Less is more? The more the merrier? The everlasting debate between minimalism and everything that minimalism stands against is filled with cliches, but the core of the debate is far from the banal. In the world of web design, it is more and more prominent. As web designers discover more visual means to express themselves, the minimalist opposition becomes stronger and stronger. Every XXL logo, every colorful layout, every flashy animation is countered with basic fonts, simple structures and black&white tones.

For this installation of Flash Template reviews, we are covering portfolio styled flash templates. Two very different portfolio style flash templates in the just released flash templates for 2010 have been chosen above the rest. As far as portfolio styles go these are as different as you can get and stay true to form, yet stand out equally well.

Hey guys (and gals), Valentine’s Day is just around the corner (count: 3 days!) and I bet there are still a few of you out there that have no idea what you’re going to get your sweetheart. Best bet? Avoid standing in long lines and give the gift of great design! We have 15 easy to create (and free) last minute gift ideas for a great Valentine’s Day!

Somebody call the fire brigade, ’cause there’s a fire running wild. It’s too late to tell who started it, but whether it was Apple or Adobe doesn’t matter anymore. It’s on. Flash is currently proving to be a dominant force in web design, breaking all limits of visual creativity and allowing more and more people to experiment with building websites easily. At the end, the answers might come from the web design community, if it decides to fight for the right to Flash.

Checking RSS feeds for flash news, I read this headline. When I read it I had to check it out myself. When I wrote about I just had to reuse it. Because what I found was great. Wix has released dozens of new flash templates for 2010!

Two of these really stuck out for me, the music templates. Being flash music templates are so needed and the most asked about. I had to review them and share the resource. Presenting two all new free flash music website templates for 2010.

As an owner of a small business, whether it be a retail store, wellness center, or consulting firm, you always are seeking ways to increase your profits. You could choose to raise prices, cut back on costs, or opt to draw in more customers/clients.

When it comes to web design, there is no doubt as a site owner or a designer you will run into flash. Flash websites are the in thing and if the bandwidth is there quite often the most amazing possible way to present your sites and clients. Adobe may have been the seed but flash has grown into its own over the years with no signs of slowing anytime soon.

We have rounded up 50 incredibly useful flash web design resource from the simple to the extreme. Both free and paid tool with every entry point between from freeware flash to shareware, trial ware and the ever famous demo brought to so many of our desktops over the years.

You Google something. You find an interesting result, click and wait a second for the page to upload. Instead of immediately displaying the content of the site you wanted to visit, your computer screen is suddenly being attacked by flash. You see weird shapes forming something concrete, hear unexpected sounds and discover all of a sudden the word “Enter”, inviting you into a place unknown. What was that, you ask yourself? That, my friend, was a landing page.

The year of 2009 has seen some of the most amazing changes in science society and technology ever seen.

Flash design may have started a long time ago in the digital timespan, but it has breached yet another plateau. Now Flash has not only a foot hold, but a serious comeback in the mainstream.

Here we present you with a view of some of the most amazing examples of Flash Design from 2009.

Food enters through the eyes. This known proverb is so true, and advertisers and web designers know it.

In this post we present you a collection of tempting food websites that make this proverb real. Some of the websites show excellent pictures of the food, but in others attraction is achieved by more sophisticated ways.