A lot has happened in the world of digital design since the first edition of this title 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 ...

Provides insights and practical advice for novice and veteran alike. This book discusses why people really leave Web sites; making sites usable and accessible; and, surviving executive design whims. It offers help for those whose bosses, clients, stakeholders, and marketing managers insist on doing the wrong thing.

This comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopaedia of design pairs clear explanations of every design concept with visual examples of the concepts applied in practice. Every major design concept is defined and illustrated for readers to expand their knowledge.

In this volume, 253 archetypal patterns consisting of problem statements, discussions, illustrations, and solutions provide lay persons with a framework for engaging in architectural design.

Presents a catalog of simple solutions to commonly occurring design problems. These 23 patterns allow designers to create more reusable designs without having to rediscover the design solutions themselves. The authors begin by describing what patterns are, and how they can help you design object-oriented software.

Describing himself as a visual jackdaw , master designer Alan Fletcher has spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps that take his fancy. This work distills this collection into a quirky and entertaining feast for the eyes and the mind.

Offers guidelines, ten laws for balancing simplicity and complexity in business, technology, and design - for needing less and actually getting more. This work explores the question of how we can redefine the notion of improved so that it doesn't always mean something more, something added on.

A critical guide for designers, writers, editors and students.

A primer that puts the power of design in the hands of ordinary people.

Proving that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this work uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how to create progressive CSS-based Web sites. It uses the Zen Garden sites as examples of how CSS design techniques and approaches can be applied to specific Web challenges.

The Pictish School of Celtic art from pagan symbols to monumental sculptures, thoroughly covered and illustrated.

Deals with content and page design, designing for ease of navigation and users with disabilities. This book presents a series of principles which show: that web users want to find what they're after quickly; and, that if they don't know what they're after, they want to browse quickly and access information they come across in a logical manner.

The bible of breakthroughs and inspiration (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results.

Colour index is a wealth of colourful creativity at a glance, containing over 1100 colour combinations and formulas to help you solve design dilemmas and create more effective graphics. From progressive colours to natural tones, it aims to make choosing hues for any job easier.

Covers improvements in best practices and advances in the world of browsers. This work demonstrates how web standards are driving search engine friendliness ( findability ) and Web 2.0 applications that have reinvigorated the medium and the online marketplace. It also includes techniques to make CSS layouts work better across multiple browsers.

Offers advice on creating user-friendly interface designs - whether they're delivered on the Web, a CD, or a smart devices like a cell phone. This book expresses solutions to common UI design problems as a collection of patterns - each one containing concrete examples, recommendations, and warnings.

Following on from Idea Index , this extremely compact guide is a pocket-sized compendium of ideas of layout generators. The book will help designers, at every skill level, explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments.

The ultimate compendium of graphic and typographic idea generators for designers, illustrators, art directors, students and creative professionals.

Introduces us to 40 influential designers who have shaped our interaction with technology. This book tells the story of the author's own design process and explains the focus on people and prototypes that has been successful at IDEO - how the needs and desires of people can inspire innovative designs. It is illustrated with more than 700 images.