Responsive Design was listed by .net as #2 on their list of Top Web Design Trends for 2012. With a growing number of devices on the market, designing a version of one’s site for every mobile web device is not realistic. Better, is to create a site with a flexible grid, layout, images, and use of CSS media queries. Enter Responsive Design, a term coined by Ethan Marcotte in 2010.

Marketing is now social. The great thing about facebook’s new brand page tools and options is that it paves the way for businesses to make lasting connections with clients. There is a new movement away from advertising to story-telling. What can you do to create a rich, reaching experience on your brand page? Let’s examine the anatomy of the brand page and find out how facebook’s new tools can help your business.

One thing businesses have come to count on is change. It’s going to happen, and when it comes to social media marketing, it can be hard to keep up. As of last Friday, Facebook has rolled out their mandatory new timeline for brand pages, and undoubtedly a flurry of attention to what will go in the cover photo has ensued in the past week. Fear not, we’ve got you covered. No pun intended.

Something that’s been intriguing me lately is the use of texture in web designs. Of course, I’m a fan of clean designs, and sometimes overly textured sites can seem gimmicky or date quickly. There is something very elegant about white space and minimalism. However, context appropriate, tasteful texture used in clean web design can really distinguish a site and be that that x-factor that pushes a design over the top.

Today I’d like to share some methods I’ve implemented over the past few years, to keep a growing number of Photoshop and associated project files well organized and easily accessible to myself and others. As a web designer, you may be dealing with multiple versions of multiple concepts for given client projects. Not only that, but you may be dealing with many clients, and thus, many files that build up over a long period of time. Often, you’ll need to go back and access older files to updated them or borrow from them. If you’re a smart designer, you’ll recycle / modify to save time. There’s no reason to re-invent the wheel every time. Having an organized file structure not only allows you unfettered easy access to the brilliant template library that is your past work, but also allows you fellow designers and developers to jump in or take over as needed when working on teams.