Design philosophies can be useful, but inspiration, creative strategies, and efficient work habits are what really get the job done. Designer, instructor, and author Curt Cloninger provides a multitude of strategies, tools, and practices that readers can use to inject a big dose of creativity into just about any design project. With illustrations drawn from 20th-century French philosophy, medieval manuscripts, punkrock posters, and more, Curt’s innovative text introduces readers to his personal toolkit for hot-wiring the creative process. You’ll learn strategies to: • Recognize and believe in your creative powers • Develop effective methods for evaluating your own work • Draw inspiration from the past • Use standard software in experimental ways, and find nonstandard applications to create new effects • Maintain a personal design playground • Mine your subconscious with the Oblique Strategies Cards, developed by Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt • Un-stick your imagination by “blitz-designing” mock-ups Curt Cloninger is an artist, designer, author, and instructor in Multimedia Arts &amp; Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. His book Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the U nderground (New Riders, 2002) is an industry standard on creative Web design solutions. Curt’s art and design work has been featured in I.D. Magazine, HOW Magazine, The New York Times, Desktop Magazine, and at digital arts festivals from Korea to Brazil. He regularly speaks at international events such as HOW Design, South by Southwest, Web Design World, and FILE. His pirate signal broadcasts from lab404.com to facilitate lively dialog.

Hot-wiring: Your Creative Process, Strategies for Print and New Media Designers

Computers & Technology

Cloninger, Curt

Programming

New Riders Pub

Fresher Styles for Web Designers surveys eight innovative, contemporary visual design styles that break the mold and offer creative solutions to a variety of interactive design challenges. Readers will learn practical ways to incorporate these design approaches into their commercial work, using specific online examples as illustration. In 2001, Cloninger wrote Fresh Styles for Web Designers, arguing that beauty actually enhances usability. Since then, styles and technologies have evolved, but clients still expect sites that both function well and visually entice. This book will inspire web designers and developers to deliver sites that do both. There are plenty of web design books that teach code. There are several books about contemporary print design that discuss visual aesthetics. This book stands out because it synthesizes experimental web design innovations with commercial marketing goals (without ignoring usability concerns).

Fresher Styles for Web Designers: More Eye Candy from the Underground

Web Development & Design

Fresh Styles for Web Designers: Eye Candy from the Underground

In a light and friendly voice, the author introduces the reader to new ways of styling websites. With specific examples for each of ten categories, he provides a wealth of techniques for the designer who wishes to apply these approaches in their own work. The styles are broken down into ten categories, which are: 
<ul>
<li>Gothic Organic School</li>
<li>Wireframe Icon School</li>
<li>Lo-fi Grunge School</li>
<li>Paper Bag School</li>
<li>Mondrian Poster School</li>
<li>Pixelated Punk Rock School</li>
<li>1950's Hello Kitty School</li>
<li>HTMinimaLism School</li>
<li>DraftingTable/Instruction Manual School</li>
</ul>
Super Tiny SimCity School Further explorations in the book help designers determine which style choices would be most appropriate when changing the look of their own sites.

Waite Group Pr

Drama for Worship Volume 1 is a collection of 8 reproducible sketches that explore meaningful topics—grace, forgiveness, marriage, and more—with authentic characters.

Drama for Worship: Contemporary Sketches for Opening Hearts to God

Religion & Spirituality

Standard Pub.

Drama for Worship Volume 2 is a collection of 8 reproducible sketches that explore meaningful topics—salvation, friendship, mercy, integrity, and more—with authentic characters.

Drama for Worship Volume 2: Contemporary Sketches for Opening Hearts to God (A Standard Publishing Drama Resource)

Standard Publishing

This book is filled with personal messages from God to teens on all kinds of subjects. Instant messages that share God's heart and advice. Messages that will help feel special and loved.

Connect2God: Instant Messages from God to Teens

Honor Books

E-mail is hot! This title will jump off the shelf of your teen display area. The fun cover and cool interior design will catch the eye and hold the attention of both teen consumers-and their gift-giving parents and grandparents! Teenagers today are computer savvy and they love to communicate with their friends! Honor Books, publisher of the best-selling youth book, WWJD: Stories for Teenagers, is pleased to present this new devotional book that will help teens draw closer to God and experience His love! "E-mail from God for Teens" will "alert" teenagers that they have "mail" from the Best Friend anyone in the world could ever have: God, the Creator of the Universe. These "on-screen," one-page per day, "e-mails from God" target the real spiritual and life issues teenagers today are faced with. Teens will learn just how much God really loves them!

E-Mail From God for Teens

Children's Books

Cloninger, Claire

Religions

David C. Cook

Hey Grad, you've got e-mail! Quick, check your in-box! Lots of friends and family have e-mailed congrats on your big accomplishment -- and it's also overflowing with messages from God. You're about to face new challenges and situations. You might be feeling just a little bit nervous. No problem. Here's your chance to get connected to the heart of God. Filled with guidance and assurance, every e-mail will help you face the real issues of life with confidence. God's messages will help you feel loved and appreciated, important and unique, significant and understood. You will be energized and encouraged no matter what new circumstances you face. So what's next for you? More school? A job? Moving away from home for the first time? Don't worry! Get online with God today and experience His awesome power and love! An e-mail from God is just what you need to keep your life on track!

E-Mail from God for Grads

Christian Books & Bibles

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