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What is Web Design? (Essential Design Handbooks) (Hardcover)

by Nico Macdonald (Author)

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Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Rotovision; illustrated edition edition (29 Aug 2003)
Language English
ISBN-10: 2880466865
ISBN-13: 978-2880466862
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 17.6 x 2.6 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 256,262 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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To understand Web design it is critical to understand design first and technology second. "What is Web Design?" develops design principles that will be as relevant to future technological developments as they are today. While Web design is the most celebrated area of design it draws on many other areas, and by putting it in context this book makes Web design easier to understand. Technical platforms are lucidly discussed and illustrated, and the component elements of Web design are explained and contextualised. The book looks objectively at the relationship between the designer, the client and the other people whose skills and input are key to the design process, and stresses the need for designers to understand and collaborate with these partners in the pursuit of a common goal. A good idea is only as good as its final implementation and getting to this point requires mastering many processes. This book establishes basic principles and a step-by-step approach that should increase the chances of a project being successful. The book concludes by telling the stories of ten design projects from the perspectives of the people involved in their commissioning, designing and engineering. Among the material includes are idea maps, sketches, flow charts, wireframes, design treatments, design ideas in development (and those that were rejected). Work by Trilogy, MetaDesign, Cooper, Visual I|O, Xymbio, Contempt and Organic.

About the Author

Nico Macdonald writes on internet design for publications including Eye, Blueprint, Graphics International and AIGA Gain. His consultancy, Spy, works in on-line design strategy and management. In 2000, he co-programmed 'Design for Usability', the largest internet-focused design conference in Europe to date, and is an organiser of the 'Designing Interactive Systems' conference taking place in London in June 2002.

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4.0 out of 5 stars How it should be done!, 23 April 2004

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"The term "Web design" has got itself a bit of a bad reputation. The imageof the juvenile Photoshop jockey, obsessed with the funkiness of hislatest incomprehensible interface is taking some time to die off, longafter the dot.com bubble has burst.
The definition of "Web design" in this book is far broader and healthier.It emphasises user research techniques and solid design process as well asinnovation, beauty and appropriate use of the medium.
This book won't tell you anything about using the software you need tomake websites. It's a high level look at what good web design is - or whatit should be.
The book is densely packed with everything you ever needed to know andabout Web design - and various other kinds of design too. It's quotable.You can show it to people and say "look! *This* is how we should be doingthings!"
The book isn't necessarily designed to be read from cover to cover. It'ssomething to dip into when you need some perspective or background. bitsyou'll find useful very much depends on what your role in the Web designprocess is.
The book itself is beautifully designed. Its physical heft and fabulousstyle make it a really desirable object to have on your desk.

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