January 2013 (#236)
In our cover feature this issue, Facebook's global head of brand design, Paul Adams, outlines 10 social design secrets that you can use to build your audience
Elsewhere in the magazine, Martin Cooper reports on Adobe’s round-table event which discussed how open standards are stepping up to meet the challenges faced by today’s designers. In our tutorial section, Bootstrap creator Mark Otto explains how to get started with the frontend toolkit, Rachel Andrew introduces the new PHP framework, Laravel, and we learn how to make a whack-a-mole-style game with KineticJS. Plus:
- Part 3 of our content strategy series
- How to create perfect infographics
- Joe Johnston on contextual design
- How to make an HTML newsletter
-
Facebook's top 10 social design secrets
Social design demands stepping out of your comfort zone. Paul Adams offers a series of pointers to guide you on your way -
Building tomorrow's web experiences
Prior to its Create the Web conference rolling into London, Adobe hosted a round-table event to discuss the challenges facing today's designers. Martin Cooper took a seat -
It's all about the context
In the near future everything we design must be hooked to context, says Universal Mind's Joe Johnson. Advertisers have always known this, and now web designers must catch up -
Create perfect infographics
JESS3's Tiffany Farrant-Gonzalez and Jarred Romley take you through 10 key steps in the creation of informative and beautiful infographics -
Create a sleek custom page
Mark Otto, creator of Bootstrap, explains how to get started with the frontend toolkit, and how to transition from vanilla starter template to distinctive page -
Create an HTML newsletter
Daniel Bramhall explains how to better engage potential customers with your latest newsletters, and looks at why outdated solutions are still so often used these days
