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Today we have some fresh new textures for you to improve your designs with. Textures are always interesting because of how deeply yet subtly they can transform a design. A good texture isn’t too busy or distracting, but adds an element that you can’t achieve with flat color. Play around with these textures and see what they can do for you.

With the rise of smart phones and specifically the iPhone, designers are finding a whole load of reasons to design for and with the device. Today we have rounded up some of the best PSD and vector iPhone and iPad designs and we bring them to you.

Some are for the iPhone 3G, others for the iPhone 4 and iPad, and we also threw in some GUI elements to aid in app design. So what are you waiting for? Go design for mobile with these great offerings.

The Oatmeal is a hilarious web comic that touches on an array of subjects and we are going to focus on the one we care about the most: web design. These comics were written and drawn by the incredibly talented Matthew Inman.

With the release of Google+ this month, designers everywhere are getting their perspectives of the logo on the canvas. Here are 14 gorgeous examples of custom Google+ icons.

A lot of people like the look of a handwriting font because it can make their website look more casual and inviting, and their documents unique – especially when crafting things like stationary or gift cards. There are hundreds of handwriting script typefaces available – many for free on the Internet – but there’s a fine line between a font that looks like handwriting and one that is legible enough to read.

If you haven’t heard about Dribbble yet, I won’t make fun of you, but I will tell you this: you are missing out. As they say on their about page:

Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives shareshots—small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.

What comes out of the site is nothing less than creative awesomeness. Sneak peaks into the latest and ongoing works of your favorite designers: what could be better? So to celebrate Dribbble’s noble existence, I am bringing you 15 of my favorite shots on the site. Enjoy.

A layout for an e-commerce site is not new to any web designer but any such project has a fairly large scale. Its importance is that the difference between a good design and a decent one can be the key to profit. Web designers know that any error can be worth thousands of dollars and success is a good way of attracting other clients. Certainly, the design of an online store is very important, but there are two other factors with greater influence: price and the offer itself.

This may sound obvious, but your business card says a lot about your company’s personality. It can also be incredibly difficult to express that identity on a 3.5” x 2” piece of card. If your company has a fun, quirky, interesting & unusual personality that you want to show off, instead of having a plain business card you could take a leaf out of the designers cards we’ve selected below and include a stylish, hand-drawn illustration to make your card stand out, and to show your company isn’t stuffy and corporate like the rest.

Ah, typography. It can not only make or break a design, but inspire new ideas as well. A good font is one of the most valuable tools a designer has. For 15 excellent and fresh fonts, read more.

The term “grunge” within graphic design is often mistaken to mean dirty; however, a grunge look is simply one that is achieved by including natural elements into your design. For instance, you may create typography from vine images or your background could be a photo of cement. Some websites even use every day items, such as paper towels, to create backgrounds and texture within the design. Incorporating grunge into your website can be obvious with lots of dirt and grime or subtle with only a fabric background. So, whatever level of grunge you intend to take your website, one of the following backgrounds may be exactly what you need to help you achieve the perfect amount of grunge in your project.