The Principles of Beautiful Web Design | Jason Beaird | Perfect blend of theory and example

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design | Jason Beaird | Superb book for web designers

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	The Principles of Beautiful Web Design Jason Beaird SitePoint, 2007 - 180 pages average customer review:based on 59 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Perfect blend of theory and example

I've just about finished the book, but was here ordering another in this series because this one has answered a million question. Reading the book is painless. Heck, it's almost enjoyable. I didn't want to know code. All I wanted to achieve was a working understanding of website design so that I could communicate ideas effectively to a web designer. BUT if I were planning on getting my own website on its feet, I would still find this design book invaluable in guiding me through the decision process necessary for creating a cohesive, sharp, expressive web design. Now I'm off to get Site Point's book on 101 Photoshop tricks for websites. Yep. I'm jazzed.

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Superb book for web designers

Just read this book and found it a great source of enjoyment all the way through!, the writing style is great and very easy to follow, this book will leave you with new ideas to put into practice, as well as new ways to look at color, typography, and layout, all with great pictures to accompany the examples on the page. even though ive read it, its defiantly going to be by my side the next time I start to design a site.... well done!.

A 'must' for any collection catering to web designers.

Plenty of books focus on how to build web sites, streamline them, and enhance them - but what about fine-tuning to create great designs? The Principles of Beautiful Web Design covers this, from the basics of a solid design and its implementation to using color schemes, textures, typography, and images more effectively. Chapters cover trends, common pitfalls, and more in a top pick which is a 'must' for any collection catering to web designers.

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Make Your Web Site Stand Out From The Rest

'The Principles of Beautiful Web Design' by Jason Beaird is a short (~170 pages) book about an important topic: designing better content for the web. Back in the days when web sites were first developed, you only cared about seeing a few hyperlinks and maybe a few pictures. Design didn't matter because the web was new, it was exciting, and just to be able to connect was sometimes a joy in itself. With Web 2.0 those times have changed. Users not only expect to be able to always get to the content they are interested in, they want the look to be logical and well presented. They want sites and content to make sense, and they want it to be easy on the eyes and on the brain. With this book you will learn the skills necessary for anyone that creates content for the web on how to produce an end result that not only provides the information you want to to the user, but in a way that makes sense.

5 chapters might not seem like a lot, but it's perfect for this book. Unlike a reference manual, this is more of a case study book and the size it just like that last bowl of porridge for Goldilocks: Just Right

With a web design book I would expect the layout to be designed just as well with plenty of color and a nice stock paper. As sitepoint always delivers, I got just what I expected. Not only a book that is fun and interesting to learn and read from, but the above and beyond quality that ia always sitepoint's forte.

If you create web sites or edit existing ones, you owe it to yourself to pick up this book and become a better and designer for the Web 2.0 world.

***** HIGHEST POSSIBLE RECOMMENDATION

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A good design primer, but..a little light

First, the book does cover the fundamentals of layout, balance, texture, symmetry, fonts, imagery, which may be well suited to both the web and non-web designer. The book seems to try and condense topics covered in a pure layout book, especially,"Layout Workbook" by Cullen, with some css snippets thrown in here and there. In summary, it explains the basics of good layout, shows you a photo of a site online, then discusses how that site implements the topic being discussed.

I expected a bit more, for instance photoshop techniques are lightly touched on, but layout tools such as Fireworks aren't mentioned. The book is full color, about 1/2" thick, but for the price I expected a little more "meat." Lastly, it's not a book that is going to take the experienced designer to a higher level of creativity, but again, a good/fair primer for the beginning web designer.

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