As more people tend to respond and read emails over mobile devices, there is a high time marketers should create responsive mobile emails to increase the opens, clickthroughs and responses.

The one size fits all approach isn’t prevalent any more in the industry. I chanced upon yet another infographic from Email Monks that bring to you the vital mobile email stats, you might have long craved for. Infographic gathers unique stats from many sources and covers the recent vogue of mobile. Some of the staggering stats include:

- 43% of Emails are read over the phones and this is expected to rise to more than 50% by the end of 2013!

- Mobile or Smart-phone usage is more prevalent in the morning and evening hours.

It was amazing to know that iPhone leads the market share amongst all major email clients. Infographic provides us a brief on the market share of various email clients Calculated from 205 million opens tracked by Litmus Email Analytics in April 2013.

Many of the companies have yet not recognized the importance of responsive mobile email because they don’t know what exactly is the talk of the town?

This infographic from Email Monks also defines responsive mobile email in easy yet effective way. According to the infographic, Responsive email design uses CSS3 media queries to display different layouts of an email depending on the size of the viewing screen. You can display or hide elements for a true mobile experience.

About the Author I am Mathews Johnson and I work as a creative consultant with Email Monks. Email Monks is a superfast yet cost effective mobile friendly email design and coding services provider. Email Monks also converts design to Email HTML in as less as 8 hours.

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Photographers and photo enthusiasts rejoice! As Yahoo! finally unveiled the new “awesome” look for Flickr, the once struggling photo sharing website now also offers 1 terabyte of free storage and provides a brand new experience for both of their desktop and android users. With a bigger storage, each user can upload as much as 500, 000 photos in full resolution.

“Flickr was once awesome, and it languished… now we want it to be awesome again,”  Yahoo! CEO Marissa Meyer said in a press event at New York City today.

Earlier today, Yahoo! has also announced its acquisition of social blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, all of it in cash.

Portfolio Night

 
Hosted in more than 20 cities around the world on May 22, the Portfolio Night events are designed to connect aspiring young creatives with renowned advertising creative directors in the hopes of receiving feedback on their work and ultimately, secure career opportunities.

Sponsored by iStockphoto and PANTONE, Portfolio Night brings together thousands of young creatives, hundreds of creative directors, dozens of host agencies in cities around the world, and a select few global partners, all in a “one night only” event across the planet. Now on it’s eleventh year, Portfolio Night has grown to a global event, reaching creative hubs in every continent in an evening where the best of the present meets the best of the years to come.

Check out their official website to know what’s the nearest Portfolio Night event you can take part of.

Who among you guys are going to the nearest Portfolio Night event? What do you think of Flickr’s major makeover? Share us your thoughts by leaving your message in the comment box below. Find You The Designer on Facebook, Twitter,Pinterest and Google Plus for more updates. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to our blog for the latest design inspirations, stories and freebies. Speaking of freebies, check out our free print templates page for your print design needs. Stay awesome everyone!

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Catvengers

The idea of transforming people to cats brought her a bit of Internet fame after illustrating “Doctor Mew“, cat versions of the characters from the sci-fi series, “Doctor Who”.  Jenny has a BFA in Illustration and a graduate degree in Science Illustration, who is now based in San Francisco as a freelance illustrator making her own name in animal art and making a living by drawing cute and fuzzy creatures.

Her cat heroes include characters form Batman and The Avengers. Some of the super-cats were even renamed such as Iron Cat, Hulkitty, Captain Catmerica, Purrlock Holmes, Catniss, etc. Check out some of Jenny’s cat heroes below. Enjoy!

Hulkitty

Captain Catmerica

Iron Cat

Thor

Lokitty

Daryl Dixon | Walking Dead

Sam and Dean | Supernatural

The Fur Rises

Purrlock Holmes

Hairy Pawter

Catniss

Doctor Mew

 
Which of  the cat heroes is your most favorite? Check out Jenny’s official website for more information about her awesome illustration work.
 

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Which poster is your most favorite? Check out more of them on P&G’s Pinterest board or on Facebook.

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While some people just didn’t like it, saying it is boring,  more and more applications of this design trend are seen on app development, web design and even on print and advertising. And today in YTD, we showcase some of the most inspiring websites which use the flat design to communicate their message in the simplest way possible. Check them out below:

Tynan D’Arcy

 
The minimalist look and the use of flat shapes and elements makes this website of an international design agency clean, smooth and simple.

WISTIA

 
This video hosting website for business utilizes the flat concept through flat illustrations combining squares, rectangles and triangles forming a nice identity and branding for a video hosting website.

Ivo Mynttinen

The web portfolio of Ivo Mynttinen is a reflection of his clean, simple and sharp style in web design. The use of flat and light colors make his website smooth and easy to understand.

2012 Year on Twitter

Celebrating the year 2012 of Twitter was made special with this website. Aside from the list of global tweets and trends in Twitter last year, the use of flat colors and layout of the website made it simple and clean.

Minimal Monkey

The use of flat colors and text is not just the awesome thing about this website.  The smooth navigation and transition effects makes this site stand out among other minimalist websites.

Flaticons

From the name itself, Flaticons showcases various flat and minimalist icons you can use in your next UI. The website is as simple as their icons that everything you need to know is viewed at a single page.

PANDR

This website of a digital agency specializing in web design is highlighted by the flat layout and awesome minimalist illustrations.

Roy Barber

Freelance Web designer and developer, Roy Barber approached his website by using only two colors, a unique style of flat UI from the common use of multiple colors of other sites.

Into the Arctic | Greenpeace

A website of Greenpeace with the aim of raising the awareness of people in protecting the Arctic. Aside from the amazing navigation and exploration of the Arctic region, the site utilizes a clean and smooth flat UI design for simplicity and to easily communicate its message.

Lorenzo Verzini

This website of Italian designer and art director, Lorenzo Verzini utilizes a flat UI with a touch of cool illustrations and animations.

Lowdi

 
A website promoting a wireless speaker called Lowdi. With the use of smart animations, illustrations and flat colors and shapes, the page is more than just your regular product website.

Microsoft Windows

The sleek and “metro” look of the new design for Windows 8 is showcased in this website. Most says that the recent branding of the OS attribute the success of flat design.

The trend of using flat UI not only in web design will stay as developers, designers and end users continue to seek for a smooth, simple and fast user experience.

What do you guys think of this design trend? We will continue updating this list so if you know an awesome website using a flat layout and design, share to us the link as well us your thoughts and suggestions by leaving a message in the comment box below.

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The Adobe Creative Cloud is a subscription based service with sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities. The use of “CC” applications recreate the whole creative process where files can be stored, synced and shared via Creative Cloud, on your Windows PC, Mac Os, iOs and Android. Your projects can be published directly on Behance, connecting and getting feedback from the global community of creatives. Monthly subscription pricing starts at $50 for US users.

The “CC” applications will only be available in this service. The CS versions will still be available for purchase but the new features and services offered in the CC versions will not be included.

What do you guys think of this major update? Shae us your thoughts by leaving your message in the comment box below. Find You The Designer on Facebook, Twitter,Pinterest and Google Plus for more updates. Also, don’t forget to subscribe to our blog for the latest design inspirations, stories and freebies. Speaking of freebies, check out our free print templates page for your print design needs. Stay awesome everyone!

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