Web Designing: 2013 / 9

2013 / 9 vol.146

1,470 Yen

Features & Special Reports

Feature 1: Ideas and Techniques to Decorate Sites

Appear, Coordinate, Change….Finding Effects Library Using Keywords

It’s hard to bundle ‘site effects’ together in just one word, for there is a wide variety of ways to render a site through the use of jaw-dropping interaction, a tidbit of animation, etc. To be honest, what we introduce here from among numerous renditions are only simple examples. However, by tweaking them a little, you should be able to change the impression of your site drastically, make up for what was lacking, and/or give the user a bit of enjoyment. From the introduction of the library to ideas on how to use it, we explain everything with respect to each keyword. Please use it as a reference when you are stuck, don’t feel right, or dissatisfied with the direction of your site.

Feature 2: Researching the Industry: Web Production/Service Industries

For Job Hunting and Career Design: Delving into the Industry’s Now and Ahead

Within the world of “Web,” which keeps on evolving, “Web jobs” are about to expand their realm beyond the limiting scope of site production, calling for more human resources with a variety of skills. In response to such situation, this feature analyzes the Web industry from a number of different angles for those who aspire to work in the industry, especially students. Please pay extra attention to the part where the popular Web production companies talk about “desired human resources”!

WF Inside Story

Omoshiro Hojin KAYAC_Their Aim and Vision Surrounding the Renewal of the Site and Logo on their 15th Anniversary

Known for their original services and in-house organization, Web production company Omoshiro Hojin KAYAC recently renewed their corporate site. Attracting attention at biennial renewals, the site was spruced up this time with a particular focus for providing never-before-seen experience through a scroll-dependent site. How does the new site look like? We invited YANAGISAWA Daisuke, the company’s president and director of the project, and five members from the production team, UJITA Yusuke, YAMASHITA Daisuke, ECHIGO Sohei, NAKANO Minoru and FUJITA Masaharu, to share their thoughts.

KAYAC Inc.

Portrait - Web Craftsman’s Portrait -

FUKATSU Takayuki (Art & Mobile/THE GUILD)_From Flash to iPhone Applications. Secrets behind His Success of Becoming Independent

There must be no one among iPhone users who has never heard of the names of applications like “ToyCamera,” “QuadCamera” and “TiltShift Generator.” FUKATSU Takayuki has been at the forefront of a now-huge smartphone application business since its predawn. Why did he shift his career from a “notable Flash research expert” to a key player in the world of applications? He will share the reason with us along with secrets behind his success.

TSUKURUHITO

ICHIKAWA Takanori (Contemporary Artist)_Beautiful Fragments of Memory that Must not be Lost

What attracts the viewer’s eye about this work is the delicate and beautiful photo-like gradations consisting of holes made through the process of burning Japanese paper with 60 different kinds of incense with varied thickness and temperatures. Painter ICHIKAWA Takanori came up with this inimitable method. He had never even drawn a picture until acquiring a sketchbook for the first time at the age of 13. What drives him to create then? We talked to Ichikawa, whose solo exhibition was recently held.

Come in! Come in! - Shanghai Style Production Site

Working in “Greater China”

This time we interviewed a foreign director who works for advertisement companies JWT and Wieden+Kennedy, which are known in Japan. We introduce what roles people from greater mainland China, including Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan, undertake.

Webfonts A Go-Go

Second Half: Gingering up the Site with a Wide Array of Rich Japanese Web Fonts by Installing “TypeSquare”

The biggest Japanese font maker Morisawa possesses fonts that are familiar to professional designers. In 2012, a service to provide the company’s fonts as Webfonts “TypeSquare” was launched. Doubtless, there are many creators who have used the service from their “¥0 Campaign” offered until the end of this year. Listing TypeSquare-installed sample sites as examples, we explain key points for installing Japanese Web fonts.

Webfonts A Go-Go Special Site

Yoshimoto × Web Designing “Choco Banana” Planning Session

Even if There’s No Progress…, Progress Report on Choco Banana Festival

Choco Banana Festival is only three months away. Although we would like to make an official announcement and talk about tickets, etc., please give us a bit more time! We’ll proceed methodically through various concerns of us grownups!

Choco Banana Project
Up-close blog

Running Stories

Web Designing Lab.

CSS Lab._Next Generation Table Utilization Technique
Text: KASAI Shinpei (Coding Factory)

jQuery Lab._Implementing a Page with a Moving Image on the Background
Text: HAYASHI Yutaka, BEHARU Takayasu

Flash Lab._“MadComponents” that Become Handy for Mobile AIR Development
Text: OKI Yoshiya

movement

(Event & Artist introduction)

Worldwide Creator's Archive

Vizzuality_Not only “How It Looks” but “How It Feels”

Vizzuality

WD Website Front

SPACE SHOWER TV SYNC, Capi tol Couture, Flandria, Coca Cola, Letter of Challenge from DEGAWA Tetsuro, Felissimo Summer Fest., RaNa extractive, inc., and more