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Modular Design Frameworks

A Projects-based Guide for UI/UX Designers

Apress

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  • Treats application and website design with measurable, manageable approach for ultimate quality and effectiveness
  • Creates an elegantly simple approach for scaling app- and site designs into multiple - and equally effective - uses
  • Written by a rising star in the design community, whose education is in mathematics and physics, but whose passion is in design

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. A Modular Future

    • James Cabrera
    Pages 1-9
  3. Fonts, Colors, and the Invisible UI

    • James Cabrera
    Pages 11-20
  4. Defining Your Basic Unit

    • James Cabrera
    Pages 21-36
  5. What’s Next?

    • James Cabrera
    Pages 67-70
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 71-86

About this book


Learn the basic principles of modular design, and then put them into action to create sites that are easy to use, look great, and can be adapted within the context of your business needs.

With author James Cabrera—one of the thought leaders in the modular-design movement—you'll create a single, scalable project for a sample nameplate site and then adapt that same project to work successfully as a portfolio site, an e-commerce site, and finally as a news/publishing content site. Along the way, you'll learn the scientific approach to devising a sound and scalable design strategy, followed by establishing a basic foundation using various criteria relevant to that type of site. As each chapter progresses, you'll add new concepts appropriate for the project type.  

Modular web and app design isn't just for so-called "creatives." It's a teachable science with principles that can be replicated in a creative manner. This approach makes the design decision making process for businesses much easier (and easier to live with). And modular design is a powerful tool for software designers to replicate effective successful designs across a spectrum of needs.


What You'll Learn



  • Examine the design process in a modular way
  • Adapt your HTML code to create different types of applications 
  • Establish your own modular framework for your specific site's goals
  • Design for scale
  • Develop a strong foundation skeleton for design
Who This Book Is For


User experience designers, user interface designers, information architects, developers with an interest in design, developers who want to create their own design frameworks.





Authors and Affiliations

  • Holbrook, USA

    James Cabrera

About the author

James Cabrera is a visual designer, currently working on interface design and prototype development at Refinery29. Billed at the recent Future Insights Conference as one of the web-design community's rising stars, James's university training was in mathematics and physics.

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Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 24.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 34.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access