Fabio Sasso: Design Inspiration
In Fabio Sasso’s Design Inspiration talk during the Front-End Design Conference held in 2009, he presented a fascinating personal story of rebuilding from losing everything to how Brazil and the 80’s heavily influence his current work. By losing everything, the hardship and emotions really takes its toll on a person because he / she really worked hard to achieve something that he / she wanted. You need to do what the clients’ clients need rather than what the client wants because the client’s clients are the ones who are going to give you the more critical feedback that will earn you money or not.
Grant Friedman: Techniques for Creating and Using Design Resources
Grant Friedman took a unique approach to his presentation in order for his audience to be amazed and give a better understanding of the Techniques for Creating and Using Design Resources. Design Resources can lead the designer to an overwhelming experience when looking or creating inspirations or ideas with the use of techniques to successfully end a task with a fascinating output. Having the right technique in doing a certain task helps because it represents how you deal with a task at hand. Remember that there are always various ways in dealing with task but you must also be aware of the risk that lies ahead.
Jonathan Longnecker: Why ExpressionEngine is Great for Designers
Jonathan Longnecker’s design shop uses ExpressionEngine as its Content Management System (CMS) of choice because its codes can be dynamic and flexible which makes it a great tool for designers to venture into. It is better to understand than any other blog publishing platform and it provides the user with proven capability, world-class support which makes it a recipe for online success. ExpressionEngine allows its users to design, structure or content a website that not only fulfills your needs and creative vision but grows and scales as your business needs change. It takes blogging to the next level and it is preferred by so many web professionals.
ME! – Using jQuery to Extend CSS
Chris Coyier discussed the many benefits of using jQuery with CSS development by demonstrating how jQuery resolves typical issues encountered in using CSS and it also helps extend CSS. jQuery is designer friendly, has a short learning curve and is easy to play around because there is numerous information offered about it. jQuery also offers web developers and designers with a framework that enables them full visual capabilities of JavaScript. jQuery has the ability to fix cross browser compatibility issues, solve issues and do things that CSS is unable to do. Solving problems with jQuery instead of CSS will avoid taking too much time away.
Andrew Maier: Affordances in Modern Web Design
Andrew Maier’s presentation was all about the theory of user interface. Designing user interfaces is not only a matter of a good graphic artist and some good ideas. People creating user interfaces just go for a product without even being aware of the basics or the theoretical principles behind the design. Designing user interfaces is a simple aspect of the whole application. As to Andrew Maier and other web designers, it is the most important part of the whole system. Positive, smooth interaction with user interface is a matter of a good design that is often overlooked by people to be used by other people.
John Ashenden: How to Make It Better
John Ashenden has a unique way of approaching design in Photoshop that always focuses on how to make a design better. He also talked about the importance of detail like making your light sources consistent in both direction and color and how does working in a team environment create files with precise guides have better results and less frustration. Details suddenly come together in something significant into your daily work. Details are important because it gives a great deal of information. In order to create files with a precise guide with better results and less frustrations, the workforce has to come up with a strategy on how they will achieve the expected output.
Kevin Hale: How to Design Web Apps People Love
Web apps should focus on a person’s lifestyle in order for people to love it. There are web apps that are interesting but some don’t fit into a number of people’s lifestyles. When a social network’s application gets a buzz and a few more friends using it, it value would be realized and will find its place in a person’s lifestyle. When you think of designing a web application, focus on the person’s lifestyle, how it would fit and what are the benefits it can offer to make it a valuable tool for a social network. Surely, more people will come to use your app.
