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Make your Gmail Prettier

We Here at GraphicFusion Design believe that good design should be seen in all parts of life. And with this thought in mind, we must thank Globex Designs for the redesigned skins they made for Gmail and GCal available with firefox.  

 

The Portable Jetpack, Come and Get it.

Hey everyone, today’s post has absolutely nothing to do with design, but it does have to do with something very important to me and dear to my heart.  Think: The Jetsons, Think:  Rocketman

New Themes in Design: Got Wood?

Over at Rubiqube, we came across an interesting article on  how popular wood textures are becoming for web design.  Whether this is a theme that will last or just a passing trend, we sure think wood looks groovy!  Check out “Is Wood the New White?”   We also loved the tutorial he referenced for creating our own wood textures. 

Liven up your Icon's and Find them Easily!

ICONLook is a new service allows you to search for new icons to liven up your desktop or better icons for a snazzy web-project.  

A better way to search Google: SearchMash

SearchMash has always been a nifty way to search for whatever it is your looking for.  One of Google's sandbox projects to try out new search ideas, SearchMash integrates alot of different commonly used search ides to provide you with a faster way to find out what you are looking for.  Now it looks cooler too!

New way to search for Stock Photography

Ever had a color scheme in mind and needed some interesting photos to fill a design project?  Us too.  Ever noticed how difficult it can be to find photos that match those colors when you need them?  Us too!   Thats why we are excited about these two new Photo Search tools! 

Enter our 3D world with Lively.com

GraphicFusion Design Inc. likes to stay on the edge of new web developments and experiment with the newest gadgets out there.  many of them are behind the scenes, but when we saw google launching a new 3D social platform, we had to invite you to join us in the fun.

Flash is no longer a No-No for SEO

With Flash, designers can create some incredible work with movies pictures and other art work.  for a designer that works in only one media and isnt neccessarily very web-savvy, Flash provides all the tools neccessary to package a beautiful looking website and set it up online.  The problem has been that google cannot index any text in flash and therefore flash websites were hidden in the abyss of unindexed web content, like small islands of beautifully crafted content that noone could find in the sea of the internet.  Well Google has just changed that, but dont go rushing to force your desinger into flash only just yet...

 

NYTimes.com hand-codes its HTML

Khoi Vinh, the Design Director of NYTimes.com, explains that the Times's much-vaunted cross-platform consistency is down to hand-coding their HTML with a text-editor, not using GUI tools like Dreamweaver (via boingboing)

The importance of Logo Design and Online Branding

Readling an article from allbusiness.com about online branding we came across a very good description about the importance of logo design.

"Your logo is a visual cornerstone of a company's brand. Your company's identity is visually expressed through its logo, which, along your company's name', is one of the main things that makes your business memorable. Think of eBay, Google, and Yahoo. Each one of these companies has a distinctive logo that a large percentage of people would be able to describe without seeing."