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Design for Web Developers: Color and Layout for the Artistically Overwhelmed
Again a awesome book from DMXZone! I'm self not a 100% designer and therefore I love the book because it describes also how 'design works in you brains'.
Since I'm so enthouastic also the real hardcore designers started to read the book and found it very usefull!
Quality is just as their CSS book very good!!! (have not the PHP book because I'm ASP minded)
I have been designing sites for several years but consider myself a hacker as I have never been to school for design or programming. Through books like Linda Goin's e-book Design for Web Developers: Colour and Layout for the Artistically Overwhelemed, I get the benefits of expert knowledge to learn from and put my designs through the scrutiny of such expert advice.
Although I have only read several chapters thus far, I am quite pleased by this purchase and will use it for reference in years to come!
My book shelf is full of guides to all the latest guides on the technical aspects of php, asp, xml, cgi etc., which are all consulted periodically when putting sites together, yet none of them could I read cover to cover. 'Design For Web Developers' will be the exception. Linda Goin has succeeded in putting together a complete graphic design course in a logical order.
Wthin one week of purchasing this book, I secured a web development contract by being able to hold my own, with my prospect's design agency, on the subject of 'Euclidean Geometry'.
This e-book is a real page scroller. I could not take my hand off the mouse. I have numerous books and tech manuals concerning digital photography, web design, and web developement. No two of these books put together equal what Linda Goin conveyed in only 225 pages. If you do not have this book I suggest you download it today. "Design for Web Developers: Colour and Layout for the Artistically Overwhelemed", Simply Awesome!
I'm already known some basic design issues and this book has repeated what I have done for my own research for web and graphic design before. I'm not totally happy with the book lacking some technical samples showing how to:
- design logo
- design brochure
- design namecard etc
- digital retouch or image manipulation
I expected more specific techniques and tips for photoshop CS2, illustrator CS and latest software development since this book is a 2006 edition.
However, I like the design of the ebook itself and the content is well-organized. I wish there should be more pages and resources but maybe I expect too much. You can do without this book if you have already known some basic design.