Printed Smashing Books

• By Smashing Editorial
• February 25th, 2013
• Smashing Magazine
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We care about quality content and work hard to support and spread best practices, innovative techniques and forward-thinking ideas on Web design and Web development. Our printed Smashing Books are crafted to deliver in-depth knowledge and expertise shared by experts and practitioners from the industry. They are our editorial flagships—and they look damn good on a coffee table!

The Mobile Book (Hardcover, December 2012)

Our brand new printed Mobile Book features the most important things that you need to know as a designer, developer or mobile strategist to create beautiful and rich mobile experiences. You’ll dive deep into the peculiarities of the mobile industry, explore responsive design strategy, design patterns and optimization techniques, learn about wireframing and prototyping for mobile as well as the guidelines for designing with gestures and touch.

The extra to the book will also provide insights into the popular platforms such as iOS and Windows Phone, as well as introduces developing and debugging techniques for advanced HTML5 Web applications.

Our new Mobile Book is available as a printed book, single eBook, or as a part of the Smashing eBook Library.

Well-known experts such as Peter-Paul Koch, Stephanie Rieger, Trent Walton, Brad Frost, Dave Olsen, Josh Clark and Remy Sharp have contributed to the book to present the most relevant and valuable insights. To ensure the quality of the material, the chapters have been reviewed by Scott Jenson, Bryan Rieger, Tim Kadlec, Bruce Lawson and other active members of the mobile design community. The foreword was written by Jeremy Keith. The result is a fantastic, valuable quality book that every designer should have on her bookshelf.

The Mobile Book + Smashing Book #3

Make your next project a success with this Smashing Bundle! This bundle includes The Mobile Book and The Smashing Book #3 – Redesign the Web. It sets you up with all the recent information on responsive Web design and Web design strategy you need. The bundle includes the printed editions and grants you immediate access to the downloads of the digital editions of both books. Embrace the mobile Web!

Smashing Books #3 and #3⅓ (Flexbound Cover, 2012)

Single Printed Smashing Book #3 + eBook  New Printed Flexbound + eBook, 340 pages	$39.90	Add to Cart
Printed Smashing Books Bundle: #3 + 3⅓ + eBooks  New Printed Flexbound + eBooks, 340+160 pages	$49.80 $59.80	Add to Cart
Smashing Books #3 eBooks Bundle  New Available in PDF, EPUB, Amazon Kindle	$19.90	Add to Cart

The brand new Smashing Books introduce a whole new mindset for progressive, forward-thinking Web design. A detailed look at the business and technical side of redesign in the Smashing Book #3 is followed by a comprehensive overview of advanced HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript techniques in use today.

You will get useful advice on innovative UX techniques, learn about the peculiarities of mobile context in Web design and discover appropriate Photoshop techniques. You’ll study a practical hands-on guide to a bullet-proof workflow for responsive Web design. The book challenges you to think differently about your work, your code and your designs.

Smashing Book 3⅓, otherwise known as “The Extension,” presents practical applications of storytelling to Web design, reviews emerging navigation design patterns and helps you understand how to meaningfully employ content strategy on your websites. A case study of Smashing Magazine’s responsive redesign illustrates how this approach could look like in practice.

• Download a free sample (.zip)
• Quality flexibound cover, with stitched binding and a ribbon page marker.
• Design: Veerle Pieters (cover), Kate McLelland (illustrations)
• $5 worldwide delivery from Berlin, Germany.
• Shipping only via air mail (3 to 15 working days). Worldwide delivery times.

Smashing Book #2 (Hard Cover, 2011)

Printed Smashing Book #2 + eBook Hard Cover + eBook, 355 pages	$39.90	Add to Cart
Smashing Book #2 eBook + Lost Files Available in PDF, EPUB, Amazon Kindle	$14.99	Add to Cart

The Smashing Book 2 is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. This book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. It provides professional advice for designing mobile applications and building successful e-commerce websites, and it explains common coding mistakes and how to avoid them.

The book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. It provides professional advice for designing mobile applications and building successful e-commerce websites, as well as a guideline to avoid common coding mistakes. You’ll explore the principles of professional design-thinking and graphic design and learn how to apply psychology and game theory to create engaging user experiences. We also feature interviews from experts on the future of Web typography and describe how you can publish a book on your own.

• 355 pages
• Quality: 5.83 × 8.27 inches (14.8 × 21.0 cm). Full-color images on coated paper.
• Hard cover.
• Binding: Quality stitched binding with a bookmark.
• Language: English.
• Released: January 2011.

Smashing Book #1 (Soft Cover, 2009)

Printed Smashing Book #1 + eBook Soft cover + eBook, 313 pages	$22.90	Add to Cart
Smashing Book #1 eBook Available in PDF, EPUB, Amazon Kindle	$12.90	Add to Cart

The Smashing Book is a printed book about best practices in modern Web design. The book shares technical tips and best practices on coding, usability and optimization and explores how to create successful user interfaces and apply marketing principles to increase conversion rates. It also shows how to get the most out of typography, color and branding to end up with intuitive and effective Web designs. As a bonus, you will also get a peek behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine.

This first Smashing Book looks at Web design rules of thumb, color theory, usability guidelines, user interface design, best coding and optimization practices, as well as typography, marketing, branding and exclusive insights from top designers across the globe.

• Pages: 313.
• Soft cover.
• Language: English.
• Released in February 2009, available in 5th edition (2012).