# Recommend a good book on Graphic/Web design **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-graphic-web-design/240831 "2004-04-19T15:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-graphic-web-design/240831/1 "2004-04-19T15:09:04Z")
I’ve been recently asked to do a couple of Web pages for various organizations. I’m good on the programming part - been coding for 10+ years, and can easily make my way through HTML/php/java/etc - but I’m not the most artistic person in the world, and would like to find a good book on design. General graphic design is OK, one specifically on graphic design for Web pages would be even better. I’m hoping a few of the artistic genes that seem to run rampant in other people in my family will finally show up in me 🙂 What would be ideal is a book that has pictures of different Web pages, with tips on what works and what doesn’t. I don’t want to turn into one of those dozens of people who churn out really ugly Web pages. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-graphic-web-design/240831/2 "2004-04-19T15:48:44Z")
[Anything by **Robin Williams** is a good start.](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0201748673/qid=1082389690/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-8549768-7889631?v=glance&s=books) ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-good-book-on-graphic-web-design/240831/3 "2004-04-19T17:28:31Z")
That looks great! Just ordered it from Amazon.