CategoryFreebies

August 7, 2013 — We are pleased to introduce Type & Grids, a free responsive HTML5 template by Jeremiah Shoaf. All of the content resides in a single HTML file, so setting it up is super-simple. Its extensive customization options set Type & Grids apart from other templates out there. Each type theme is meticulously handcrafted, with attention paid to the smallest typographic details. Read more…

July 9, 2013 — As creators of products that will be consumed on Retina devices, we have to optimize our design and development workflow accordingly. Upon failing to find a tool that fits my design team’s workflow, Artiom Dashinsky created a set of two time-saving Photoshop actions for slicing graphics for Retina and standard displays. The great feedback from his team inspired him to share it with other designers. Read more…

June 20, 2013 — This article features email templates for communicating with clients, superiors, teammates and the like. You can easily customize them. They balance firmness and tact, professionalism and friendliness. Read more…

June 18, 2013 — Here is a set of 200 useful and beautiful foodie icons, created by the team behind Freepik, and at the time of writing it’s the largest set of food icons available on the web in one pack! Read more…

May 2, 2013 — With a solid foundation, the house is stable, and building on it is easy. With a solid grid, your design can easily be adapted to accommodate whatever changes come along. Today, we’ll share iOS Grid System, which I’ve been using when designing apps in Adobe Fireworks. Read more…

April 4, 2013 — Demonstrating your designs on a wide range of devices can be time-consuming. In this article, Craig Lawson shows us the Create Demo extension. It automatically converts your Fireworks documents into portable presentations, which can then be easily presented in any browser — desktop or mobile. Read more…

April 3, 2013 — With the help of Docracy, we collected the experience of many designers to provide a wide range of starting points for less experienced creative professionals, and to start a permanent free legal resource for the community. Below you’ll find a collection of legal documents curated by our fantastic community! Read more…

March 10, 2013 — Today, Vitaly Friedman will share a useful set, the Simple Icons by Dan Leech. Dan’s set contains 100 PNG icons for popular websites, apps and organisations, all in eleven sizes. Read more…

February 28, 2013 — The word on the street is that the Web Is 95% Typography, so as we hurtle towards the future, we think there’s still a lot we can learn from five centuries of history. Typeplate, a free-range and open-source typographic starter kit, is the result of this exploration of our typographic heritage. Read more…

February 7, 2013 — It is our great pleasure to present to you a fantastic St. Valentine’s icon set  —  exclusively designed by our illustrator Ricardo Gimenes for Smashing Magazine and its loyal readers. The icons presented are available in transparent and non-transparent PNGs, as well as in EPS format and are perfect for any projects you have coming up for St. Valentine’s Day. Read more…