31 Great Work

I see many print and web designers today diving deep into code, standards and aesthetics without knowing the basics of communication. Hopefully this article sheds light on the subject to some of those people!

posted at 02:33 pm on June 19, 2007 by design development web

32 Fantastic

Thanks for the inspiration Andy. I must echo the other comments as I lack a strong understanding of the fundamentals of art and it makes communicating more and more difficult as I try to express more complex ideas. Combine that with the necessity to keep up to date with technology and it becomes a real challenge to concentrate more on the basics that are so important.

Having said all that, would anyone like to share some great resources for learning in this field, or recommend ways to learn without going back to school. There must be some great books out there? Google here I come …

posted at 04:30 am on June 25, 2007 by N Campbell

34 Very good

Very nice article, I’ll most certainly be passing this on to some designers I know.

Keep it up!

Regards,

Scott.

posted at 11:56 pm on November 21, 2007 by Scott Chapman

35 i think it,s a great post

i think that,s very nice work by you.

posted at 08:59 am on January 2, 2008 by arslan hassan

36 Life altering!

As a struggling web designer without a design background, this article may have saved my career! All kidding aside, I think I learned more from reading this article than from years of reading so called “design” books. Thanks a lot!

posted at 12:52 am on January 11, 2008 by Alan Takushi

37 Black & White Contrast

I have a problem with white and black colors. – if you look at right part of image, where black menu panel meets shadow, you can understand that black panel is 1px smaller than white below… And that shadow is less bright. Who can explain me the reason why it happens or refer to an article I can read to unserstand such effect?

posted at 12:02 am on January 27, 2008 by Paul Markov

38 Let's undo the Web 2.0 effect

I feel mostly, it is the web 2.o bug which has bitten a lot of web designers around the world. We need to think creatively and keep sharpening our tools, learning is an ongoing process…

“Universal Principles of Design,” is a great resource indeed, every designer should have it on their table.

Thanks Andy, for this article, I will surely pass it on to my design team.

posted at 12:28 pm on March 14, 2008 by Cheena Kaul

39 thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for a great article. I often get so tired when designing a layout. I just want to get it done and move onto the building of the site, my favorite part. I need articles like this to help me persevere through it and make my designs/layouts more meaningful and purposeful. Your article was a great refresher and motivator.

thanks again

posted at 09:17 am on April 6, 2008 by Matt McClard

40

This is some good information. It’s important to think of web design as an art!

posted at 09:37 pm on January 7, 2010 by Rennell Garrett