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Author: Jason Beaird
ISBN : B004CLYF18
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Direct download links available Free The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Second Edition [Kindle Edition] from mediafire, rapishare, and mirror link The Design Book for Non-designers
Clipart, Comic Sans, and clashing colors ... If any of these fail to make you cringe, this book will teach you why they’re design no-nos.
SitePoint’s best-selling design book, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, has been revamped to cater to a variety of web professionals without a graphic design or art school background.
By the end of the book, you’ll be able to apply the fundamental principles of design and create beautiful websites of your own—seriously!
Design Is a Skill That Can Be Learned
Many non-designers believe that they’re unable to create visually pleasing websites because they didn’t go to art school, or that they lack creative flair.
Thankfully, this isn’t true.
There are certain design maxims and techniques anyone can learn and apply to ensure that their website is not only functional, but sexy too. No art school required.
Whether you want to improve the look of an ordinary website or learn a new set of skills, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design will teach you good design fundamentals, ensuring that you avoid making any rookie mistakes.
From Paper to Screen …
The second edition of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design has been expanded and revised, and is illustrated with full-color examples. It’s an easy-to-follow guide that will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish.
You’ll learn how to:
• apply color effectively and develop killer color schemes
• construct practical layout foundations using whitespace and grids
• use textures—point, line, shape, volume, depth, and pattern
• master the art of typography to make dull websites dazzle
• choose, edit, and position imagery effectively
• design confidently for mobile devices
• see into the future of web fonts, including @font-face
About the Author:
Jason Beaird is left-handed creative thinker, and art minded. After graduating from UCF with a degree in Graphic Design he’s an artist in his spare time, but also has a tech side. Starting his own BBS in 8th grade, he considered computer science as a possible major, and ended up getting a second degree in digital media from UCF. Fortunately there’s an occupation for people like him in web development and he now works full-time as a designer for Cyberwoven.Download latest books on mediafire and other links compilation Free The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Second Edition
- File Size: 7748 KB
- Print Length: 180 pages
- Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
- Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd; 2 edition (November 15, 2010)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004CLYF18
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I'm a website developer who works with designers on a daily basis. It always amazes me how they come up with those beautiful screenshots - simple, clean, pleasant, professional look, that they give me to implement. At a glance, these designs look so simple it seems trivial to come up with one. Until you actually try. You open Photoshop or Illustrator and stare at the blank screen and anything you come up with just looks cheesy and soooo last year.
If you're like me - this book is perfect for you. It's short, loaded with pictures and examples, information is condensed and written in a funny way without lengthy religious or philosophical explanations. It also points you out to tons of resources outside the book, if you want to dig deeper into any particular topic (I'm reading the Kindle edition so I can just click hyperlinks). It's a perfect design primer for those people like me, who are probably not going to make website design their career (at least this book won't make you a pro in an instant) but are looking into understanding the basic concepts of design and maybe making their personal website prettier. You're guaranteed not to look at any website the same way again. You'll be wondering, does it use the 960 grid system? Is it fluid layout? which color scheme does it use?