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The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, 4th Edition

Designing great websites is not rocket science!

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average rating (17 votes)

Created by

Alex Walker, Jason Beaird, James Michael George

Published by

SitePoint

Last Updated

10 September 2020

Details

Lavishly illustrated with detailed examples, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. No prior web design experience is required.

Description

SitePoint’s best-selling web design guide has been revised and updated for this fourth edition, making it the most valuable web design companion around.

Lavishly illustrated with examples, animations and interactive features, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is an easy-to-follow guide that will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. No prior web design experience is required.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Apply color effectively and develop killer color schemes
  • Create layouts that look great on any device
  • Use textures: point, line, shape, volume, depth, and pattern
  • Master typography, and use web fonts to make dull designs dazzle
  • Choose, edit, and position imagery effectively

And much more …

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Alex Walker

Alex Walker has directed SitePoint’s design thinking for two decades through frontend design, 50+ book covers and over 200 articles. His dream is to one day use CSS and SVG to create cold fusion (the process not the language). You can find him from time to time on Twitter.
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Jason Beaird

Jason is a senior UX designer and front end developer at MailChimp in Atlanta, Georgia. As the author of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design. As a designer, he's constantly learning more about development.
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James Michael George

James George is a professional web designer from the United States, who is passionate about the field of design. He loves connecting with other designers and developers.
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andy gray

Fantastic book.

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Walter Philip Nicola Jr

I am about half way through this book but have learned so much about web design already. I have built websites before by using bootstrap but never gave much thought about the actual design of a site. Now I want to build my site and this book has given me many ideas to not have my site look like every other bootstrap site. Lots of good advice and site examples to back it up. Great job fellows.

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umitbatu

Great book!

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rickhake

Has anyone ever said to you referring to someone else, "He has forgotten more than you will ever know?" This book is a compilation of all 'that' guys knowledge. Rich, easy to understand, and full of excellent illustrations. If you want to shorten your learning curve you need The Principles of Beautiful Web Design in your library.

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gechristofferson@gmail.com

Great book!

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Ash

A few typos and broken or incorrectly formatted images but otherwise in informative read.

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