Today we fire five questions at Mike Kus. Mike is the designer at Carsonified and occasionally blogs here on Think Vitamin. He is responsible for the design of this site, Carsonified’s main site, events.carsonified.com as well as the much praised Stack Overflow Dev Days site. Note: Mike will be presenting at the upcoming Future of Web ...

... hosting a conference the next day. Ryan's event-planning company, Carsonified, had teamed up with my company, Fog Creek Software, to produce a series of daylong ... the venue didn't have our list of AV requirements. Why? Because we didn't get it there in time. Why? Because Carsonified didn't yet have a standard checklist of procedures for each conference: what to do one month before, ...

Next week the famous Carsonified Event "Future of Web Design" takes place in New York City and here you will see what to expect from this great event. The best web designers in the world will take place to talk about different topics that will bring up your web game to the next level. Check it out! First you need to visit the event page to get a good felling of what's going on. ...

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... 14th until Wednesday the 18th.  I’ll be attending the Sunday mini-camp of WordCamp NYC and also I’ll be heading to Tuesday conference of the Future of Web Design by Carsonified.  I was at FOWD last year and had a blast, so hopefully this year will be just as amazing. If you will be attending either of these events, or live in the area and want to get together, either follow me on ...

... the examples below that this can be achieved by using clever placement of graphics and design elements along side links to additional content. Story Pixel The Photo Argus RedVelvetart Carsonified Ecoki Sprocket House Media140 London Edgepoint Church Blog Amuki Biola Undergrad Brad Candullo CSS Tricks Branded07 Jason Santa Maria Sam Rayner Orman Clark Revive Africa Psdtuts R.U.4 ...

... have already taken inspiration from poster design. Here are just a few from my inspiration library. Flourish Web Design Groovy Web Design Kitschen Sink Samsung Lana Landis Finch Carsonified Events Noel Design Personally I find this new generation of websites encouraging. It demonstrates an advance in the aesthetics of the web without undermining the principles of usability. These ...

... the most noteworthy aspect in Kevin Rose's presentation lies in his relentless drive to speak of practice and not to preach for a theory or abstract construct. Practices can be replicated elsewhere giving due consideration to the peculiar aspects of a given business or industry. Taking your Site from One to One Million Users by Kevin Rose View more presentations from Carsonified Team.

Long time, no post! Freelancing, tight deadlines, christmas, etc. What is it? jQuery is a javascript framework, it all happens on the client side, and allows developers to enhance the user experience of a website. Scrolling, sliding, fading, etc. it has a lot of cool features that can really add to the overall feel of a website. I've just done my first tuorial tonight and it seems all ...

... different. Not just a little bit different. 1. Contrast is attractive to the eye One of the main reasons to use contrast in your designs, whether for print or web, is to grab attention. The Carsonified site uses contrast to make an impact. The site has large bold text and images, as well as a reversed out, high contrast color scheme. This magazine cover for Proximity uses an ...

... of big, bold typography website design. I hope that, you will find a quite useful inspiration for your next design project. Thanks! GIANT Creative Keprlunc Lorem Ipsum Carsonified Denise Chandler fl-2 Blog Finch Kyle Steed Alpha Multimedia Solutions Cool 24Ways Typejockeys Project 365 Maurivan Luiz Four24 Music Crowley Webb Ryan Keiser Hull Digital Black Estate This by them ...

... a designer. Find some supportive people who will give you advice and help you become more confident in your own work. I was really lucky to be mentored by Ryan Carson and Mike Kus from Carsonified and the mobile guru, Chris Book. The advice and support of these guys alongside all the amazing people I’ve met on Twitter made my transition from student to freelance web designer very easy. Q: ...