2013 / 4 vol.141
1,470 Yen
Features & Special Reports
Feature 1: Manual for Planning Coding Guidelines
Professionals' Guidelines for the Public Free of Charge! Must-read Knowhow for Efficiency Improvement
There exist various issues facing the coding field, such as “Sources vary greatly depending on coders,” “It’s troublesome to analyze pages created by other coder,” etc. In order to solve those issues, it’s effective to set solid “guidelines” that serve as a rulebook for production. Once production is done based on such guidelines, you can not only save time and effort but improve the quality of codes. Based on the guidelines used by coding professionals, this feature delves into contents that should be incorporated in the rules and operational procedures after guidelines have been established. You’ll get to learn one secret after another, all of which lead to productivity increases. These effective guidelines will also be available for download.
Feature 2: Grid Systems for Web Design
Achieving Various Layouts from the Orderly to the Distinctive
Now that the site construction using HTML+CSS is becoming mainstream, people have started using “grid systems” more frequently. While the basic concept of defining certain width and height might sound familiar, there must be a number of users who want to acquire more specific know-how on this. Through some variations and implementation examples introduced in this feature, we will learn the merits of the grid system and how much versatility it can bring to design.
Tour De Graphique - A Challenge in the Time of One CD - New!
Vol.1: In-Magazine Live Collage Using a “Map”
KAWAMURA Kosuke is an irreplaceable collage artist who is known for amazing visual work for Otomo Katsuhiro’s GENGA exhibition. In this newly launched series, Kawamura will attempt to create a collage work live In-Magazine. The super-challenging conditions given to him are to complete an entire work using limited materials prepared by our editorial desk in the time of one CD. How will he tackle this difficult mission? Must see!
Ideas for Local Creatives New!
Multi-Businesses Shared Office “LONDO” Gathers and Creates a new “Site” (City of Fukuoka)
SUGA Daisuke, a representative of the Web production company in Tokyo, Smart Design Association (http://www.s-design.jp/), recently moved to Fukuoka on his own. Flitting from one province to another, Suga is searching for the relationship between the local and creative and what a creator’s job should be. Suga’s new series has just begun!
What Design can Do: Dialogue
OKAZAKI Tomohiro×NAGAHARA Yasuhito “Insect Boy’s Design Theory”
“Dismissed!” is part of NHK’s program “Design Ah!,” where everything gets deconstructed through the use of elaborate and fun frame-by-frame animation, drawing a lot of followers. Okazaki Tomohiro, the designer for “Dismissed!” talks about his past projects and a couple of unusual episodes from his childhood.
Portrait - Web Craftsman’s Portrait -
KANO Mamoru (WOW)_A Flight out of Image: Exploring Interactive Design in Sendai
KANO Mamoru has lead CG image production company “WOW” based in Sendai and Tokyo, specialized in creating image design, while also having eagerly explored interaction and UI development. He’s a designer for digital expression that spans installation, application, and UI. He’s also known for his personal project called “ZUGAKOUSAKU.” We focus in on this creator who probes into the possibilities of the interactive in the provincial city Sendai.
TSUKURUHITO
HAYASHI Natsumi (Artist)_”Feeling” Afloat
Artist HAYASHI Natsumi’s “Today’s Float” is posted daily on her Website “Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary.” A series of portraits of herself “floating” stirs the imagination of the viewer. Is she really floating? Is she going to fly away somewhere? No way…. We close in on the secret behind it.
WF Inside Story
au FULL CONTROL YOUR CITY_Experiencing the “Surprise” of Manipulating Cities and Venues Using Smartphones
Street lamps and urban lights flicker and taxis hop in au’s TV commercial entitled “FULL CONTROL YOUR CITY.” An event held in February, where the visitors could experience the world depicted in the commercial, was full of surprising interactive contents: A projection mapping synchronized Kyary Pamyu Pamyu’s live concert, while the lights of Tokyo Tower were extinguished using smartphones. How was this campaign rolled out?
Yoshimoto × Web Designing “Choco Banana” Planning Session
TOKUI Yoshimi (TUTORIAL) × AID-DCC Inc.
“MEDIAS PENTAGON Tokui Yoshimi Release Mission” is a campaign that links TV personalities ‘tarento,’ and net users in a space closed off from the outside world. Conducted at the end of last year, it aroused interest not only in the Web scene but among comedy fans. This time, Planning Session invites the participants of the campaign TOKUI Yoshimi and AID-DCC.
Running Stories
Web Designing Lab.
CSS Lab._Improving Usability by Changing Text Size!
Text: KASAI Shinpei (Coding Factory)
jQuery Lab._Making an Original Library Packed with Useful Features
Text: HAYASHI Yutaka, OOTA Tomoaki, HAYASE Yuka
Flash Lab._Handy UI Component “MinimalComps”
Text: OKI Yoshiya
TapApp Awards 2013 Award-winning Works
Talents Come into Bloom
movement
(Event & Artist introduction)
Worldwide Creator's Archive
Jam3_Producing Work Using Both Creativity and Technique
WD Website Front
HELLO MANKIND, Hotakubo Orthopedic Hospital, MVA - SPACE SHOWER MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS, Future Museum / Perfume, Aromalize Project, Legendary Okayama City, Nail-hair Salon, and more
[New Author] one's view
Shove It Nomads!
Text: SHIMIZU Qanta
Rhizomatiks's new Installation art“pulse 3.0”
Immersive Sensation and Fantastical Experience New!
Text: NISHIMURA Mariko (Bascule Inc.)
Louvre / Islamic Arts
90% of the First Impression is Based on Physical Appearance
Text: OHBA Shunsuke
iMadeFace
Visualizing Life Handsomely
Text: HAYASHI Tomohiko (nuuo)
Great Moments in Parenting
[Last Volume] Making a Mark on a Ruler
(Tota Hasegawa Visual Essay from "tomato interactive")
Text & Visual: HASEGAWA Tota
Put in Practice! BiND6 Special Lecture
2nd Half: Commentary on the Hot Feature “BiND6 and WordPress Cooperation”
“6” is the latest version of Web authoring tool “BiND for WebLiFE*.” It has built a reputation for its ability to easily produce Websites without writing out HTML tags or Script. We devote the latter half of this article to its key feature in cooperation with WordPress.
From the Data of Web Designers Report: "The Landscape of this Job"
Asking foobar for Help when the Need Arises? (Work Order)
Text: KOIZUMI Shinya
Introduction to Web analytics for Web Creators
Must-Check Data for Optimizing Content
Text: OGAWA Taku
The Secrets of Digital Marketing
Secret of Posts that Earn “Like”s
Text: OHTA Kenji
Social Seeds
An Image Sharing Service that Disappears in a Few Seconds “SnapChat” is a Huge Hit among Teenagers
Text: NOZAWA Tomo (nitenichiryu)
Mobile Service Front Line
HUGG_Communication Application for Couples Packed with Inovations from the Perspective of ”User Observation”
Text: NAKAYA Kenichi
News Crawler
(News)
WD Reviews
[Adobe Edge Code][Adobe Edge Reflow]
Hagihara Research Institute
How Will “Customized Viewing” Change Television?
Text: HAGIWARA Masashi
Exonemo’s “Touching the Web”
Vol.18 Serial BOT Project Vol.6 “BOT Has Come to Life!!! His Name is KEIGO”
Web Designing’s tekisutowozunounikiokusita BOT has finally been born into this world. He’s tweeting creatively on Twitter at this very moment. Let’s follow the Twitter and watch him grow up!
Manga AC Club Activity Daily Log
#23 “Job Hunting Counseling Room”
Should a creator be employed by a company or self-start their own business? The answer is in the magazine.
Others
List of Web agencies from all over the country
Monitor & Present
WD Square
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