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  1. CSS Articles / Tutorials Roundup (Feb. 19 – Feb. 26)

    February 26, 2011 by admin

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    css3 1 CSS Articles / Tutorials Roundup (Feb. 19 Feb. 26)

    CSS Specific For Internet Explorer (Web Designer Wall)

    CSS3 Progress Bars (CSS Tricks)

    Rotating Bilboard Using Only CSS3 (Marcofolio)

    HTML5 & CSS3: Take Your Design To Another Level (Web Design Ledger)

    Image Credit: WebBegum

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  2. Kitch, The Perception Of Beauty & Web Design (Badass Ideas)

    February 24, 2011 by admin

    walkencowbell Kitch, The Perception Of Beauty & Web Design (Badass Ideas)

    Interesting article on connection between postmodernism and (web) design – from Samantha Warren’s blog Badass Ideas.

    DO YOU EVER BROWSE THE WEB AND FIND A HIDEOUS website featured in a web design gallery? I regularly ponder society’s perception of “Good Design” and what people consider beautiful, and it brings me back to my studies from college. If only I knew at the time that philosophy and postmodern minimalism would come back to haunt me as a designer.

    While I didn’t learn a lot about the web in college there were two classes that made a huge impact on shaping my critical design thinking skills. Every day I find an application for the  concepts I learned from a Seminar in Aesthetics and Modern Art History class. Both classes took place outside of a computer lab and far from any easel; they were experiences that taught me how to truly understand art, beauty, philosophy, and perception. I learned that design can be a state of mind, multi-dimensional and contextual.

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    See Also: Samantha on Twitter

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  3. Web Design Ledger Review of Smashing Book #2

    February 23, 2011 by admin

    For those of you who haven’t picked up a copy of The Smashing Book 2, this is a brief overview and some of my initial thoughts about the book. I received my copy last week, and I’ve been reading it for the past couple of days. So far, I’m impressed. Just like everything the team at Smashing Magazine does, the emphasis here is on quality – from the content to the actual printing of the book.

    Read the rest of the article on Web Design Ledger

    See Also: SplitMango | WebDesignExpedition18

    Image Credit: WDL

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  4. New Web Design Books – February 2011

    February 22, 2011 by admin

    Web Design – General

    Justin Patiniotis – Ultimate Web Design Knowledge (Kindle eBook)

    George Peirson – Web Design (Kindle eBook)

    Joel Sklar – Principles Of Web Design: The Web Technologies Series (Paperback)

    CSS / HTML

    Terry Morris / Terry Felke-Morris - The Basics of Web Design: HTML5 And CSS3 (Paperback)

    Robin Nixon – Plug-In CSS 100 Power Solutions (Paperback)

    Sasha Vodnik – HTML5 And CSS3,  Illustrated Introductory (Paperback)

    Flash

    Phillip Kerman / Lynn Beighley – Sams Teach Yourself Flash CS5 Professional in 24 Hours (Paperback)

    JavaScript / Jquery

    Richard York – Beginning JavaScript And CSS Development With Jquery (Kindle eBook)

    Joomla

    Seamus Bellamy / Steven Holzner - Joomla! For Dummies (Paperback + Kindle)

    Barrie M. North – Joomla! 1.6: A User’s Guide: Building A Succesful Joomla Powered Website (3rd Edition) (Paperback + Kindle)

    WordPress

    Thord Daniel Hedengren – Smashing WordPress Themes: Making WordPress Beautiful (Paperback + Kindle)

    Witney Tulloch – 250+ WordPress Plugins To Multiply Your Web 2.0 Marketing Profits! (Kindle eBook)

    Misc

    Muhammed Nazrul Islam – Semiotics and Web Interface Design: Semiotics Analysis and Guidelines to Design Web Interfaces (Paperback)

    Ben Hunt – Convert! Designing Web Sites To Increase Traffic And Conversion (Kindle eBook)

    Juliet Davis – Exploring Web and Multimedia Writing: The Art of Words in a Visual World (Paperback)

    Adam DuVander – Map Scripting 101 (Kindle eBook)

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  5. Visual Inspiration – Art Toys!

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    1-3 – Chelsea Rae (Love And A Sandwich) (New Hampshire)

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    4-6 – Mark Giglio (Pen Pencil Stencil) (Oakland, CA)

    Official Site | Twitter

    7-9 - Stéphane Levallois (France)

    Official Site | Facebook

    10-12 – Buff Monster (H0llywood, CA)

    Official Site | Twitter

    See Also: Lost At E Minor

    13-15 – Frank Kozik (St. Paul, MN)

    Official Site | Twitter

    See Also: Mashkulture

    Visit: Kidrobot | MyPlasticHeart | Toysrevil

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