Hello Web Design eBooks
Learn design fundamentals and shortcuts and
become a better designer
Beginner design books assume you want to become an expert designer. What if you want to learn just enough to complement your existing work?
Hello Web Design will teach you the basics about design (no history!) and give you shortcuts so you can immediately become a better designer.
Five chapters, two mega sections, 170 pages, over a hundred examples and shortcuts.
This eBook package comes with in three formats: PDF, ePub, and .mobi/Kindle.
What you'll learn
Walkthrough the stages of design
Learn the steps of designing to help you go from idea, to blank paper, to prototypes, to launched project.
Shortcuts on choosing colors
Forget choosing colors randomly on a color wheel find out the best shortcuts to get you a great color palette fast.
The basics of fonts
Learn the differences between fonts, basic typography, and where to find (and narrow down) great typefaces.
Demystifying white space
You know it's important, but how to use it? We'll go through where white space can help your design the most.
Where to find images and icons
Great imagery can make a design. Learn some easy tips on how to use imagery and great resources on where to find it.
The importance of user experience
Design isn't how it looks it's how it works. Learn how your visual design ties into the user-experience.
Who am I?
Hey there! I'm Tracy Osborn — a designer/developer/entreprenerd (you read that right). I have a BFA in Art & Design and taught myself programming in order to launch my startup, WeddingLovely (500 Startups F11). You can read more about WeddingLovely in Indie Hackers.
I've always been frustrated by beginner books and wrote to teach web app development to designers using Python and Django. Today, has been read by thousands of people around the world.
is based on my Design for Non-Designers conference presentation given around the world, including Mozilla's View Source Conference 2016, GitHub's CodeConf LA 2016, and as a keynote at O'Reilly's Fluent Conference 2016.
Would love to chat to you — say hello to me on Twitter!