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 ...

Teaches you the visual design skills you need to create dashboards that communicate clearly, rapidly, and compellingly. This book explains how to: avoid the thirteen mistakes common to dashboard design; provide viewers with the information they need quickly and clearly; and create an aesthetically pleasing viewing experience.

Offers the essentials required to know about planning and organizing user-friendly sites; three facets of usability (technology, organization, look and feel); implementing a site design; working with dynamic content; and moving to online services. This book provides helpful tips, sidebars, and illustrative examples in full color.

Describes some of the most important design rules and techniques that are drawn from the rational, functionalist design aesthetic seen in modern graphic design, industrial design, interior design, and architecture - and applies them to various graphical user interface problems experienced in commercial software development.

Just as great artists must understand their tools, great Web designers must understand the technology behind their art. In Visual Design for the Web, author Penny McIntire shows novice Web designers how to use their tools--including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript--in conjunction with the principles of aesthetics and usability to become masters of their craft. Chapters begin with explanations of the ...

Offers a look at the 'navigation design' aspect of web site development. This book demonstrates that good navigation is not about technology - it's about the ways people find information, and how you guide them. It offers basic design principles, development techniques and practical advice, with real-world examples and essential concepts.

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Discusses good design practices for effective table and graph design. This practical guide provides information on the fundamental concepts of table and graph design, the numbers and knowledge most suitable for display in a graphic form, the best tabular means to communicate certain ideas, and the component-level aspects of design.

Shows you how to implement highly original designs through visual demonstrations of the creative possibilities using markup and CSS. This work uses a visual approach to help you learn coding techniques. It also includes examples of world-class Web sites, photography, and other inspirations that give designers ideas for visualizing their code.

Norma Fontaine lives in a perfect woman's world of handy tips and sensible advice. Norma measures life by the standards set in the magazines she reads. So when she bumps into Mr Hands and he suggests taking tea at the Excella cafe, how could she possibly refuse? What could be more exhilarating, or more appropriate?

This text explores witty thinking, looking at clever ideas rather than funny drawing, and gathering together the best examples of graphic wit since the 1960s. Work is included from more than 300 designers in the US, Britain, Europe and Japan.

The story really begins with the eighteenth-century origins of the art, logic, and methods of data display, which emerged, full-grown, in William Playfair's landmark 1786 trade atlas of England and Wales.

Studies in Proportion and Composition. Examples of graphic art and design followed by analytic renderings and overlays to reveal their underlying geometric structure.

The Principles of Organizing Type. The underlying concepts of grid system organization and the interrelationship of typographical elements.

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.

Personal Geographies and Other Maps of the Imagination. Over 100 inventive maps from artists, graphic designers and illustrators, ranging from book covers to tapestries, from advertisements to personal accounts, giving a breathtaking view of the world, both real and imaginary.

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

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 user interface is one of the the most important components of a software product. This illustrated book discusses all aspects of user interface design for the experienced developer and those new to user interface development.