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Web Design Inspiration at a Glance
Volume 2 of "The Web Designer's Idea Book" includes more than 650 new websites arranged thematically, so you can easily find inspiration for your work. Author Patrick McNeil, creator of the popular web design blog designmeltdown.com and author of the original bestselling "Web Designer's Idea Book," has cataloged thousands of sites, and showcases the latest and best examples in this book. The web is the most rapidly changing design medium, and this book offers an organized overview of what's happening right now. Sites are categorized by type, design element, styles and themes, structural styles, and structural elements. This new volume also includes a helpful chapter explaining basic design principles and how they can be applied online.
Whether you're brainstorming with a coworker or explaining your ideas to a client, this book provides a powerful communication tool you can use to jumpstart your next project.
About the Author
Patrick McNeil is a web designer and programmer. His blog, designmeltdown.com, presents trends and problems in web design and provides inspiration for web designers through numerous samples of design styles and trends. His site has become a standard reference for web designers of all skill levels.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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On the front cover this book states: 'Themes, trends and styles'
That is what it delivers, it doesn't say on the front 'The best in Services, FAQ, Contact Us and other web content examples' This book is great, what it delivers is lots and lots of great stylish websites that you can browse through and pick up little hints and things that you can use in one of your projects.
I always enjoy looking at impressive websites and had some great ideas from this book. So please, ignore the harsh reviews from misunderstanding readers and believe me, for picking up ideas on colour schemes, structure and layout, texture, textual and graphic themes this is your book. Also each website has the web address under it so those looking to see FAQ pages can do so by visiting the site.
That is what it delivers, it doesn't say on the front 'The best in Services, FAQ, Contact Us and other web content examples' This book is great, what it delivers is lots and lots of great stylish websites that you can browse through and pick up little hints and things that you can use in one of your projects.
I always enjoy looking at impressive websites and had some great ideas from this book. So please, ignore the harsh reviews from misunderstanding readers and believe me, for picking up ideas on colour schemes, structure and layout, texture, textual and graphic themes this is your book. Also each website has the web address under it so those looking to see FAQ pages can do so by visiting the site.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
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I was a little disappointed with the book. Yes it is crammed with examples of various type of home pages, but with little narrative to support the examples, made the book feel a little like my top 100 websites.
A lot of the websites shown in the examples I feel are not 'real world' examples from a wide range of industries. Nice to flick through, but overall not awe inspiring.
A lot of the websites shown in the examples I feel are not 'real world' examples from a wide range of industries. Nice to flick through, but overall not awe inspiring.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a book full of visuals - eye candy with colourful and graphically stunning designs, but don't expect more depth than that. These designs are generally a triumph of graphic design over functionality. They're worth a quick flick through for some visual ideas, just don't expect to fit these into anything commercial you might be doing.
To me "web design" is much more than visuals - it's about effectively communicating information, marketing, sales, PR for example, and getting the balance between effective content and style. I would have liked to have seen real world websites that effectively meet their objectives through clever use of design, photography, testimonials, widgets and content, rather than just seeing a selection of websites that when standing back, just look good artistically.
To me "web design" is much more than visuals - it's about effectively communicating information, marketing, sales, PR for example, and getting the balance between effective content and style. I would have liked to have seen real world websites that effectively meet their objectives through clever use of design, photography, testimonials, widgets and content, rather than just seeing a selection of websites that when standing back, just look good artistically.
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Great Book
Very happy with the books contents. Lots of ideas to ignite your inspirational juices.
Definately worth buying to have at hand and flip through. Read more
Definately worth buying to have at hand and flip through. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ka Jenner
Great book for all web designers
I'm a freelance web designer and I have found this book to be very useful inspiration for a lot of my work.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. Mj Freeman
A Fantastic Resource.
The concept behind this book is fantastic...To show off the latest and greatest creations in the world of website design. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Joel Siddall | Freelance Graphic Designer
Design for home page ONLY, no inspiration for anything else.
The whole idea is great when we talk about home page design. And yes if you check his samples carefully, you can easily find out that most if not all are wordpress websites. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Steve J
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