Hello Friends,

I am Allen, the new webmaster at  thedesignmag.com. I am a graphic designer, a Internet Marketeer and dabble in SEO/SMO. I work with a team of super engineers, who can build just about anything from a Android/iPhone app to an uber complicated Big Data cluster.

My company has acquired this blog and I am the chosen one, to carry on the good work done by the previous owner.

To start off right, here is a contest in which I am giving away one custom designed Facebook FanPage.  To enter, just post in the comments section, why would you want a Facebook FanPage. The one who comes up with the best reason to owe a custom designed fan page will be the winner and will receive a customized FanPage based upon the requirement.

The contest closes soon, so hurry up and get that comment in before 31st May, 2012.

Today we have a high quality pen drive psd. This High quality pen drive graphic can be used for your personal as well and commercial projects. This Pen drive PSD graphics is of high resolutions to free download with layered properly. Also share the design links in the comments in case if you use this PSD in any of your design works.

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Today Friends we have a free Laptop PSD for you next design project. This Free Laptop Photoshop PSD file is layered for each every elements. This Free Laptop PSD source file is free to use for personal and commerical purposes. This Free laptop psd also comes up with a nice background.

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Quality Computer Speaker Set for FREE download. The PSD is in high resolution. It is useful for music theme designs. If you need to edit it, feel free to download an editable PSD source file. The PSD is well layered. Hit the download button now.

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Friends today we have a set of optical mouse PSD icon for free download. This is a gaming Cordless mouse. It have an LED  Battery-level indicator and extra 3 buttons than a normal mouse. Have a stylish design in 3 different colors. The PSD is in high resolution and can be used for your designs. Hit the download button now. More computer peripherals will coming soon.

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2012 is at the door.  Remember Life is short, break the rules. Here we are giving you a Free new year vector graphics.  This vector graphics can be used in your 2012 designs. The file is in .eps format. You can scale it to any size. Best for desktop wallpapers, calenders etc. Hit the download button for instant download. More graphics coming soon. Stay tuned.

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Friends today we have a free vector christmas card. If you are working any projects related to Christmas cards this free vectors christmas card will save you time and money. Please feel free to use it for your christmas design projects.  This
particular vector Christmas card has the following design elements Santa Claus,  christmas bell and ribbons and a nice background.

In case you’re using this vector for any of your design projects, please share your work in the comments. It is free to use for personal and commercial purposes.

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Christmas is fast approaching and if you are looking for Christmas vectors for your design needs you have reached the right place. Friends today we have a Merry Christmas vector card with a blue background.  Each of these elements in the Christmas vector card is scale-able to any size.  This vector card contains two red candles and Christmas holly and ribbons.

This Vector Christmas card can be used for personal and commercial purposes. In case if you are using this design please share your work in the comments.

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Vintage and retro designs trends was no used as a design theme by designers few years ago. Not things have changed we are seeing more and more website started using retro style in their website design. Retro style designs has a unique style which make it look like taken from a old photography and also make the website feel it so unique from the rest of the modern style designs.

Here we have a amazing collection of 21 outdated or old styled kind of website design for your inspiration. Some of the examples here has the entire website in retro style but in some of the examples we have just the retro elements been used cleverly in the designs.

1. Apbaxter

This website of Adrian Baxter a Melbourne based Web Developer and photographer using four boxes with Contemporary Style Cartoon Design.

2. Bloom

Bloom Branding agency website using a old style image of a leaves and flowers.

3. Code Slingers

Code Slingers Challenge website with a Texas cowboy styled retro design and it has some elements of code text being used in the background image of the website.

4.  Pointless Corp

This website from Tommy Digital Creative Agency has used nice color which blends in with its retro style and use of good Typography in their design.

5. Give Beyond

This Give beyond website by Gabe is a perfect fit for a outdated style website design which resonates with theme of this website.

6. La Wine

True to its name LA wine Agency website is a nice website with old styled design and good typography.

7. War Child

This retro styled website from War Child is a website dedicated to childern who suffers due to the impact of wars. It has got a red background with couple of illustration of war planes.

8. Peter Nappi

Peter Nappi a shoe store with really nice retro design. It has a retro style header and footer. Also the home page has a large background photography.

9. Atticus

Atticus Pet Design studio a website dedicated to Pets website design has a retro look with the huge size logo in the middle of the home page.

10.Creative Spaces

A space finder website Creative Space has a nice looking creatively designed retro styled home page.

11. The Three penny editor

The Three Penny Editor website specializes in editing fiction and literary nonfiction, has a cool looking retro design with retro fonts and old Royal Typewriter image on the home page.

12. Project gift

Project Gift website has some excellent retro elements like the header and the retro background to make it to this list.

13. Pointless Corp

Pointles Corp website has all the elements which makes the website look like a retro styled website.

14. Kentucky

The Woodinville Whiskey Company website has a truly old look with some pretty good retro images like the seal elements which makes it look so retro.

15. EightyTwo

Eighty Two Designs studio has some good retro texture background and integrated some old photography pictures in black and white to give the website a unique retro style.

16. Musicians corner

Musicians Corner Nashville has some perfect combinations of texture backgrounds.

17. Shawn Johnston

Shawn Johnston a Vancouver based Web designer and wordpress experts has used retro style in almost all design elements on the site.

18. Tenthmil

Tenthmil another website with some of the best retro style design integrated into their home page.

19. The Crazy Love Campaign

Crazy Love Campaign has some aged type of fabric background which makes it a perfect fit for a retro styled designed website.

20. Prairiest Fest

Huxleyprairefest is retro styled website with some very colorful retro elements like retro styled grunge paper backgrounds.

Also you can find more retro designed inspiration blog posts from some of the other roundup from other design blogs.
50 Retro and Vintage Web Designs to Inspire You
25 Beautiful Retro Webdesign
The Elements of Retro Web Design
25 Creative Retro Styled Website Designs

Year 2012 is almost there. Today we have a 2012 vector graphics for download.  This 2012 vector is scalable to any size without loosing the resolution. This Image can be downloaded as a .eps file or .ai file.

These vector graphics can be used in any of your designs or also as a desktop wallpaper starting the year 2010 with happy and prosperous new year.

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