Dizajn web stranice

Izrada dizajna je artistički posao

Grafički dizajn – Grana vizualne umjetnosti sa naglaskom na estetiku, uključuje izradu prijeloma, dizajna i tipografije sa ciljem da se prenese ideja ili koncept
Web Dizajn – Produkcija izgleda web stranice i svih vizualnih elemenata na njoj, uključujući razmještaj pojednih elemenata (page layout), izor pozadine web stranice te razmještaj i izbor sličica , sheme boja, izbor tipografije, dizajn gumba za navigaciju i sl.

Za razliku od grafičkog dizajna i dizajna za tisak, web dizajner mora promisliti i izdizajnirati i pokretne dijelove web stranice, kako će koji gumb ili slajder izgledati u otvorenom i svom zatvorenom stanju, kako će koja sličica reagirati na prelazak miša, kako će izgledati podloga fotografije u uvećanom prikazu i sl.

Web dizajn je vještina kreiranja prezentacije sadržaja (uobičajeno hiperteksta ili hipermedije) koji se nudi putem web stranice posjetiteljima i korisnicima pomoću web preglednika ili nekog drugog softvera poput klijenata Internet televizije, klijenata mikroblogova ili RSS čitača.

Nico Macdonald : “To understand Web design it is critical to understand design first and technology second. “What is Web Design?” develops design principles that will be as relevant to future technological developments as they are today. While Web design is the most celebrated area of design it draws on many other areas, and by putting it in context this book makes Web design easier to understand. Technical platforms are lucidly discussed and illustrated, and the component elements of Web design are explained and contextualised. The book looks objectively at the relationship between the designer, the client and the other people whose skills and input are key to the design process, and stresses the need for designers to understand and collaborate with these partners in the pursuit of a common goal. A good idea is only as good as its final implementation and getting to this point requires mastering many processes. This book establishes basic principles and a step-by-step approach that should increase the chances of a project being successful. The book concludes by telling the stories of ten design projects from the perspectives of the people involved in their commissioning, designing and engineering. Among the material includes are idea maps, sketches, flow charts, wireframes, design treatments, design ideas in development (and those that were rejected).”