What Is Web Design?
From Jeffrey Zeldman today on A List Apart:
Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.
Read more from Jeffrey Zeldman in his very interesting new article: Understanding Web Design
I’ve always found certain intangibles of good design tough concepts to understand outside of the “I know it when I see it” methodology (or lack thereof).
it requires a somewhat mystical theory of aesthetics to find any necessary connection between beauty and function – Hebert Read