What isn’t web art? Any­thing your browser ren­ders is web art in my opin­ion. From the CSS+XHTML com­pli­ant lay­out, to the inter­ac­tive Flash port­fo­lio, to the fav­i­con that brands every domain. It’s all web art. Web design is web art. The effec­tive com­bi­na­tion of typog­ra­phy, col­ors, and images rolled into one usable inter­face dis­play­ing infor­ma­tion is the goal for every web­site. Think­ing that some­thing dis­played on a web page is web art is like not see­ing the for­est for the trees.

For my exam­ple of web art, I’m going to use my newly cre­ated fav­i­con for my site:

It’s small, sim­ple, mean­ing­ful, and not only brands my site but myself as well. If you want some awe­some web design gal­leries, here are a few I came across the other day:

I’m really excited for the last half of this class because I love web design and am always look­ing for excuses to roll out work.