A Design Education

Hopefully a new song cover illustration/design each day.

Color Theory in Web UI Design by UXPin

What I like about this free ebook is in addition to standard explanations of colour combinations, the authors take us though concise case studies of various websites, explaining why these combinations work and how they affect our experience.

This is the best basic colour theory guide I have seen yet. It’s a quick and worthwhile read! Good for people like me who have thus far found colour theory rather dry.

How do Colors Affect Pruchases?

Are Your Web Pages Color Sensitive?

Visual Color Symbolism Chart by Culture

An Introduction to Color Theory for Web Designers

Color and Cultural Design Considerations (vast generalizations, but good starting point)

Typography Project II – Expressive Type

Typography Project I: Terms – Pt. 2

(Plus a bit of history.)

Again, main sources:

I Love Typography – History of Typography Series John Boardley covers the history of serif typefaces in five parts. Really good resource. Helpful for learning how to classify typefaces.

Design is History – Type Classification Very brief overview.

The middle “l” should have been higher up, I think.

Learning about the history of type

(Will make a visual representation tomorrow.)

Resources:

I Love Typography – History of Typography Series John Boardley covers the history of serif typefaces in five parts. Really good resource. Helpful for learning how to classify typefaces.

Design is History – Type Classification Very brief overview.

Adding structure to the posting process

Adding structure to the day