Pixel Thread

There’s masses of writing available online about web design but sometimes it’s good to focus by reading ink on paper without the distraction of links and emails.

Here are some of the books I’ve been reading and recommend. (All links to Amazon)

• Don’t Make Me Think - Steve Krug
  Essential reading for anyone working with websites. Web usability explained for everyone - jargon not included!
• The Principles of Beautiful Web Design
  Although this is really targeted at non-designers, even experienced web designers will find something useful in here.
• Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design
  An intersting read if you work with CSS. It’s aimed at experienced designers / developers and really made me think about the way pages are put together. It’s certainly interesting to read a book about CSS written by someone with a design - rather than technical - background. Shows you just how much can now be achieved with standards compliant CSS and XHTML.
• Web Standards Creativity: Innovations in Web Design with XHTML, CSS, and DOM Scripting
  More on being creative with your code. Case studies that talk through specific projects and explain how they arrived at a particular solution.
• The Art and Science of CSS
  More on bridging the gap between design and code.
• About Face 3
  Recommended to me by Giles Colborne from CX Partners, this is a comprehensive guide to interaction design. It loooks at desktop apps, websites and mobile. Goal orientated design. And coming in at 610 pages, it also doubles up nicely as a doorstop!

I’m interested to know which web books you’ve found useful…