Kelsey

This website discusses the principles of effective web design, I found it extremely helpful, simple, and straight to the point! (just what we need)

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/31/10-principles-of-effective-web-design/

"Usability and the utility, not the visual design, determine the success or failure of a web-site. Since the visitor of the page is the only person who clicks the mouse and therefore decides everything, user-centric design has become a standard approach for successful and profit-oriented web design. After all, if users can’t use a feature, it might as well not exist."

I also ran across this website, http://graphicdesignjunction.com/ that I thought was a nice little resource for anyone in the major!