by admin | Mar 18, 2015 | Design, Dev, Rants, Web |
Code and Design Are two vastly different disciplines. So I see a lot of people talking about how designers should code. How it makes sense for frontend code to be produced in the design phase. Now, to a point, I agree. I definitely agree that being able to write code will help a web designer better understand the medium they are designing for. However does that make coding a prerequisite for designing in the digital space? No. No. No. As an analogy, in photography people always talked about the need to know about the developing process to truly master taking a picture – and yet we find ourselves now I’m the digital age, where a vast number of photographers have NO concept of how a digital print is produced. Many of these photographers produce great photography. Writing code is not a pre-requisite for good design. Web is the same: you don’t actually have to write code to design great web sites or user experiences. I will grant that the understanding will probably help, but it is by no means a prerequisite. Obviously, if you don’t implement your own designs, you will need to rely on a developer to do this for you, which leaves you open to the stereotypical “it’s technically impossible” issue, where the dev just can’t be bothered to implement it. However, this is a process issue and has very little to do with your design. Compartmentalisation is sometimes necessary for creativity. As a designer and developer, I have to try very, very hard to compartmentalise when I design, so that my visual creativity is not limited... by admin | Mar 16, 2015 | Business, Links |
Every now and then a great keynote speech makes it onto Youtube (think Steve Jobs at Stanford 2005) – this talk by Gary Vee at USC is one of those. As always, Gary speaks straight and true and tells it how it is. If you’re in business (or want to be) you should watch this.... 