Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground
Posted on Jun 25, 2007 04:10:51 AM
The Fresh
Originally an online article, Curt Cloninger's new book describes ten "schools" of creative web design, gives examples and technical tips, and then explores the commercial viability of each style. Cloninger decries the current state of commercial web design, blaming blind obedience to usability gurus, copycatting, and dependence on the ill-fitting conventions of print design. His book is an attempt to jump start the creative process Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Candy, designers, Fresh, from, Styles, UndergroundTo Use or Not to Use: An XHTML Roadmap for Designers
Posted on Dec 28, 2006 08:09:40 AM
January 26th, 2001 marks the first birthday of XHTML 1.0 as the W3C recommendation for Web markup. But XHTML has yet to toddle, yet to smile, yet to cry loud enough so as to get the attention of most Web designers.
The problem with XHTML 1.0 isn't a matter of strength, or of importance. XHTML is both strong and important--and not just for markup snobs and hardcore developers. It's not that XHTML 1.0 has a particularly high learning Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: designers, Roadmap, XHTMLWeb standards designers heading toward academia?
Posted on Oct 5, 2006 01:10:45 AM
Is web design and web standard thinking—formerly a self-teaching badge of honor—heading into academia? Today NYC’s School of Visual Arts announced a new MFA program in Interaction Design, to launch “fall of 2009”. The program plans to focus on “concepts central to interaction design, including design research, human-computer interaction, interface design, graphic design, information architecture, and ubiquitous computing.” While the curricula sounds solid enough, the potential faculty is the bigger news: “A portion of the faculty includes” Christopher Fahey, David Womack, Jason Santa Maria, Karen McGrane, Khoi Vinh, Paul Ford, Rachel Abrams and Jeffrey Zeldman, with Liz Danzico presiding as department chair.
Tags: academia, designers, heading, standards, towardForum Setup for Designers: Putting Vanilla to the Test
Posted on Jul 17, 2006 03:10:38 PM
Ever since the Romans built their famous meeting place, people have used forums to disseminate information. The internet is no exception. In the early days of the web, we had UBB.classic and a smattering of bulletin board setups to use as information exchanges. In the last couple of years, forum software has gotten easier to use and simpler to install. Now it seems like everyone has a forum. But is setting one up a Herculean task?
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Tags: designers, Forum, Putting, Setup, Test, Vanilla