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Develop Classic Web Design Style!
Another great icon of classic style in fashion is the Chanel suit. A woman knows that a vintage Chanel outfit can be twenty or thirty years old and still satisfy the discerning eye. Why? Because classic design employs time tested elements of line, color and form.
Here are two of my favorite classic print designers that provide inspiration for my web design work:
Paul
Rand
In your quest for classic design style, look to the old masters for inspiration. Use the web, libraries, and museums to study. Borrow from the vocabulary of great architecture, fashion and print designers. Train your eye to distinguish quality. As your knowledge grows, so will the quality of your web design.
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What is classic web design? It is design that
is enduring. Years from now it will still look appropriate, attractive and
tasteful. The best way to develop classic web design style is to look at
classics in other fields. For example, in automobile design, the Jaguar XKE is
an enduring classic. Although this design is over 40 years old, it breathes
style to a new generation without any apologies for its age. The lines of the
vehicle satisfy the aesthetic sense. It is familiar, solid, with an enduring
appeal that eschews gimmick, flash and cheap tricks. 
It requires a greater sense of visual
literacy and insight to develop classic design intuitions. It also requires a
degree of experience in life as classic design is the product of time,
accumulated knowledge and refinement. A person who can design in the classic
sense has learned how to discard the faddish, ephemeral and gimmicky, leaving
the elegant, well chosen and tested design elements. What is the best way to
develop a classic web design style? Study the work of the great masters of
classic design in other fields. The fashion, architecture, automobile and print
design fields have established masters whose body of work can be studied.
Paul Rand (1914-1996) is one of the most
influential figures in American graphic design. He explored the formal
vocabulary of the European avant garde art movements and developed an unique and
distinctly American graphic style which was characterized by simplicity, wit and
a rational approach to problem solving. I find a timeless sense of layout and
simplicity in his work. The principles behind his design work well on the web.
Reid Miles