Robin Williams Web Design Workshop - Softcover

Williams, Robin; Tollett, John; Rohr, Dave

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201748673 ISBN 13: 9780201748673

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2001

Synopsis

With Robin Williams' guiding hand, non-professionals, artists, and designers alike have learned the principles behind elegant design. Now that much of this same audience is working on the Web, Robin has focused her attention on the specific needs of this medium with Robin Williams Web Design Workshop. John Tollett and Dave Rohr pitch in with their illustration and graphics experience to create a handsome and engaging instructional book. The ideas in this book tackle all aspects of Web design theory, including all the ways that color, fonts, clip art, photographs and so on contribute to creating a visual impression. Then the book takes the user through site planning and layout, navigability, and functionality, all in Robin Williams' clear and accessible style.

About this title

About the Author

Robin Williams is the author of piles of best-selling and award-winning books, all by Peachpit Press, including The Non-DesignerÕs Design Book, The Little Mac Book, The Non-DesignerÕs Web Book, and many more. Robin has been teaching college-level graphic design for fourteen years.

John Tollett is a designer, art director, and illustrator with over thirty years experience in the graphic design world. He is the co-author of several best-selling books, including The Non-DesignerÕs Web Book and The Little iBook Book.

From the Back Cover

Robin Williams has taught millions what makes for good design and why, never forgetting that most of us don't speak jargon--and she does it all with a disarming sense of humor. Now Robin, with coauthors John Tollett and Dave Rohr, translates the principles of creative, effective design to the Web in Robin Williams Web Design Workshop.

Learn from these pros everything you need to know about Web design, including the ways that color, fonts, clip art, photographs, and layout can work together to create the visual impression you want. Robin doesn't just tell you about good Web design, she shows you, walking you through every step of the design process, from site planning and layout to navigation design and functionality--the book is illustrated with hundreds of full-color examples. Like Robin herself, Robin Williams Web Design Workshop strikes the perfect teaching balance, combining theory and real-world experience, all wrapped up in a colorful, engaging package.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201748673
• ISBN 13: 9780201748673
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384