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Simple Websites: Organizing Content Rich Web Sites into Simple Structures [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Stefan Mumaw (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 159 pages
  • Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc.; illustrated edition edition (26 April 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1564968677
  • ISBN-13: 978-1564968678
  • Product Dimensions: 28.7 x 22.7 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,450,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There is a movement towards minimalism in web design. End users are tired of and turned off by overloaded sites that are difficult to navigate and slow to load. Faced with organizing vast amounts of content into a structure that can be accessed quickly and easily, many designers have created techniques that make designing more manageable. This book offers insight from top designers on creating simpler web sites, while offering the reader visual inspiration.


About the Author

Stefan Mumaw owns and acts as Senior Creative Director for Big Man Creative, a Laguna Hills, California, graphic design and Web development firm. The design firm specializes in creative design solutions, both for online and offline projects. Stefan also teaches Web design and Macromedia Flash development at his alma mater, Chapman University, in Orange, California.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pretentious - moi?, 1 Oct 2003
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If "Visual minimalism is achieved through the methodic subtraction of visual cues to produce a message in its purest form", or "Simplicity in design is simply designing with both positive and negative space working for you", is your type of language then you may enjoy the book; I didn't.

It simply allocates 6 pages to each of 24 example sites, plus 5 pages of overall introduction to the book and its sections. Each site gets around 1000 words of text, 5 or 6 pictures of pages from the site, plus some hand-drawn doodlings of structure - presumably from day one or two of the project before the Grand Plan was handed down from the Creatives to the implementation department. Most of the text is about the designers and their aspirations, rather than their decisions.

The sites are pretty enough, and uncluttered, but most are for web design agencies or photographers rather than "content rich" in the information they present. There is absolutely no technical information about how any of these sites was actually implemented, so if you like any of the examples you'd have to figure out for yourself what techniques to apply to try and emulate them; many of them are implemented in Flash so you can't even View Source.

The book may give you some color scheme ideas, or inspire you to want to make a minimalist site, but I don't think it will help you actually make one. It certainly won't help your site survive viewing via slow modems, old browsers, or small screens - but then, that type of user isn't going to be hiring the agencies who made most of the sites, so they probably weren't in the target audience.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The most informative website book I've read!, 29 Oct 2002
I have read a few website books but this one is really brilliant! If you want to find out how successful websites are put together, this book is for you...It shows a selection of simple, well designed, creative websites and takes the reader through the creation stages, from the storyboard to the choice of colours and fonts. It's very straightforward and clear to read and has lots of photos which help see the thought process behind creating a website and its architecture! Brilliant!!!
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