2013 / 11 vol.148
1,470 Yen
Features & Special Reports
Feature 1: Exploring the “Now” of EC Sites through Examples
From Smartphone to Remarketing. Must-know Topics
The EC site market has been rapidly growing recently. Although products and concepts of EC sites vary from shop to shop, they all share a common goal of “having the users purchase products and services.” In times of an ever-changing Internet environment, what kind of sites make the users “want to buy”? By exploring the current conditions of EC site market using objective data, we introduce the trends of EC site production topic by topic.
Feature 2: How Can We Become “NAKAMURA Hiroki”?
We Give a Glimpse into PARTY NAKAMURA Hiroki’s Head / One Thousand Creative Knocks
Every work he makes attracts attention, and they are all “free-spirited” and “ever-changing.” What could NAKAMURA Hiroki possibly be thinking? This feature is here for you to answer that question. In “One Thousand Creative Knocks,” Nakamura, who turned into a devilish instructor (!), shares in exhaustive detail the knowledge, experience, philosophy and methods, that he’s cultivated, including “observation,” “insight,” “brainstorming,” “presentation,” and “team formation,” exclusively with Web Designing readers. We highly recommend that you tackle head-on Nakamura’s “One Thousand Creative Knocks.” It’s guaranteed to improve the quality of your creativity!
dotFes 2013 Kyoto Opens on November 10th!
Welcome to the Dazzling World of the Interactive!
A school festival-like conference for interactive design “dotFes 2013 Kyoto” will be held on November 10th. Here we introduce timetables for “Lectures & Seminars” as well as participants and contents of “Exhibitions & Installations.”
Let’s Start a Cloud Service “Windows Azure Web Site” as Though It were a Rental Server
Use Advanced Cloud Hosting to Master Cloud and Trial Usage!
While we often hear the word “Cloud,” a lot of people might assume that it’s for large-scale corporate infrastructure. With this as a backdrop, Microsoft’s Cloud service “Windows Azure” launched a Web construction feature “Website.” We cover a brief overview of how to install WordPress. Also, to commemorate “dotFes 2013 Kyoto,” “Windows Azure & dotFes Project” started for a limited period up until November 10th. With a free evaluation version registration of Windows Azure, you can get 5,000 yen-worth Amazon gift card and dotFes lunch coupon!
Newbie K’s Hello World New!
Reports that Travels from Hand to Hand
Today, people can connect with each other on Internet with almost no effort. However, it’s worrisome that the time we experience real as human connection, like meeting up, sharing stories, and having meals together, is growing infrequent. Here we present unscheduled interviews conducted by a familiar face (?) on Facebook, by the Web Designing’s editor “Newbie K,” who explored from hand to hand of various creators across the world!
WF Inside Story
Kumo Project_Realizing Project Mapping onto the Cloud
Web production unit “teamLab,” that handles a lot of unique in-house projects, has been conducting “Kumo Project,” a project that projects images onto clouds in the night sky with the support of air-conditioning equipment manufacturer Daikin Industries. Having launched a year and a half ago, they succeeded in projecting images on the clouds in September. The result will be shared online. Why did they start such a project and how did it evolve? We talked to the creators of the production team.
Portrait - Web Craftsman’s Portrait -
TSUKIJI Roy Ryo_Ideal Job with which “We Make Everything Ourselves”
Just like a bird flying high in the sky, advertisement production BIRDMAN has widen their appeal dramatically. Their representative TSUKIJI Roy Ryo, who has lived around the world since his early childhood, set foot in Tokyo to test his potential, striving toward his ideal. What then, is his “ideal”?
Come in! Come in! - Shanghai Style Production Site
Road to the Launch of 1-10HOLDINGS Shanghai Branch
You might have heard rumors that it’s hard to establish a business in China, it costs a fortune to do so, etc. Members of 1-10HOLDINGS, which established their company in China just recently, share their story with us.
WD Reviews
Twitter Bootstrap 3
Version 3 of “Twitter Bootstrap” was released. It is a framework that provides parts and animations necessary for Web design in the form of CSS and JavaScript package. Being strongly aware of smartphone compatibility, Bootstrap 3 experienced two major changes in both UI and responsive perspective. We take a look into these changes from a number of angles.
Scroll up the Web! <LiVE2 Report> New!
Efficiently Produce jQuery-based Scroll-format Sites!
Volume 1: Must-know Total Picture LiVE2 for Onsite Production
Nowadays, the needs for specially-built scroll-format sites that focus on specific brands, products, and services are increasing. We want to take particular note of the authoring tool “LiVE for WebLiFE* 2” (hereinafter called LiVE2) that Digital Stage is releasing. This serial examines in detail how LiVE2 becomes useful onsite. To provide a general outline, this 1st volume explains the features of the software.
Running Stories
Web Designing Lab.
CSS Lab._The Basics of Multi-device Coding
Text: KASAI Shinpei (Coding Factory)
jQuery Lab._Customizing Responsive Web Design
Text: HAYASHI Yutaka, BEHARU Takayasu
Flash Lab._Let’s Make Skeleton Animation Using DragonBones 1st Half
Text: IKEDA Yasunobu
movement
(Event & Artist introduction)
Yoshimoto × Web Designing “Choco Banana” Planning Session
“Choco Banana Fes” Details are Out!
Worldwide Creator's Archive
Hellohikimori_Always be Open-minded!
WD Website Front
Clé de Peau Beauté rouge à Lèvres, okinahours, SAKAI KIKUMORI Chouyou, Trama-Prodejci, FOURDIGIT DESIGN Inc., Sprite Splash Movie, and more
[New Author] one's view
The Greatest Mystery of the Century for Me
Text: SHIMIZU Qanta
Dumb Ways to Die
“Aaron Wicked” New!
Text: OYAGI Tsubasa (SIX)
Arcade Fire / Just a Reflektor
This is How Retail-owned Media Should be. New!
Text: ABE Jyunya (1PAC)
coles
You are an Astronaut too!
Text: NISHIMURA Mariko (Bascule Inc.)
Gravity - Initiate Spacewalk
Tour De Graphique - A Challenge in the Time of One CD -
Vol.8: On-magazine Live Collage Using “Straight Lines”
Text&collage: KAWAMURA Kosuke
Ideas for Local Creatives
“Itoshima Share House” Run by a Hunter Girl, who Strives for Life
Text: SUGA Daisuke (Smart Design Association)
From the Data of Web Designers Report: "The Landscape of this Job"
Even Flowers with Aromatic Colors Eventually Fall
Text: KOIZUMI Shinya
Introduction to Web analytics for Web Creators
On the Maturity Model of Web Analysis that Promotes Understanding of Existing Conditions
Text: OGAWA Taku
Social Seeds
“Fare-paying Pre-purchase Valuation Service” that Allows You to Try and Evaluate Expensive Products before Making Purchases
Text: NOZAWA Tomo (nitenichiryu)
The Secrets of Digital Marketing
Required Credential: “Generalist”
Text: OHTA Kenji
Mobile Service Front Line
Ponta Time_O2O’s Success Started with “Emotion First”
Text: NAKAYA Kenichi (trimtab japan)
News Crawler
(News)
Hagihara Research Institute
Will the Market Share Change after the Release of the docomo iPhone?
Text: HAGIWARA Masashi
Exonemo’s “Touching the Web”
Vol.25 Borg Series EP.5
Manga AC Club Activity Daily Log
#30 Amazoness Talks about the Tumultuous Half of Her Life
Others
List of Web agencies from all over the country
Monitor & Present
WD Square
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