ Best InDesign TriFold Templates 2025

In this post, we’re featuring a handpicked collection of the best InDesign trifold templates you can use to make professional brochures for promoting businesses and brands.

Brochures are the most effective way to promote your brand to a target audience to explain your business goals, mission, as well as to showcase products and services. With the right brochure design, you’ll be able to win more clients and stand out from your competition at the same time.

With these trifold brochure templates, you’ll be able to create a professional brochure for your business or agency all by yourself, without having to hire freelancers or expensive design agencies.

UX Design / 7 Jan 2025

Motion in Design: How Animation Enhances User Experience

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, static websites with just images and videos are not enough to maintain people’s attention. Users now expect more engaging experiences with interactions and animations that bring designs to life.

This is why motion design has been a big part of website and user interface designs. It helps take designs beyond just visuals and information to turn them into memorable, dynamic user experiences.

Today, we explore the world of motion design to see how animation enhances user experience and boosts user interactions as well as engagement. Let’s dive in.

Software / 6 Jan 2025

Best Free T-Shirt Design Software in 2025

When it comes to designing a shirt, you have two primary options – design it yourself using graphic design tools such as Adobe Illustrator or use software made for the job. The good news is that there are plenty of free t-shirt design software options to consider!

There are a growing number of platforms that specialize in t-shirt design and can help you create something that people will want to wear. Some of these tools integrate with a t-shirt sales portal as well, making the process even easier.

Here, we’re going to look at some of the best free t-shirt design software options available and how you can make these tools work for you.

PowerPoint Templates / 27 Dec 2024

How to Design a Professional PowerPoint Presentation

Our series of tips on presentation design outlined some generic rules and ideas that you can live by to create better, more professional presentations. Today we want to follow that up by taking you through the actual process of designing a presentation from start to finish.

We’ll break down every step of the design process, from choosing colors and images to using whitespace properly. After reading through this you should be all set to design your own beautiful presentation slides that will put your coworkers to shame.

Using a pre-built PowerPoint template can be a good starting point for many people (we collected some of the best PowerPoint templates for you!). But if you’re wanting to design your own from start-to-finish, you’re in the right place!

CV & Resume Templates / 23 Dec 2024

10 Skills Every Designer Needs on Their Resume

Even if you aren’t actively looking for a job, your resume is an important piece of your digital portfolio. From sites such as LinkedIn to personal portfolio pages such as Behance that showcase your work, glimpses into your design career are everywhere.

You want to control that message to ensure that you are putting the right vibe out there about who you are, the work you do and why (quite frankly) you are a rock star designer. And while a stellar portfolio is a great way to start that conversation, your resume is equally important. It should highlight some of the skills that aren’t as apparent from looking at a few marquee pieces.

As a bonus, every example resume here is a template from Envato Elements. Visit and download usable graphic design assets to boost your resume design today!

Layouts / 17 Dec 2024

Breaking Monotony: The Role of Surprise in Effective Design

We all love a good surprise. We’re not just talking about birthdays, weddings, and special events, but it’s also an effective strategy used in design to create more memorable websites, marketing campaigns, and even user interfaces.

Think of any website you thought was so cool and it would undoubtedly feature a surprise element. Whether it’s an attractive animation, an interactive widget, or an uncommon layout, the designs that surprise you are the ones that stay in your memory.

Today, we explore this topic to uncover the role of surprise in creative design to help you craft unique creations that break the norms. Let’s dive in.

Flyer Templates / 13 Dec 2024

How to Design an Awesome Flyer (Even if You’re Not a Designer)

This article will walk you through the process and logic of designing a basic but attractive flyer. We’ll look at how you can plan your content, find and implement some quality images and handle the alignment of a significant amount of content while not sacrificing too much of the visual appeal.

Design Shack reader Abigail submitted a Design Dilemma to ask about flyer design. After reading through our tips on designing presentations, she wanted to know how she could apply similar advice to flyer design. In our presentation article, we advised designers to keep their slides painfully simple, but flyers understandably must contain more information than a simple headline.

We’re going to answer Abigail’s question with a full-on flyer design project that you can either browse through for general design advice or follow along with for some solid experience.

InDesign Templates / 13 Dec 2024

55+ Best InDesign Templates 2025 (For Brochures, Flyers, Books & More)

InDesign is a piece of software that can be used for all manner of design and publishing. With the help of pre-made InDesign templates, you can take full advantage of this software to supercharge your workflow and complete projects in record time.

Whether you’re working on a brochure design, flyer design, book, or magazine design, you can easily get a head start in your design process when using an InDesign template that’s already been designed and formatted by professionals.

In this post, we’re featuring a hand-picked selection of various InDesign templates you can use with all kinds of projects. If you’re looking for inspiration, these designs will help you get a few new ideas as well.

Layouts / 4 Dec 2024

Breaking the Grid: When and How to Go Off-Grid in Design

Picasso, Monet, Van Gough, and modern-day artists like Banksy are known for breaking the rules and redefining the standards of art.

These artists proved that sometimes, you need to break the traditions and rules to create more memorable and dynamic designs. Even today, you’ll see this to be true in both print and digital designs.

Designers are encouraged to follow the rules and use grids to create well-structured and “effective” designs. However, this also puts restraints on creativity.

So, is it safe to go off-grid when creating designs? When should you use a grid-based design? What are the pros and cons? Let’s find the answers.