Azeem Alim contemporary Web Design

So what’s this all about? - Well if you haven’t already guessed I’m Azeem Alim and I make websites (like this one). This website serves as an online portfolio of my work.

I specialise in designing and building stylish professional websites using solid XHTML and CSS. I ensure all my sites are simple, usable and accessible to the widest possible audience. Have a look around or use the contact form if you want to get in touch.

Anything Else?

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, that’s creativity.”

Charles Mingus

Although web design is usually the main focus of my work, I also do a bit of graphic design and illustrating whenever I get time. For some reason most of my work focuses on arbitrary pop cultural references at the moment – I blame television. Anyway, check out some of my pretty pictures.

Below is an ongoing list of great articles, tutorials and information on the various areas of web design and development.
For a full list check out my links and articles section.

• The Elements of Design Applied to the Webwww.astheria.com

  In a similar vein as the The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the Web, the various principles of general design have their place in web based design.
  
  Design is broken up into a number of basic principles that apply to all design from type creation to painting to page layout, both on the web and in print. However, especially on the web, these rules tend to be forgotten and we just go with what feels continue...

• Five simple steps to designing grid systemswww.markboulton.co.uk

  Before we even begin to tackle designing grid systems we need to have a basic understanding of what they are, why we use them and where they came from.
  
  In the context of graphic design, a grid is an instrument for ordering graphical elements of text and images. The grid is a child of Constructivist art and came into being through the same thought processes that gave rise to that art movement. continue...

• Thinking Outside the Gridwww.alistapart.com

  Flying into my home city of Tucson, Arizona late one night in November, I was impressed by how rigid a grid the city’s layout is. Tucson is one of America’s planned cities, and from the sky, it’s easy to see that Tucson’s designers succeeded in creating a city in which everything is laid out according to a precise plan continue...

• Accessibility myths & misconceptionswww.456bereastreet.com

  Awareness of web accessibility is increasing, slowly but surely. You can read about it on mainstream websites and in printed newspapers. Here in Sweden you can even read about web accessibility on the back of milk cartons. Accessibility getting more attention is excellent, but it’s very unfortunate that in many cases the information being spread is inaccurate and misleading. continue...

• Has accessibility been taken too far?www2.jeffcroft.com

  There’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while but have a been hesitant to post, for fear of it being taken the wrong way, and fear of me being labeled as insensitive. But I’ve finally decided to just put it out there. I’ll be careful with my wording and try my best not to offend, but I can’t promise anything. continue...

• The Difference Between Web Design & GUI Designwww.useit.com

  Designing for the Web is different from designing traditional software user interfaces. Mainly, the designer has to give up full control and share responsibility for the UI with users and their client hardware/software.
  
  Of course there are also similarities between designing for the Web and traditional UI design: at the most basic level, both are interactive systems, and both are software designs as opposed to the design of physical objects. continue...

• Five Simple Steps to better typographywww.markboulton.co.uk

  Typography, I find, is still a bit of mystery to a lot of designers. The kind of typography I’m talking about is not your typical "What font should I use" typography but rather your "knowing your hanging punctuation from your em-dash" typography. Call me a little bit purist but this bothers me. continue...

• Should Designers & Developers Do Usability?www.useit.com

  Can designers and developers perform usability activities or should those activities be left to dedicated usability specialists. The answer depends on your circumstances; there are several important pros and cons to having designers and developers branch out into usability. continue...

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