“You can have information and ease of use and have artistic integrity at the same time. The art of being a good Web designer is getting yourself into that middle ground and treating it as a final destination instead of as a compromise.” – Mike Davidson
Read the interview with designer Mike Davison entitled “Producing a Reaction Through Design” for more on his approach to design.
“In our vast search-driven Web, visual design can help people move beyond first impressions and into meaningful interactions.” – Luke Wroblewski
Read Luke’s article “Communicate Quick: First Impressions Through Visual Web Design,” published by UIE.
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“Interface design isn’t only about making a device or application look attractive… it’s about making an appropriately pleasing application or device that people find useful and usable and want to integrate into their lives.” – Designing for Interaction by Dan Saffer
If you don’t already have it, be sure to get Dan’s book Designing for Interaction.
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“Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or unsupported opinion.” – Making the Web Work: Designing Effective Web Applications by Bob Baxley
If you like this quote, you can find this and the rest of Bob’s thoughts in his book Making the Web Work: Designing Effective Web Applications
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“The life of a designer is a life of fight. Fight against the ugliness. Just like a doctor fights against disease. For us, the visual disease is what we have around, and what we try to do is cure it somehow with design” – Massimo Vignelli in the film Helvetica
Purchase the flim Helvetica here
Catriona Cornett