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October 21, 2009 | Posted in: Web design

Displaying Connections

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I was thinking yesterday that for every single person walking in this world there is always someone who touched them and changed their way, sometimes without them knowing you only by writing a book.

In the process of making the decision to be a web designer, there was one person who wrote a book who created such impression on me, and of course they had some links; All these links create complex connections circles, and with time you end up having many of them.

These connection circles can give you some light in understanding the way web designing works. I’m only talking about the books, and believe me there are many more links than books in life, and also more information you need to know in order to try to reach being a web designer. But for the moment, I want to show you some of my book links.

Mmm! Where to start? Easy, the first great book was "The Art a Science of Web Design". When I read this book, I can say only that Jeffrey Veen changed my vision about web designing and the process that was needed to know in order to create modern web sites. In every single page I was reading I always had the impression that the web is a revolution which is going to change the way you see the world; it's another world, a complex world, and one needs to be an explorer. Years have passed but I occasionally read the book from time to time; my personal exploration is still continuing.

My second book in this discovery process discover was "Positioning Web Usability". I was so interested in knowing the job of Jacob Nielsen that I read his three books at this time.Then coming on a different subject, color, came the book "Panton Guide To Communicating With Color" by Leatrice Eisman. The psychology inside color is incredible. This book showed me in practice how many people think that there is not much importance in the color of products, and she showed designers how important it is to use the right color in order to attract the consumer's eyes. The subliminal human reaction to color is a great power tool and I want to explore it more.

Almost at the same time I fell in love with the psychology of color, I discovered an interesting guy Eric Meyer and also CSS. I was refresh: I felt like I could move freely in the way i designed web sites. I have been devouring every single book he has published since, while practicing and understanding the power of CSS. I still continue to read his articles, while also learning.

When I started formal studies in web designing, a Photoshop teacher told me "Take care because photoshop is addictive." My impression of Photoshop at this time was that it was a great tool that needed years of dedication in order to dominate Photoshop completely to design websites. I am still practicing and studying it, but coming back to the books, there are many writers today who create a really good impression, Deke McClelland and Katrin Eismann .

Finally, I want to talk about the great graphic designer and web designer Mark Boulton. Read and try to practice his view in the use of typography in the web; it is really interesting , i recomended read his articles.