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Author: Andy Clarke
Released: April 2019
Language: English
Format: Pdf + Mobi + Epub
Tags: Design, CSS Grid, Flexbox
Pages: 344
ISBN: 9-78-3-945749-76-0
Torrent Contains: 9 Files
Course Source: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/printed-books/art-direction-for-the-web/
Art Direction for the Web
Art direction has been part of advertising and print design for over 100 years, but on the web art direction is rare and there have been few meaningful conversations about it. In his 2001 book Taking Your Talent to the Web, Jeffrey Zeldman wrote:
“On the web, art direction is rare, partly because much of the work is about guiding users rather than telegraphing concepts, but also because few design schools teach art direction.”
Almost two decades later, Art Direction for the Web by Andy Clarke has finally changed that and in this book he explains art direction, what it means, why it matters, and who can do it. This book shows you how art direction will:
• Connect your brand with customers
• Create connected experiences
• Improve engagement and conversions
• Bring personas and user stories to life
With Art Direction for the Web, Andy provides a framework for harnessing the web’s potential. With historical context and real-life examples, Andy inspires each of us to be more purposeful about the choices we make.
Trent Walton
co-founder of Paravel Inc.
About The Book
Modern web technologies like CSS Grid, Flexbox and Shapes have made it possible for us to implement print’s often distinctive designs, and the web’s now full of tutorials on how to use them. But the most important question is not “how” we can use art direction techniques to improve our designs for the web, but “when” and “why?”
Based on Andy Clarke’s twenty years’ experience of working with clients, plus the expertise of the art directors and designers he interviewed, this book is about why art direction matters and how to art-direct compelling and effective experiences across devices and platforms.
Andy explores the work of some of the most influential art directors, luminaries like Alexey Brodovitch, Bea Feitler, and Neville Brody. Andy doesn’t encourage us to merely mimic work from a previous era and medium, but to understand their thinking and learn how to apply that knowledge to art direction for the web.
Art Direction for the Web will help you make your sites more effective at communicating, persuading, and selling.
If you develop products, this book will make them more compelling and more enjoyable to use.
Table Of Contents
The possibilities of art direction on the web go far beyond responsive images. Andy’s brand-new book explores how to create art-directed experiences with modern HTML and CSS techniques.
• What Art Direction Means
• One Hundred Years Of Art Direction
• Art-directing Experiences
• Art Direction And Creative Teams
• Principles Of Design
• Directing Grids
• Directing Type
• Directing Pictures
• Developing Layouts With CSS Grids
• Developing Components With Flexbox
• Developing Typography
• Developing With Images
• Andrew Clarke
About The Author
Andy Clarke is a well-known web designer, design consultant, and mentor. He’s been called plenty of things since he started working on the web. His ego likes terms such as “Ambassador for CSS,” “industry prophet,” and “inspiring,” but he’s most proud that Jeffrey Zeldman once called him a “triple-talented bastard.” With his wife Sue, Andy founded Stuff & Nonsense in 1998, where they’ve helped companies around the world to improve their designs by providing consulting and design expertise. Andy’s written several popular books on website design and development, including: Art Direction for the Web Smashing Magazine, 2019 Hardboiled Web Design: Fifth Anniversary Edition Smashing Magazine, 2015 Hardboiled Web Design Five Simple Steps, 2010 Transcending CSS: The Fine Art Of Web Design New Riders, 2006 He’s a popular speaker, and gives talks about art direction and design all over the world. Andy tweets as @malarkey and really, really loves gorillas.
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