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Free Finance Icons from IconShock

04.01.2010

Our friends at IconShock have designed another set of free icons especially for the readers of the Vandelay Design blog. This set includes 6 icons (in PNG format) that can be used for personal or commercial purposes.

Finance Icons

Comment to Win a Free License for FlashMoto CMS

03.30.2010

FlashMoto has offered to give a free license of their CMS to one lucky DesignM.ag reader. If you’re not familiar with FlashMoto it is a Flash CMS that allows users to easily manage the content of their Flash website. You can edit existing pages, add new pages, insert and manage image galleries, video and more.

FlashMoto

Comment to Win a One-Year Membership to MediaLoot!

03.23.2010

A few weeks ago a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of DesignM.ag a one-year membership to the site for free!

MediaLoot

Win 1,000 Business Cards from Next Day Flyers

03.09.2010

Next Day Flyers has offered to give 1,000 business cards and $25 of printing credit to a lucky reader of Designm.ag.

Next Day Flyers

Comment to Win a One-Year Membership to MediaLoot!

03.09.2010

Earlier today a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of the Vandelay Design blog a one-year membership to the site for free!

MediaLoot

Comment to Win a One-Year Membership to MediaLoot!

03.09.2010

Earlier today a new membership-based site, MediaLoot was launched. It is an online toolbox of premium design resources, and they have kindly offered to give five readers of the Vandelay Design blog a one-year membership to the site for free!

MediaLoot

Design Instruct Week on Six Revisions

03.01.2010

Design Instruct Week is a weeklong celebration of our newly launched site, Design Instruct. This week on Six Revisions will cover topics that deal with running websites and design, written by the founders/editors of Design Instruct and Six Revisions.

Win a Free Template of Your Choice from TemplateWire

02.23.2010

TemplateWire has offered to give free templates to three Vandelay Design readers. If you’re not familiar with TemplateWire they are a leading marketplace of CSS templates, Flash templates, and logo templates. For $49 you can get 12 months of unlimited access to all of their premium templates. Or you can get 3 months of access for $29. You can use the templates on an unlimited number of websites for you or your clients.

Win a Free Template of Your Choice from TemplateWire

Win 1000 Free Business Cards from PrintRunner!

02.23.2010

PrintRunner has offered to give 1,000 business cards each to 5 readers of DesignM.ag! PrintRunner offers a wide variety of printing services including business cards, brochures, post cardsflyers, and posters.

PrintRunner

MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide Book

02.23.2010

I have written a book with Garrick Cheung about the MooTools JavaScript framework called “MooTools 1.2 Beginner’s Guide” published by Packt Publishing.

Free Set of Office Icons by IconShock

02.10.2010

Our friends at IconShock have designed another set of free icons for readers of Vandelay Design. IconShock designs high quality icon sets and in recent months they have provided the design community with a lot of great, free icons.

This set includes five icons of typical office items. The icons are free for personal or commercial purposes, and they are available below as PNG files or as Adobe Illustrator files.

Office Icons

Win Free Die Cut Business Cards from UPrinting

01.26.2010

Our friends at UPrinting have offered to give 500 free die cut business cards each to five readers of DesignM.ag! If you’ve been wanting to impress potential clients with some high-quality business cards, this is your chance to get them for free.

UPrinting

Design Instruct: A New Resource for the Design Community

01.26.2010

Almost two years ago I got to know Jacob Gube of Six Revisions as both of us had relatively new blogs in the design community. Since then I’ve followed Six Revisions as it has grown to become one of the leading blogs on web design and development with over 40,000 subscribers.

Design Instruct

Design Instruct: A New Tutorial Web Magazine for Designers

01.26.2010

Our latest web project, Design Instruct, a web magazine that aims to teach designers and digital artists useful techniques by way of detailed and step-by-step tutorials.

One Week Remaining for Free Job Board Postings

01.24.2010

Throughout the month of January we have been offering free job postings and have been working to increase the usefullness of the job board for job seekers and for those who are looking to hire designers and developers. We’re happy to have more than 40 opportunities currently listed, we also wanted to point out some new features and additions related to the job board.

If you’re looking to hire a designer, developer, or marketer, you still have one week to submit for free. Jobs can either be posted for 30 or 60 days, just use the promo code “free”.

Win a Free Membership to Elegant Themes

01.12.2010

Our friends at Elegant Themes have offered to give away five one-year memberships to readers of the Vandelay Design blog! This is a great prize for some lucky bloggers or website owners.

Elegant Themes

The DesignM.ag Job Board Has Been Re-Launched, with Free Job Listings!

01.03.2010

The DesignM.ag job board has undergone some significant changes and been re-launched. If you’re not familiar with our job board, it provides designers and developers with a place to find work (freelance and employment opportunities), and helps companies to find skilled workers. To celebrate the improvements and the re-launch, job postings will be free through the end of January with the use of the promo code “free”. After January the price will be $50 for a 30 day listing, or $65 for a 60 day listing.

Web Design Job Board

If you’re interested in posting a job listing for free, please visit the submission page. If your company has a need to hire designers or developers on a regular basis, please contact us as we can arrange significantly discounted pricing for repeat users.

The DesignM.ag Job Board Has Been Re-Launched, with Free Job Listings!

01.03.2010

Our other blog DesignM.ag has included a job board for about the past year. The job board has just undergone some significant changes and been re-launched. If you’re not familiar with it, the DesignM.ag job board provides designers and developers with a place to find work (freelance and employment opportunities), and helps companies to find skilled workers. To celebrate the improvements and the re-launch, job postings will be free through the end of January with the use of the promo code “free”. After January the price will be $50 for a 30 day listing, or $65 for a 60 day listing.

DesignM.ag Job Board

If you’re interested in posting a job listing for free, please visit the submission page. If your company has a need to hire designers or developers on a regular basis, please contact us as we can arrange significantly discounted pricing for repeat users.

Free Gadget Icon Set from IconShock

12.24.2009

Our friends at IconShock have designed another set of free icons especially for readers of the Vandelay Design blog. This set includes 5 gadget icons that will help to make your designs look great. The icons are free for personal or commercial use, but cannot be re-distributed or sold as your own.

7 Days Remaining to Get $10 Off Fanurio Time Tracking and Invoicing

12.09.2009

Last month we announced a partnership with Fanurio Time Tracking and Invoicing and offered a $10 discount ($49 instead of $59) on Fanurio’s software. This is just a reminder that the discount period ends in one week, December 16, 2009. If you’ve already downloaded the 30 day free trial and you want to purchase the license, be sure to do it before the 16th and use the coupon code “vandelay2009″ when purchasing.

If you haven’t downloaded the trial version, there is still time to try it out for a week before the offer expires. You can get the free trial from Fanurio’s website.

Introducing Icon Fever, an Icon Gallery

12.06.2009

If you’re a regular reader of the Vandelay Design blog you’re probably aware that we launched a small network of five gallery sites about six months ago. We’re happy to announce the addition of a sixth gallery, Icon Fever.

Icon Fever

Introducing Icon Fever, an Icon Gallery

12.06.2009

If you’re a regular reader of the DesignM.ag you’re probably aware that we launched a small network of five gallery sites about six months ago. We’re happy to announce the addition of a sixth gallery, Icon Fever.

Icon Fever

Free Business Icon Set from IconShock

11.17.2009

Our friends at IconShock have designed another set of icons especially for the readers of Vandelay Design. This pack includes five icons with a business theme. As you will see from the preview, it includes a briefcase icon, a calculator icon, a phone icon, a coins icon, and a pie chart icon.

Free Business Icons

Vandelay Design Partners with Fanurio Time Tracking and Invoicing – Plus a Limited-Time Discount!

11.11.2009

We’re happy to announce that Vandelay Design is now partnering with Fanurio to make its time tracking and invoicing software accessible to more designers. We worked with Fanurio a few months ago to give away some free licenses to readers and the response was tremendous, so we decided to work together on a more permanent basis. We wanted to offer something special to all of you to kick off this partnership. Starting today (November 11, 2009), for the next 35 days you will be able to try and buy Fanurio for $49, a $10 discount from the regular price. Fanurio always comes with a 30 day free trial of the full software, so the 35 days will give you enough time to download it and try it out before the coupon code expires.

The coupon code to use when purchasing is “vandelay2009″. More details at the end of this post.

Win 500 Die-Cut Business Cards from UPrinting

10.27.2009

UPrinting has offered to give 500 die cut business cards to five readers of the Vandelay Design blog! If you’re interested in having a unique business card that helps you to stand out to potential clients, this is a great opportunity.

UPrinting - Business Cards

Win 500 Die-Cut Business Cards from UPrinting

10.27.2009

UPrinting has offered to give 500 die cut business cards to five readers of the DesignM.ag! If you’re interested in having a unique business card that helps you to stand out to potential clients, this is a great opportunity.

Business Cards from UPrinting

Free Portfolio Icon Set Designed by IconShock

10.13.2009

Our friends at IconShock have designed a set of 5 icons with portfolio sites in mind. The set includes PNG files of 512 pixels and 256 pixels, plus the source files (Illustrator). The icons are free for use in both personal and commercial projects.

If you have suggestions for future icon sets, please leave a comment.

Portfolio Icons

Win 1,000 Free Business Cards from PrintRunner

09.30.2009

PrintRunner has offered to give 1,000 business cards each to 5 readers of Vandelay Design! PrintRunner offers a wide variety of printing services including business cards, brochures, flyers, posters.

PrintRunner

Envato Marketplaces Get Re-Designed, Plus Envato Credit Giveaway

09.28.2009

The popular Envato marketplaces (ThemeForest, GraphicRiver, FlashDen, AudioJungle, VideoHive) just got a fresh re-design, and to celebrate Envato has offered to give away $20 in free credits to five readers of Vandelay Design.

ThemeForest

Win One of Three Free Templates from TemplateWire

09.23.2009

TemplateWire has offered to give free templates to three DesignM.ag readers. If you’re not familiar with TemplateWire they are a leading marketplace of CSS templates, Flash templates, and logo templates. For $49 you can get 12 months of unlimited access to all of their premium templates. Or you can get 3 months of access for $29. You can use the templates on an unlimited number of websites for you or your clients.

TemplateWire

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