REFERENCES for Web Portfolios that Work

by nancy yen-wen cheng

WEB DESIGN

How Magazine, http://www.howdesign.com

Graphic design resources for print and web, great links

A List Apart, http://www.alistapart.com/

Frenetic graphics, accessible articles and war stories

Yale C/AIM style guide, http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/

detailed guide to creating effective web pages

Web Page Design for Designers, http://www.wpdfd.com/

Joe Gillespie explains layout, typography and graphics  

Weinman, Lynda, deconstructing web graphics.2, New Rider Publishing 1998. http://www.lynda.com/

Analyzes successful web sites, explaining graphic techniques

Grantastic Designs, http://www.grantasticdesigns.com/tips.html

graphic design, web design and marketing tips

TUTORIALS & ADVANCED TOPICS

HotWired’s Webmonkey, http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/

Web Reference, http://www.webreference.com/

Project Cool, http://www.projectcool.com/

The HTML Writers Guild, http://www.hwg.org/

strong annotated links section

Doctor HTML, http://www2.imagiware.com/RxHTML

An online HTML page validator checks links, spelling, structure, etc.

Web Developer’s Virtual Library, http://www.wdvl.com/

EXAMPLES

Archinect, http://www.archinect.com

cutting edge architecture and web design

FIEDAD Digital Architecture Competition, http://vlab.iaa.nctu.edu.tw/Archi/FarEasternPrize/DigitalEnglish/Gallery.htm

Web Sites that Suck, http://websitesthatsuck.com/suckframe.htm

Learn good design by looking at bad design. Hundreds of answers to questions on HTML, Javascript, graphics

Add, Inc, http://www.addinc.com

AOME Architects, http://www.aomearchitects.com

Matthew Eastwood, Designer, http://www.mattheweastwood.com

Klein-Dytham Architects, http://klein-dytham.com

Adrien Raoul, http://www.multimania.com/instantego/

Kuo-chien Shen, http://vlab.iaa.nctu.edu.tw/~shenkc/feidad/main.html

Marble-Fairbanks Architects, http://marblefairbanks.com

Scheider + Sendelbach Architekten, http://www.schneider-sendelbach.de

Minoru Yamasaki Architects, http://www.m-yamasaki.com

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