Web Design Bibliography

tablets, users are visiting your sites from an increasing array of devices and browsers. In this book you will learn how to think beyond the desktop and craft beautiful designs that anticipate and respond to your users’ needs. The author will explore CSS techniques and design principles, including fluid grids, flexible images, and media queries, demonstrating how you can deliver a quality experience to your users no matter how large (or small) their display.
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    The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition
    By Robin Williams
    Peachpit Press, February 2008
    ISBN: 9780321563088
    208 pages, $34.99

    A lot has happened in the world of digital design since the first edition was published, but one thing remains true: There is an ever-growing number of people attempting to design pages with no formal training. This book is the one place they can turn to find quick, non-intimidating, excellent design help from trusted design instructor Robin Williams. This revised classic — now in full color — includes a new section on the hot topic of Color itself. If you follow the clearly explained concepts in this book, you will produce more sophisticated and professional pages immediately.
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    Learning Web Design, 4th Edition
    By Jennifer Niederst Robbins
    O’Reilly Media, Inc., August 2012
    ISBN: 9781449337513
    624 pages, $28.49

    Do you want to build web pages, but have no previous experience? This friendly guide is the perfect place to start. You’ll begin at square one, learning how the Web and web pages work, and then steadily build from there. Learn how to use the latest techniques, best practices, and current web standards — including HTML5 and CSS3. By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to create a simple site with multi-column pages that adapt for mobile devices.
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    The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, Second Edition
    By Jason Beaird
    SitePoint, November 2010
    ISBN: 9780980576894
    170 pages, $61.92

    This is the ideal book for people who can build websites, but are seeking the skills and knowledge to visually enhance their sites. 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, and create pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, and symmetry. You will also learn how to: employ textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth, apply typography to make ordinary designs look great; choose, edit, and position effective imagery, and more.
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    Graphic Designer’s Essential Reference: Visual Elements, Techniques, and Layout Strategies for Busy Designers
    By Timothy Samara
    Rockport Publishers, November 2011
    ISBN: 9781592537433
    248 pages, $25.00

    A good designer, like a good chef, is aware not only of how each ingredient is similar or different, but also which delivers one message in contrast to another, which will combine to create experiences that are harmonious or jarring, financial, medical, or industrial. The majority of this book contains a varied collection of graphical elements to help you develop unique, engaging visual solutions on behalf of your clients.
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    Before & After: How to Design Cool Stuff
    By John McWade
    Peachpit Press, November 2011
    ISBN: 9780321684530
    240 pages, $39.99

    Truly an icon of the graphic design community, the author’s insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication is vividly apparent in this cohesive primer on page design and layout. McWade shows you how to arrange and present information using today’s powerful graphics tools. You will learn how to design single-page and multi-page documents, brochures, and ads; why one typeface works better than another; and much more. Best of all, you’ll discover how to think visually, transforming the images in their heads into something that communicates effectively on the page.
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    Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design
    By Kristin Cullen
    Rockport Publishers, May 2007
    ISBN: 9781592533527
    240 pages, $25.00

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