Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground
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ISBN: 0735710740 / Publisher: Waite Group Pr, August 2001
Filled with vivid color illustrations, this guide for Web designers describes in detail some of the latest visual ideas from the experimental design subculture. Each of ten chapters explores a distinct design type, such as 1950s Hello Kitty style, pixilated punk rock style, and the minimalist aesthetics of HTML purists. Web addresses for sites representative of each style are found at the ends of the chapters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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In a light and friendly voice, the author introduces the reader to new ways of styling websites. With specific examples for each of ten categories, he provides a wealth of techniques for the designer who wishes to apply these approaches in their own work. The styles are broken down into ten categories, which are: Gothic Organic SchoolWireframe Icon SchoolLo-fi Grunge SchoolPaper Bag SchoolMondrian Poster SchoolPixelated Punk Rock School1950's Hello Kitty SchoolHTMinimaLism SchoolDraftingTable/Instruction Manual SchoolSuper Tiny SimCity School Further explorations in the book help designers determine which style choices would be most appropriate when changing the look of their own sites.
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