aclJohn's Design Finds

Icotrip is a website that designers may well want to take a closer look at.

On the Icotrip website visitors will find a collection of black and white icons that can be used on any project.

The images are both striking, and imaginative and the collection is added to daily.

I'm following Icotrip with their RSS feed- that way I get to see the icon of the day on my reader, and can decide if it is something I could use.

Visit http://www.icotrip.com/ to take a closer look.

85B provides converters to convert dress and bra sizes between international size standards.

Why? Well I'm reliably informed that those who have tried purchasing a dress abroad are familiar with the all-too-common dress size problem. Being a 'size 12' in the UK means something else in Japan and it means nothing in Russia.

To determine what size someone is, according to international standards, check out "85b.org".

Countries supported include...

• Australia;

• Austria;...

Drawings in PDF files are normally difficult to edit e.g. drawings of rooms or a building stored as pdf files; editing it, until now, would be almost an impossible task. However, having the same drawing in AutoCAD would make modifying the drawing so much easier.

This is what Convert PDF to AutoCAD exploits.

Convert PDF to AutoCAD is a free web service that does exactly what its name suggests – it converts PDF files
to drawing formats that are compatible with AutoCAD.

Using Convert PD...

pCon Planner offers a tool that is aimed mainly at architects, interior designers etc.

pCon.planner empowers users to come up with furnishing concepts that...

• will be rendered to photo-realistic standards, and
• can be as elaborate as the user might want. 

pCon planner can be downloaded for free, and it is available in eight languages...

• English;
• German;
• Dutch;
• French;
• Italian;
• Portuguese;
• Romanian; and
• Spanish.

pCon planner also includes video tutorials.

A huge plus is, pCon planner makes...

Jordan’s Furniture Room Planner is an online application for planning and furnishing rooms online.

It helps users create detailed room plans without using complicated design software.

Users can...

• design a room from scratch or
• select from prebuilt rooms.
• design...
  • bedrooms,
  • dining rooms,
  • home offices,
  • living rooms, and
  • youth bedrooms
• add...
  • furniture,
  • patio,
  • gym,
  • appliances,
  • wiring, and
  • many other elements to their design.

Useful tools that users can use include...

• a text t...

If you are a web designer and life revolves around HTML and CSS, then you are aware of the importance of various time-saving tools that make life easier. HTML Ipsum is one such tool.

It has a collection of HTML codes along with dummy Latin text in it (or what we call “Lorem Ipsum” text). Just click on the title of any of the code boxes and the corresponding code gets copied to the clipboard.

Find out more and or try it out at http://html-ipsum.com/.

Chimply is a web application that lets users generate loading indicators, animated bars; such indicators are often used by web developers to let users know when a page or application is loading.

Buttons and badges can be generated as well.

Simply...

• select one of the templates,
• customize size/background/colour, and
• click on “Generate” Button.
• Once the image is ready, download it onto your computer.

The site is free and sign up is optional. By registering, users are able to save th...

Create Online Banners, Use or Share in presentations, VLEs, websites, Myspace, Facebook, and more! It's FREE!

Just...

• Select Banner Size or Create a custom size
• Upload a Background image or add colour
• Add
  
  • Text
  • an Effect
• Upload Image
• Save Or Download Your Created Banner

If you are an ASCII art fan check out this simple online utility called ASCII-O-Matic.

It lets users upload an image and generate ASCII art pictures from it.

Note: The application only...

• supports JPEG format only and
• only accepts images 60 x 50 pixels.

Users can set...

• colours (Black & White or Coloured) and
• characters (Letters or Squares)...

...for the generated ASCII picture.

When the ASCII picture is ready users can get its HTML code and save it onto their computer...

BlindTextGenerator is a handy tool for web designers and developers. It generates dummy text for various layout needs and purposes. It includes the popular “Lorem ipsum” text as well as other texts.

Simply...

• click on the preferred dummy text to see it on the right side (10 dummy texts available).
• increase/decrease the size of the text by the number of words or characters and/or divide the text into paragraphs.

In Advanced options users can adjust...

• font family,
• font size,
• style an...