Web design books

Foreword: Trent Walton
Contributions: Stephen Hay, Dan Mall, Mark Porter, David Sleight, and Rob Weychert.

New: Art directing for the web

I’ve written Art Directing for the Web for people who want their work to connect with audiences better. It’s for experienced art directors who work in print, but who need to understand how to apply their knowledge to the web. It’s also for web designers and developers who want to understand art direction and how to make it work for digital products and websites.

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Contents

1. Explaining art direction
   1. What art direction means
   2. 50 years of art direction
   3. Stories make experiences
   4. Making art direction work
2. Designing for art direction
   1. Principle elements of design
   2. Designing layouts and grids
   3. Designing with type
   4. Designing with images
3. Developing for art direction
   1. Developing layouts with CSS Grid
   2. Developing components with Flexbox
   3. Developing distinctive typography
   4. Developing with images

Hardboiled Web Design

Fifth anniversary edition completely revised and updated with five new chapters for the responsive era. If you’re hungry to learn about making your design process more suited for today’s websites and digital products, and how the latest technologies and techniques will make them more responsive, then this is the book for you.

This book is one of the best in modern day web development.

Tri Ahmad Irfan ★★★★★

Beautifully illustrated and designed, the book itself it’s different than everything you’ll ever see in the category. It’s one of a kind.

J. Pedro Ribeiro ★★★★☆

I think this is the best book about HTML/CSS I’ve ever read! Truly cutting edge, with in depth examples and explanations

Guilherme ★★★★★

Transcending CSS

As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing.

Transcending CSS effortlessly bridges the editorial gap between CSS book and design book, or for that matter, between web design and traditional graphic design; a feat rarely accomplished in our industry.

Cameron Moll ★★★★★

If you are a web designer, not reading this book is not an option.

Charles ★★★★★

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