Webdesigner's Idea Book
You have probably noticed, more and more galleries are flooding the web site ... In the lot, there are some good references, including the site Design Meltdown . With more than 20,000 sites listed, sorted by themes, colors, layout ... this gallery created by Patrick McNeil is a good way to track trends in web design.
Seeing that he had at hand a whole lot of references, the creator of the site has decided to choose the best sites to rank them and present them in his book: "The Webdesigner's Idea Book .
The presentation is simple and effective: 6 main categories for classifying the sites proposed: by Type (blog, portfolio, e-commerce ...), by style (retro, collage, 3D ...), by themes ( Nature, splatters, workplace ...), by Color, Element (icons, rounded corners, ornate backgrounds ...), and finally by structures (horizontal tabs, one page ...). The sites are presented via screenshots (1 to 4 depending on the site), and each category is introduced by a few words of the author. Small bonus, you also have access to color palettes sites (pallets made by the Colour Lovers site ).
Even if you can quite find the inspiration or inform you of current trends through the galleries of sites on the web, I think it's nice to enjoy the feel of paper, touch, turning Changes ... Some equipment that does not hurt? Especially that the media is of good quality: glossy, square format, and nearly 250 pages of examples. A yes, last thing ... the book is available on Amazon for around $ 15, good value for money in my opinion.
Some links to finish:
> The Web Designer's Idea Book: for sale on Amazon
> Patrick McNeil: Finding Inspiration from Design
> web design index 8: ZE selection of sites
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