Just surfed the web and came across some pretty design for the promotion materials of Eslite 誠品 (www.eslite.com), which is a popular bookstore in Taiwan. Each of the EDM below gave a warm, harmonic atmosphere to the audiences.

This one titled “Life in sunshine” which promoted the sells of eco-friendly products during April 2009.
http://www.eslite.com/html/event/090409_greenlife/

Textures and patterns are usually found in web design, especially in the background to support the overall design. Undoubtedly using patterns and textures to replace a standard background color can create more inviting atmosphere. But they need to fit to the overall design which make the content easier to perceive.
There are numbers of options we can choose for our texture web design. E.g. fabric patterns, tiles, ground, stone, walls, bricks, stiches, cardboard, ceramics, decay, rust, old tapes, illustrations, plastic and glass. And of course, the most common one, is wood.
In …

Trying to get CSS-based websites to look the same across all browsers can often be difficult. Many of the problems however lie with Internet Explorer implementing CSS commands differently to other, more standards compliant browsers. All is not lost, however, as many of the differences you see across browsers are caused by the same Internet Explorer CSS issues…

If there are some useful and handy web design resources, your life will be much more easier. Today I’d like to share 10 useful web design tools and services to you which can make your design process more efficient.
1. Color Scheme Designer

It helps you create color schemes of different types and it may facilitate your looking for the optimal color palette by controlling the saturation and contrast level for the chosen color schemes.