Win a copy of ‘A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web’
Posted in Design on: Monday, February 2, 2009 by Paul Boag
Everybody involved in the web design process needs an understanding of design fundamentals. That is why everybody should read “A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web”.
Maybe you are a website owner who has to sign off on a design comp. Maybe you are a developer who has to implement the design produced by somebody else. You might even be responsible for a sites design without having any formal design training. Whatever the case, you should probably read Mark Boulton’s new book.
This PDF book covers the underlying principles of all good design. Whether it be online or in print, good design is governed by certain best practices. This book introduces the reader to these principles, including subjects such as…
- How to start the design process
- Research and ideas
- An introduction to typography
- The basics of colour theory
- The rules of good layout
The book is unsurprisingly beautifully designed. However it is also well written and engaging. I can highly recommend it.
Win a free copy
You could go and purchase a copy right now for only £12 (and I would encourage you to do so). Alternatively you could win one of three free copies by entering our twitter competition.
For your chance to win a copy of this inspiring book, twitter your top design tip using the hash tag #designTip. For example your tip might be…
#designTip – If you wish to draw attention to a design element surround it with whitespace.
The closing date for this competition is Friday 27th February, so get your tips in before then.
The winners will be chosen by Mark and we will direct message them shortly after the 27th. To ensure we can do so please subscribe to the Boagworld Twitter feed.
The winners will also be announced over twitter and on the boagworld podcast.
Current entries
Below you can view the current Design Tips that users have submitted.
6 Comments
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Always up for a good competition, but is the person that is going to give the best design tip the type of person that is going to need a book on how to approach design? I understand most people will benefit from a book like this, but is the person who needs it most in with a chance?
Please correct me if I am missing something.
Good point Chris. I suppose even the best of us can always learn something more though – and I’m sure (hope) that Boulton’s book will have a little something for everyone. I’ll only know if I win though – unless there’s a hard-copy!! I’d happily buy a ‘real’ book, but struggle with the thought of spending a fair amount on a PDF.
I need all the help I can get when it comes to design, but scuse my ignorance, shouldn’t we be sending our tips by direct message? If so, don’t you need to be following everyone first? If not, won’t my amazing tip be lost in twitter’s sea of rhapsody?
@Matt – As long as you tag it with #designTip we will see it. The only reason you may want to follow me is to hear the results (although we will announce it on the podcast too).
maybe any of you have an extra copy of “A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web”, and would like to share with me?
please sent it to me eyetrax@gmail.com
I’m wondering how come my tip didn’t show up? Feb 13th :s
http://twitter.com/mustafaquilon/status/1206136741