I have just started my own flickr group here on design shard to showcase work and peoples inspirations. come and join it.

Free Hi-Resolution fire and flame texture pack (1600 x 1064) Some look pretty cool, use them for desktop wallpapers, use parts of them, use them as overlay textures use them for whatever your brain can muster.

From my perspective working at a printing house, I see more and more web-based companies beginning to invest in print collateral. The challenge for those with a background in web business is to figure out how to create compelling, effective print design to advertise their online presence.

With the abundance of t-shirt design sites such as Threadless and Design By Humans, it's easy to trendspot themes that are popular. Each site and its community has their own taste and it makes gaming the vote a lot easier. Here is a list of our top 5 design trends that are sure to give you a few extra votes in t-shirt competitions.

Design Shard has decided to enter the WP Coolest blog competition, you have to be in it to win it ! and theres no harm in trying, design shards slightly cool isnt it?

Who doesn’t like a little Tees action? Personally, original t-shirt designs catch my eye more than most graphic art that I see. Mainly because I can wear it Functional art, oh baby!

There is something special about those hand picked posters. A certain style that is unique and makes them stand out. Those are big typography posters, with a grunge edge and a retro touch. Typically with big fonts, straight lines, round curves, dark colors and grunge textures.

Color terminology, you may have seen some of these terms used in some of your graphic applications so now you can learn alittle bit more about what they mean, feel free to contribute a color term in the comments to add to this post.

Hey everyone, I thought it would be a good idea to share some of the terms designers kick around, To kick things off on this inaugural list: Typography Terms!

Using and editing a simple plugin you can highlight your current category even when on the single post page. also learn how to highlight your pages and add a home link to your navigation.

Tips that should be taken in to consideration before presenting your files to the printer for printing.

While making my re-design for my site i was also working on an entry for smashing magazines october calendars article.

Well I finally redesigned design shard from using a free theme, i tried to keep the structure of the site the same as I didn’t want to confuse my self and any frequent readers on the blog. Hopefully this is an improvement on the last theme and makes the blog more enjoyable to read and visit.

Media Slap sent me an email to giveaway some of there finest brushes, I ve compiled some pictures of the brushes that are included in the download.

Print design isn’t talked about enough in the web design community and id like to learn more about it as I’m from an intense web based background and hopefully others do too, this should be a nice start to a series of posts about print design in the coming weeks.