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Inspiring Web Design at a Glance
The Web Designer's Idea Book includes more than 700 websites arranged thematically, so you can find inspiration for layout, color, style and more. Author Patrick McNeil has cataloged more than 20,000 sites on his website, and showcased in this book are the very best examples.
Sites are organized by color, design style, type, theme, element and structure. It's easy to use and reference again and again, whether you're talking with a co-worker or discussing website design options with a client. As a handy desk reference for design layout, color and style, this book is a must-have for starting new projects.
Excellent resourceReviewed by Ingo Thomas, 2010-02-25
As to me as web developer, primarily web programmer for El Paso,
TX, this book is an essential starting point for department
counseling.
Not having a graphical portfolio myself, this book will help to
give clients a selection and myself an idea of what they expect.
Since there will be major adjustments to the design to match the
content, there is little to no chance of perceived plagiarism or
copy-cat design. But this book provides the required start-up
breakthrough. To a non-designer, but (X)HTML/CSS experienced
developer, this is a indispensable lifeline.
Partly my faultReviewed by M. Parkinson, 2010-02-19
I've been updating the company website and wanted to really give the look a 21st century jump start. This book is more geared for somebody who is a professional web designer. I was under the assumption that it would have information on how to achieve the trend and styles as well, but instead is more of a picture book. The web pages showcased are really well done and are probably a great source of inspiration, but this has basically become a coffee table book for me personally.
Good book on color usage in design. Needs to be updated soonReviewed by James F. Munro, 2010-02-10
This book is a good overview of site design elements.
In spite of it's title, I think it's more related to color usage in
design, including many palettes, than web design elements as a
whole.
This book is helpful to start the ideas rolling if you are needing
inspiration or are designing for a color/style you haven't tried
before. I always like to see a few examples when I'm thinking of a
new design.
The issues I have are mainly that the book has become a little
outdated in it's usage of color and design elements. Web design
moves pretty fast and I think any dead tree book is going to be
playing catch up no matter how fast they can get it out the door.
Still it's a good reference for ideas, just don't copy them too
closely or you'll be a bit out of touch with what's current.
Still, I knew all this and still purchased the book as a tool.
Nothing more.
Pros:
Good overview of many designs
Great categorization of styles,colors themes, etc.
Useful reference with easy to find examples.
Nice images and paper quality.
Cons:
Published a couple years back and needs to be updated.
I would have liked to see palettes for each design just below the
example photo rather than at the end of the section where they
aren't particularly linked to any of the examples.
A great source of website ideas...Reviewed by Kimberly D. Gauthier, 2010-01-21
I am not a web designer; far from it. I wanted a website to promote
my photography and I've been struggling to get the right look for
months. My boyfriend gave me this book for Christmas and I love it.
It's always within arms reach when I'm working on my website. The
book is organized by style, by color, and it has the color codes at
the end of most chapters, saving tons of time.
I was able to create a simple website that I love, the cost was
minimal, and I get lots of compliments on my work.
Okay BookReviewed by ashley09, 2009-12-27
I got this book about a month ago. It doesn't take long to read through it all. Overall I thought it was just ok. Sometimes the photos were a little small and you couldn't really see all the detail but there are also some cool website examples here. I think it could be sort of useful in terms of creative layouts but I didn't feel that all the examples were very good. Some of them I just thought were kind of ugly. I know it is just an idea book and I do think that it does present some good ideas and a wide range of styles, just not very elaborately. Overall it's an ok book and I think I'll keep it in my library as it could be somewhat useful if you are needing a little inspiration.
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