Web Design Bibliography

bearings in an industry filled with constant technological change. Readers will learn to: plan web projects, organize information in ways that make sense, understand analytics, optimize content for search engines and mobile technology, and more. More than a book about building websites, this is your guide to thinking about the web in a strategic and comprehensive manner.
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    Sexy Web Design
    By Elliot Jay Stocks
    SitePoint, March 2009
    ISBN: 9780980455236
    200 pages, $39.95

    This book is a guide to building usable, aesthetically pleasing interfaces for web sites and web applications by applying timeless principles of user-centered design. This book focuses on practical applications, by walking readers step-by-step through the process of creating user friendly interfaces for the modern web.
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    The Designer’s Graphic Stew: Visual Ingredients, Techniques, and Layout
    By Timothy Samara
    Rockport Publishers, February 2010
    ISBN: 9781592535477
    248 pages, $40.00 pages

    Under the witty and metaphorical guise of a high-end cookbook, the author provides visual ingredients, such as grid structures, folios, border devices, type treatments, abstract graphic elements, categorized stylistically and functionally in this book.
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    Good Design: Deconstructing Form and Function and What Makes Good Design Work
    By Terry Marks
    Rockport Publishers, August 2009
    ISBN: 9781592535293
    208 pages, $40.00

    How can we objectively quantify or evaluate good design? What are its common characteristics? Perhaps a panel of talented, experienced professionals can help answer these questions and lead us to a consensus on good design. That is what this book is all about. We sought out some of the leading design practitioners from around the world and asked them their opinion on what makes design effective or ineffective. With this book, you will become privy to their thoughts on what makes some design stand above the crowd.
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    Basics Design 02: Layout
    By Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
    AVA Publishing, May 2005
    ISBN: 9782940439096
    176 pages, $27.50

    This book is a guide to the effective arrangement of text and image elements within a design. Good layout in both print and electronic media allows the communication of complex information to a viewer with the minimum of effort. This book’s objective is to instruct in the management of form and space in order to achieve this effect. It addresses the practical and aesthetic considerations of layout, such as where and how the content will be viewed, be the format a magazine, website, television graphic or bottle of bubble bath. This book will prove indispensable for anyone wanting to acquire a thorough knowledge of the principles of layout as used in modern design. Through the considered application of these principles a more balanced and effective design can be achieved.
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    Visual Design for the Modern Web
    By Penny McIntire
    New Riders, November 2007
    ISBN: 9780321550033
    360 pages, $49.99

    Just as great artists must understand their tools, great Web designers must understand the technology behind their art. This book 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 terminology and techniques of web structures, then demonstrate how to apply the rules of design to create beautiful sites.
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    Basics Design 01: Format
    By Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
    AVA Publishing, November 2004
    ISBN: 9782940439089
    176 pages, $27.50

    This book covers the issue of physical dimension as a cornerstone of graphic design. Often overlooked due to its utilitarian nature, the size and shape of a product is nevertheless a key aspect of its eventual impact. The book demonstrates how a creative approach to format selection and a careful consideration of presentation space can produce dramatic results, within all print and digital media. It examines established format standards and, with the aid of fully-illustrated examples, suggests how thoughtful application of pre-existing models can add an extra dimension to design.