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This second edition of the best-selling book, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, is the ideal book for people who can build websites, but are seeking the skills and knowledge to make the design of their websites POP. This is the ultimate design book, for the non-designer.
This book will teach you how to:
- Understand the process of what makes "good design," from discovery through to implementation
- Use color effectively, develop color schemes, and create a palette
- Create pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, and symmetry
- Employ textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth
- Apply typography to make ordinary designs look great
- Choose, edit, and position effective imagery
And lots more...
This revised, easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with beautiful, full-color examples, and leads readers through the process of creating great designs from start to finish.
It also features:
- Updated information about grid-based design
- How to design for mobile resolutions
- Information about the future of web fonts including @font-face
- Common user-interface patterns and resources
About the Author
Jason Beaird dual-majored in graphic design and digital media at the University of California Florida. When he's not working on websites, he enjoys disassembling electronics and using them in his artwork. Jason writes about his adventures in design and technology on his personal site, jasongraphix.com.
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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was a bit disappointed. I'm not a beginner nor an expert. Some technical books give you something that you get energised about, and want to go try straight away; unfortunately I didn't get anything useful from this book, and only slight inspiration.
On the plus side, it is well written and laid out, has a nice informal air.
For example, this is not for you if you already know about the differences between GIF, JPG and PNG; or if you know a bit about colour wheels and complementary colours; or if you are familiar with web-safe fonts.
Fine for beginners and a little bit after that. Not really for semi-pros onwards.
On the plus side, it is well written and laid out, has a nice informal air.
For example, this is not for you if you already know about the differences between GIF, JPG and PNG; or if you know a bit about colour wheels and complementary colours; or if you are familiar with web-safe fonts.
Fine for beginners and a little bit after that. Not really for semi-pros onwards.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a well written book with useful practical advice. Manages to cover the basics but also some cutting edge ideas. It is concise and to the point. My only (minor) criticism is that I felt the chapter on typography was a little short on opinion and practical advice on choosing a schema, the topic of styling different tags is an important one in the overall design of the site and would have benefited from a more considered treatment. Having said that however, I cannot recommend this book highly enough - absolutely first rate.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is the best book I've bought since 5 years ago. It is well written and very practical. It teaches you how to make things beautiful and this is not limited only to websites. It talks about creating a beautiful layout, choosing the right colours, fonts and images. The book goes on talking about giving your site depth, texture and much more. Above all, it's about £10 cheaper than Waterstones ;-)
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Perfect mix
A very useful and practical book, with the (emphasized) design aspects very nicely tied to practical web implementations (i.e. CSS et al.) Highly recommended.
Published 26 days ago by Kristian
A bit slim but some good stuff
Saw some mixed reviews before buying this, so wasn't sure how impressed I'd be. But as someone who is comfortable with CSS and HTML, but never had to give too much thought to the... Read more
Published 17 months ago by gedge
Excellent
Awesome book - provides a blueprint for planning graphic design for web sites. If you don't have a graphic design background - then this book is a must
Published 21 months ago by Ben L
It might inspire you, but it might just bore you
This is a very lightweight book on designing for the web. It is easy to be bamboozled by the pretty pictures and great looking websites that are featured in the book, but the... Read more
Published on 26 Aug 2008 by WebSanity
Worst web design book I've ever seen
The only beautiful thing about this book is the front cover.
It's slim (168 pages) and grossly overpriced.
The writing is chaotic and disorganized. Read more
It's slim (168 pages) and grossly overpriced.
The writing is chaotic and disorganized. Read more
Published on 8 May 2008 by Ed Fitzpatrick
Great for new people looking into design
This book is great for programmers or developers who've never been officially trained in graphic or UI design. Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2008 by AndyK
Absolutely superb, a must read for anyone creating websites!
I have an ever growing library of books on css, html, (web)design and web development but this is definitely one of my favourites, both for its excellent content and for Beaird's... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2008 by Lisbeth Davies
Another tidbit for Sitepoint fanboys :(
A vacant experience that covers all the basics. If you're a web desinger already you may prefer a book called 'The priciples of sucking eggs', by your granny. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2007 by sharp
Excellent intro to design for the web
I like everything about this book! It's a quick read as it's succinct (even though the tone is relaxed and chatty) and there are lots of images. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2007 by Emily
The author really gets it! A Great Primer...
Finally! A Design book that gets right into it, without talking down to the reader or smothering them with useless information that they can't apply in real-world designs. Read more
Published on 1 May 2007 by Chris Smith
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