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We will be waiting for your lovel projects while we play and hack around some code with our existing customers orders ;-)

The Pixel2HTML family is expanding everyday, we're looking to find some freelancers to work in a variety of areas for our awesome clients on a daily basis. Ideally you'll have no problems working remotely from your home (or wherever you'd love to), arranging your own schedule (yep, we know some of you love hacking at night) and being 100% results oriented.

You'll also be willing to explore new trends and technologies on upcoming projects for our client portfolio and your mantra would be to "ship fast, ship often", meaning that you're comfortable working on an agile iteration workflow.

That being said, we are looking for...

WordPress Knight

Some things we're looking for this role:

A strong understanding of PHP/MySQL & the WordPress platform

Experience making highly customizable themes and plugins

Willing to work for projects on tight schedules

A ver good sense and taste for web design

Knowledge of JavaScript and libraries such as jQuery/Mootools/Prototype

You're comfortable working with the LAMP stack

HTML/CSS/JavaScript Knight

Some things we're looking for this role:

Eat, breathe and love HTML5/CSS3 & web standards

You have a laser-sharp attention to details and a pixel-perfect eye

Creating custom plugins on JavaScript, mainly jQuery, comes naturally to you

You hate old browsers, but you yet still understand how to deal with them

Work with responsive designs or willing to

Semantic code lover and load optimization perfectionist

Dieter Rams, one of the most amazing product designers on the world, outlined these 10 principles that apply to design in general. Here at Pixel2HTML believe that these points can be applied to web design too. 

He stated that Good design...

Is innovative

The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.

Makes a product useful

A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

Is aesthetic

The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products are used every day and have an effect on people and their well-being. Only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

Makes a product understandable

It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product clearly express its function by making use of the user's intuition. At best, it is self-explanatory.

Is unobtrusive

Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user's self-expression.

Is honest

It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

Is long-lasting

It avoids being fashionable and therefore never appears antiquated. Unlike fashionable design, it lasts many years – even in today's throwaway society.

Is thorough down to the last detail

Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the consumer.

Is environmentally friendly

Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Is as little design as possible

Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

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Hello everyone, we're back with loaded posts on our blog!

To start the week, we would like to show you these amazing social media icons created by the amazing designer Orman Clark. 

Aren't they amazing and beautiful? We think so. You can download them on Premium Pixels and start using these fancy icons on your projects for free.

Are you always trying to guess what your cool and hip type designers say and their jokes?

Well nobody was born with all the knowledge in the world. Made that case, we found this amazing guide to typography on Codrops.