Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet [Hardcover]

Clive Bruton (Author), Darcy Dinucci (Author), Peter Hall (Author), Laurel Janensch (Author), Steven Henry Madoff (Author), John Mmaeda (Author), Andrea Moed (Author), Rhonda Rubinstein (Author), Carl Steadman (Author), Steve Bodow (Author, Editor)

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From the Publisher

Dear Readers,

Our mission with Websights was not only to show examples of great Web design, but also explore and elaborate on the myriad issues Web designers face on a daily basis. The expert contributors to this volume including John Maeda of MIT Media Laboratory, digital typographer Clive Bruton, and Carl Steadman, cofounder of Suck and columnist for the Industry Standard focus on future trends in areas such as e-commerce, advertising, digital typography, new-media education, experimental interfaces, and localization. Designer Christa Skinner captures the excitement of the digital world in a contemporary and inspirational book design. Websights in truly the first of its kind: a digital design book that combines hundreds of excellent examples with no-nonsense commentary on the new-media industry. Other industry-savvy contributors to this volume include Steve Bodow, Peter Hall, Laurel Janensch, Steven Henry Madoff, Andrea Moed, and Rhonda Rubinstein. Our very best regards, Katherine Nelson & RC Publications

Product Details

• Hardcover: 188 pages
• Publisher: North Light Books (June 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883915074
• ISBN-13: 978-1883915070
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,931,250 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, July 13, 2000

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C. Robinson (San Mateo, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet (Hardcover)

Basically, a collection of magazine-depth articles about a variety of topics ranging from industy jargon to education to internet radio. One topic that is oddly absent is "The Future of Business and Design".

A few of the authors prognosticate superficially about their chosen subjects, but for the most part this is a book about current trends. Given the life span of most things on the web, this book will probably be obsolete by this time next year.

For people just getting out of school or entering the "online industry" for the first time this could be a fairly enlightening tome. For those already in the field, I would say it's a fun read, but only mildly interesting.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It teaches nothing. But reveals a lot., June 24, 2000

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This review is from: Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet (Hardcover)

If you're a newbie to the Web Development arena, step back. This book is meant for Web Developers who are already experienced with WebDev technologies and that has a professional grasp of their ability, so that they can exploit the ideas and potential this book has. It has very nice and clever ideas for web designs and can very well inspire the creative developers among us. But again, it won't teach you anything about web technologies, it'll mearly show you the door, you'll the be the one to walk through it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Insightful? Irrelevant? Depends what chapter you're on., February 28, 2001

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Gregory R. Robleto (Delaware) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Websights: The Future of Business and Design on the Internet (Hardcover)

ad creation to typography to the latest lingo. With articles focused from beginner to advanced, print background to web design protégé, designer to project manager, "Websights" works well for that handful of jack-of-all-trades in the industry.

For the greater part of today's design world whom are specialized, they will find a number of articles that offer tremendous insight and fresh ideas that they can incorporate. Leaving a number of chapters that can be appreciated, but are of no real relevance to today's digital designer