Five Simple Steps
I recently picked up this book as an aid for a class I am teaching. The book covers basic principles of design and strategic thinking, as well as some real-world industry advice from the author. A robust case study of the recently launched De Standaard Online was of particular interest:
As highlighted in this chapter, we approached this project as designing a kit of parts as a framework. A skeleton of a grid system, with modular content objects that could be placed in the grid, in various configurations, to create the site. If that approach is combined with a sensible colour palette, opportunities for art direction, and sensitive typography, as a designer, you are arming the editorial teams with all the tools they need to create a site from new and old content without designing individual pages.
From: Designing for the Web
posted by Cameron High on May 20th, 2009 at 1:52 pm Permanent link to this post
2 Responses to “Five Simple Steps”
Our website in a nutshell. Or more specifically, a dutch nutshell.
Mark Boulton’s stuff is solid. I’d buy the book if I could.