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Sexy Web Design: Creating Interfaces That Work
Sexy Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that reveals the secrets of how to build your own breathtaking web interfaces from scratch. You'll be guided through the entire process of creating a gorgeous, usable web site by applying the timeless principles of user-centered design.
Even if you're short on design skills, with this book you'll be creating your own stunning web s...more
Even if you're short on design skills, with this book you'll be creating your own stunning web s...more
Paperback, 152 pages
Published
April 4th 2009
by SitePoint
(first published February 15th 2008)
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Have you ever wondered if your design process is the right one for your projects? Have you ever thought that maybe there’s a step missing or maybe a specific phase that needs more emphasis on? After doing some research on the subject I found out that Elliot Jay Stocks, a very cool designer from the UK, had recently written a book about this called Sexy Web Design published by Sitepoint, a cool Aussie based book publisher and web & design reference website.
Overall idea of the book
In this book...more
Overall idea of the book
In this book...more
A simple introduction to the principles of presentational, front-end web design. It’s a very easy, visual read, full of colorful examples. It covers several specific techniques, but it’s more inspirational than a reference book. I was hoping for more practical tips on using graphics and CSS.
Stocks says there’s no universal truth to creating an aesthetically pleasing site, but there are tried-and-true design frameworks that have developed over millennia. He shows how to start with traditional des...more
Stocks says there’s no universal truth to creating an aesthetically pleasing site, but there are tried-and-true design frameworks that have developed over millennia. He shows how to start with traditional des...more
I appreciated the Research chapter, which was probably the best of the book. The disappointment came when there was such a sudden transition between "Here is the wireframe of the sample website," and "Here is the completed design mockup!"
That missing middle chunk of material is primarily what I was interested in. How did you arrive at that color scheme? Why make the decision to border your elements in that matter? Where did you get your images from? Maybe an aesthetic sense is all it takes, but...more
That missing middle chunk of material is primarily what I was interested in. How did you arrive at that color scheme? Why make the decision to border your elements in that matter? Where did you get your images from? Maybe an aesthetic sense is all it takes, but...more
I had high hopes for this book. I bought it expecting it to be - as advertised - an easy to digest yet informative and competent design manual, going into detail over types of web pages, different elements and of course variety of tricks to make the design pretty, all this supplied with commentary on usability, psychological reaction of viewers and customers' expectations.
Well, this is what I wanted this book to contain.
And it is there... It spans more or less 20 pages, out of 160, somewhere in...more
Well, this is what I wanted this book to contain.
And it is there... It spans more or less 20 pages, out of 160, somewhere in...more
Read my review of Elloit Jay Stocks' book, 'Sexy Web Design.'
I purchased this book because I know the author writes great articles in .net magazine and I’ve read his blog entries on several occasions. I must say the book has lived up to my expectations – it’s taught me some great new methods to use while designing interfaces and reinforced a lot of things I’ve often thought but never known why!
I think the main thing this book has proven, is that firing up Photoshop should be the last part of you...more
I purchased this book because I know the author writes great articles in .net magazine and I’ve read his blog entries on several occasions. I must say the book has lived up to my expectations – it’s taught me some great new methods to use while designing interfaces and reinforced a lot of things I’ve often thought but never known why!
I think the main thing this book has proven, is that firing up Photoshop should be the last part of you...more
كتاب مفيد وبسيط الأسلوب فى مجال تصميم واجهة الموقع استفدت من المفاهيم كبداية لى
لا يتحدث عن طريق تصميم محددة ولكن يتكلم بشكل عام عن المعايير الواجب توافرهافى التصميم ومراحل تصميم الموقع استفدت من جزء الأسئلة التى يجب طرحها على العميل
واهمية استخدام ال
Wire frames
and
The Rule of Thirds
A simpler version of the same principle is the rule of thirds. One way to use this is to divide your
designs into thirds, fill two thirds with content, and leave one third for whitespace
beside color wheel and how t...more
لا يتحدث عن طريق تصميم محددة ولكن يتكلم بشكل عام عن المعايير الواجب توافرهافى التصميم ومراحل تصميم الموقع استفدت من جزء الأسئلة التى يجب طرحها على العميل
واهمية استخدام ال
Wire frames
and
The Rule of Thirds
A simpler version of the same principle is the rule of thirds. One way to use this is to divide your
designs into thirds, fill two thirds with content, and leave one third for whitespace
beside color wheel and how t...more
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I like the Sitepoint books very much. That said, I hoped this book would bring something good about the design of web sites.
However, for me, who has some experience already, found almost nothing new or specially useful. The book does not go into detail in any subject. It's always "this would span a full book, so I will not get into detail".
Maybe for beginners this book should be of some use. But I got nothing from it, unfortunately. It's a shame, because Elliot is a great web designer and I'm su...more
However, for me, who has some experience already, found almost nothing new or specially useful. The book does not go into detail in any subject. It's always "this would span a full book, so I will not get into detail".
Maybe for beginners this book should be of some use. But I got nothing from it, unfortunately. It's a shame, because Elliot is a great web designer and I'm su...more
Has some good basic advice on web design, and some good beginning pointers - but not really very much substance to it. There is no info in here on coding, this is strictly design principals. Last chapter on exactly what should be considered in deliverables for the design stage was nice though.
Good information on web design, but too short for a non-graphic-design oriented person such as myself. I realize it would have too be very long, however, to deal with this complaint... Good complement to some other web design books I have.
The information is basic and supports a standard design process. The benefit is the informal, straight forward presentaion as well as examples and inspirational reference.
divertente ma il livello è decisamente introduttivo
Easy read and good reminder to how to put together a website.
Lots of good examples. Great tips.
I devoured this book. Awesome, awesome, awesome.
My friend Alex, who is a shit-hot web designer, recommended this book. It took me maybe three hours to read the whole thing. It was ok. A good overview, but not as substantial as I had hoped.
Too oversimplified given a ton of the other books in my library that cover all this material in much more depth. It's a short and glossy overview. Pretty but not enough content to be worthwhile.
Easy read, useful ideas. Won't sell it back ;)
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