Somewhere around a year ago, I wrote a post regarding the new trend in grid based designs. Well indeed the trend is getting popular now and is spotted by other website too like InspiredMag. I really like this design style because the layout is well organized and professional looking too.

Here I found three Free unique Wordpress themes that utilizes grid as the main feel. The themes are really cool in my opinion and I would like to try it out somewhere in the future. Is it just me or what the grid based designs somehow concentrated in grayscale color?

Wordpress Themes

GRID Wordpress Theme - Link | Preview | Download (GPL License)

Grid-A-Licious - Link | Preview | Download (Personal Use Only)

tanzaku - Link | Preview | Download (GPL v2 License)

Inspiration

The author of the Wordpress themes are also the loves of grid based designs. Please check out their website designs below.

If you want more grid inspirations, why not head to the Grid Based Designs

Resources

My favorite Web Developer Soh Tanaka wrote a tutorial on creating Smart Columns with CSS and jQuery which is also teach us to create grid based websites. Plus, you can also go to Fuel Your Creativity website to get yourself a more complete coverage on Grid Based Design Toolbox

Recently I stumbled upon this interesting and funny Japanese word play called “駄洒落” (Dajare). According to Wikipedia, Dajare is similar in spirit to an English pun relying on similarities in the pronunciation of words to create a simple joke. Below are some of the interesting examples that I found from various websites. Please have a look!

Romaji - Arumi kan no ue ni aru mikan.
Meaning - An orange on an aluminum can.

Romaji - Nyūyōku de nyūyoku.
Meaning - Taking a bath in New York.

Romaji - Toriniku ga torinikui!
Meaning - It’s so hard to get chicken meat!

Romaji - Kōchō sensei zekkōchō!
Meaning - School headmaster is in great mood!

Romaji - “Ienaiyo“tte, ienaiyo…
Meaning - It’s hard to say I don’t have a home.

Romaji - Kono suika ha yasui ka?
Meaning - Is this watermelon cheap?

Final word

So, above are the six examples of dajare. For more in depth information, please check out the Wikipedia page and Dajare station (Japanese) for more examples!

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