Subtraction: This Way to the Web, Print Designers!

A nice, succinct discussion on how web design differs from print, focusing more on the ideology behind the two “design mediums” rather than just the practical differences.

The prerequisite for doing something meaningful with any of these skills — HTML, CSS, Flash or whatever — is first embracing the medium as something different from print. Indeed, there’s no point in learning these skills unless as a print designer you’ve made a prior shift in your understanding of how design works in digital media. Specifically, come to grips with the fact that, on the Web, design is not a method for implementing narrative, as it is in print, but rather it’s a method for making behaviors possible.

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