Resources for web designers
by Owen Mundy, March 25th, 2010
Design is easy. Follow these rules and you'll be great!
- The first rule is, you are not a designer, you are a communicator. That is your job and communication should always precede style.
- Start with the grid, and continuously question everything you add. How do elements of your design help to move the user's eyes to where they should be?
- Look at other good design. Someone has most likely already solved the problem you are wrestling with.
- Do as many significant variations as possible.
- Take a break from the design. Go swimming, read a book, make some curry, then repeat these last three steps until there can be no question that you have created a work of art.
- Repeat.
Design & Usability
- The Principles of (Web) Design
- Understanding Web Design by Jeffrey Zeldman
- Setting Type on the Web to a Baseline Grid by Wilson Miner
- Five simple steps to designing grid systems by Mark Boulton
- Usability 101: Introduction to Usability and Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design by Jakob Nielsen
- The Best of Eyetrack III: What We Saw When We Looked Through Their Eyes
