App design versus web design: what designers can teach each other

We often look at application design and website design as two different, if related, fields.The lines blur a bit with web apps (which are technically both apps and websites), but we still tend to try to compartmentalize them. Even designers who work on both kinds of designs often view them as separate things.But there are a lot of lessons that app designers and web designers can teach each other.

What’s new for designers – Aug 2011

The August edition of what’s new out there for web designers and developers includes a number of new web apps, JavaScript plugins, tools for creating smartphone apps, and browser tools, along with fifteen great new fonts.Most of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there.

Vivid Icon Set – 240 High Quality Icons – only 18$

The Vivid icon set comprises of 240 high quality colorful icons that are perfect for all kinds of web apps, blogs, websites and online stores. They’re all 32px in size and delivered in png format. You’ll receive both the vivid set as well as a toned down version called the “not so vivid set”. Get the entire set of 240 “Vivid” icons plus 240 “Not So Vivid” icons for just $18 (regular $28). On top of this, you’ll also receive free lifetime updates whenever the set is updated (usually monthly).