Filled with vivid color illustrations, this guide for Web designers describes in detail some of the latest visual ideas from the experimental design subculture. Each of ten chapters explores a distinct design type, such as 1950s Hello Kitty style, pixilated punk rock style, and the minimalist aesthetics of HTML purists. Web addresses for sites representative of each style are found at the ends of the chapters. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Curt Cloninger is a web designer, writer, and net artist. His commercial design portfolio includes sites like the award-winning (and revenue- generating) integritymusic. Curt is also a popular speaker at industry-wide internet conferences, and a regular contributor to design zines such as A List Apart. His net art has been exhibited at the Museum of Image and Sound in Sco Paulo, Brazil, archived on rhizome, and featured in digital art publications like On/Off and Neural. Curt lives at lab404, plays at playdamage, and continues to hold the heretical belief that beauty enhances usability.