David Siegel (web designer)
David Siegel (* 1959 ) is an American web designer and typographer who set trends in website design primarily through his books Creating Killer Web Sites .
Siegel studied digital typography at Stanford University and graduated with a master's degree in 1986 . After working at Pixar Animation Studios for a year , he went freelance as a designer .
In 1996 his first book, Creating Killer Web Sites, was published . Siegel's focus is less on technical skills in the area of HTML , but more in the direction of design, style and user guidance. He described web presences as pages of the "third generation" if they are created through design and not through technical skills and guide readers through a website via a start page.
Fonts
- Web site design. From the American by Frank Baeseler and Nik Schwarten. Markt und Technik, Haar near Munich 1996. 2nd edition 1998, ISBN 3-8272-5331-4 . New edition: Zweiausendeins, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-86150-313-1 .
- The secret to successful web sites. Translation: Wolfgang Mittelmaier. Market and technology, Haar near Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8272-5330-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about David Siegel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of David Siegel (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Happy Birthday World Wide Web ... the World Wide Web celebrates its 20th birthday on torsten-fechner.de, accessed on May 13, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siegel, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American web designer and typographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |