AHSS*3080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Serif, Grid Systems Corporation, Typography
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Combination of psychology, mathematics & logic, visual design and marketing, among other disciplines. Print is a physical, limited medium; the web is by its nature digital and limitless. The limitations of a piece of paper do not apply to a web page; one does not have to even use the (cid:858)page(cid:859) a(cid:374)alog(cid:455), (cid:396)eall(cid:455) Think of the experience you are designing, not how to design a set of static documents. To u(cid:373) up: do(cid:374)(cid:859)t appl(cid:455) li(cid:373)itatio(cid:374)s of p(cid:396)i(cid:374)t desig(cid:374) to (cid:455)ou(cid:396) (cid:449)e(cid:271) desig(cid:374)s. Web design specializations: specialists that make the web better. In terms of web design, information architecture is the methodology used to determine the best way to organize the content of your website. If done correctly, this work will ensure that your content is relevant to your audience and easy to find and navigate. Mostly done in the planning stages of a website, and can dictate elements of the overall design of the website.
