Product Overview

The Principles of Beautiful Web Design

“You don’t need to go to Art School to design great looking web sites!”

This book will show you how to:

• Create amazing designs from scratch.
• Understand why some designs just “work.”
• Unleash your creative talents.
• Master the design fundamentals: layout, color, texture, typography, and imagery.
• Uncover the trade secrets the great designers keep to themselves.

…and much more. Far too many things to mention here!

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Overview

Tired of making web sites that work absolutely perfectly but just don’t, well, look very nice? Using The Principles of Beautiful Web Design, you’ll see just how easy it can be to create aesthetically pleasing and usable web site designs.

This gorgeous, full-color book will guide you through the complete design process, from getting inspiration and sketching ideas out, through to choosing a color scheme, designing the layout, and selecting effective imagery.

Throughout, the focus is on simple and practical techniques that anyone can use – you don’t need to have gone to art school or have artistic flair to create stunning designs using the methods outlined in this book.

You’ll follow along as author and design guru Jason Beaird creates a complete web site layout using the techniques that you’ve learned.

The book’s full-color layout and large format (8” x 10”) make The Principles Of Beautiful Wed Design a pleasure to read.

What will you learn?

This book will show you how to:

• Understand the design process, from discovery to implementation.
• Develop pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, balance, and symmetry.
• Use color effectively, develop color schemes and create a palette.
• Use textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth.
• Learn how good  typography can make ordinary designs look great.
• Effective imagery: choosing, editing and placing images.
• Understand what makes “good design”.
• Follow an example design from concept to completion.
• And lots more…

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Who Should Read This Book?

If you’re working on the Web today, you need a copy of this book to understand exactly why some designs work, while others don’t. It covers graphic design principles in a very straightforward and easy-to-follow way: you don’t need to have had any formal art or design training to benefit from this book.

No-risk Money-back Guarantee

Of course we’re so confident that you’ll treasure this book for years to come that we’re happy, as always, for you to try it risk-free for 30 days. If you purchase a copy of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design and you don’t think it’s everything you wanted, we would like you to have your money back.

Simply contact us and we will see to it that you get a prompt and courteous refund of the full purchase price minus shipping and handling.

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How To Order This Book

The fastest way to get your hands on the most recent version of The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is by ordering it direct through us, the publisher, for $39.95.

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