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Creating Flat Design Websites

By : António Pratas
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Creating Flat Design Websites

By: António Pratas

Overview of this book

<p>Flat design is a simple yet visually appealing and increasingly popular style, particularly good for people just starting to develop their own websites. This book helps you to create a simple and good looking product in the flat design style.</p> <p>Creating Flat Design Websites will cover the origins of flat design, its principles as a visual style, and how to start designing right away, always making sure that the interface designed doesn't suffer from usability problems. Learn to design and develop your flat website with external frameworks to save time and money in your project. The book also provides you with tips to avoid the usability mistakes that commonly accompany this style due to its simple look and elements, as well as how to start developing the look of your website in HTML and CSS. Finally, you will learn how you can create your own Flat UI kit to suit your needs.</p>
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

About the Author

António Pratas is a Portuguese designer living in London. He has an MSc in Multimedia Design and has been working as a designer since 2005. He has worked with advertising agencies and in design ateliers, including Euro RSCG (now Havas), Bürocratik, and Universidade de Coimbra. He has also co-founded a small design atelier and a web startup. He previously wrote articles for designmodo.com, webdesignerdepot.com, and awwwards.com.