Web Design Done Well
A great deal of website design talk issues itself with what goes on around content. Page speed, style systems, seo, structures, availability-- the list goes on and on. This gives us at Smashing Magazine plenty to blog about, which is fantastic, though it's worth advising ourselves what it's all in service of.
In this 3rd edition of our Web Design Done Well series, we're honing in on the beating heart of lots of sites: material. More particularly, editorial material. The Web has offered storytellers an unbelievable choice of tools to deal with, and as a periodic semi-competent journalist myself, I enjoy an excellent scoop.
What follows are examples of web innovations being woven in with editorial material to take it to the next level. We'll then close with wider tips on thinking artistically about digital content. Even now, overwhelmed by the material production line, the excellent things still shines through.
We live in a gold coast website design mobile-first world. There is no point in being valuable about this. Yes, magazine spreads have a specific class about them. Yes, a desktop view provides you a bigger canvas to deal with. The reality is the majority of people will be viewing what you publish on a smart phone, so lean into it. For a similar technique, these 'tap stories' by The New York Times and Input are likewise outstanding. For those interested in further reading on mobile-centric editorial, The Story by legendary
