Retro and Vintage Web Design – Best of
Vintage-inspired designs, when done well, can end up looking even more current and relevant than an entirely new and modern design. Whether it’s only taking inspiration for your typography, color scheme, or other elements, or whether you create a design that would feel entirely at home in the 1950s, 1920s, or any point before, using vintage and retro styles can be fun and challenging. Below are forty designs inspired by retro, vintage, and antique elements. They range from campy

30+ Realistic Gadget Design Photoshop Tutorials
There’s an ancient Chinese proverb that says "工欲善其事，必先利其器"; the direct English translation means "In order to do a good job, once must have a good tool." When it comes to the design industry, the tool is Photoshop. Photoshop is truly a designer’s best friend. It is used to design almost anything, be it icons, websites, pho

Giveaway: (3x) Billings – Professional Billing Application
Today’s giveway is an utmost useful application for both freelancers (programmers, designers, photographers, etc) and small business owners. The name is Billings and we figured it’s pretty self-explanatory already. Billing is a Mac application that allows you to deal with your clients smartly – track timing and expenses, issue an invoice or statements, keep an eye and

Freebie: Fluzzy Twitter Icon Set
Meet Fluzzy, yet another high quality free Twitter icon set released exclusively for Hongkiat readers from our friend at Iconshock. You might also want to check out Blitter Twitter Icon set we previously released no long ago. Fluzzy is free, comes in a set of 6 different icons in two separate sizes – 256×256px and

Masters of Paper Art and Paper Sculptures
To most people, making a paper plane could be one of the simplest thing to do. It’s the simplest and easiest form of paper art, for this case a flying art. However, there’s a special minority who takes thing to the next level. They can turn the basic form of origami – which is folding a paper in half – together with a little cutting, folding, bending, shaping, and more paper folding, into an utmost creative artwork you have ever seen. Credit: Sculpture by