veronica wong

Book Review: Sexy Web Design

This month I chose to read Sexy Web Design by Elliot Jay Stocks. Growing up, I “learned” about web design very slowly, through online tutorials, mimicking techniques, and trying to recreate certain effects. If only this book had been around back then.

Stock’s book outlines the complete step by step process of creating web site. What I particularly enjoyed was that he begins at the very beginning – how to do the research before beginning a website. While most would begin at simply looking at the design of a site, Stock begins with looking at what kind of information the designer should be looking for from the client. He even gives an example of how to write an email to the client.

Speaking of examples, the entire book is one big example. In order to explain web design to the reader, Elliot goes through the entire process of building a website using a hypothetical client and project. I find that learning by example is one of the best ways to learn, so this was an excellent read.

Tags: book, Web Design