15 April 2009
Whatever happened to the Art in Design?
With FOWD (Future of Web Design) London only a couple of weeks away we thought it would be a good opportunity to look back to the last Future of Web Design event which took place in New York in November 2008.
Mike Kus, designer at Carsonified, gave a quick fire 15 minute talk entitled “Whatever happened to the Art in Design?”. In it he describes ways in which thinking of web design in a more artistic way will maximize the impact of your site designs.
Here’s a quick summary of his talk:
- The 50% thing: Remember the visible pixels on the screen are only 50% of your canvas
- Preparation: By knowing your subject matter well you will arm yourself with the knowledge to create well thought out and meaningful ideas
- Get Inspired: Get yourself into a headspace where you’re totally consumed by ideas for your project
- Idea, Concept, Story: It’s the idea, concept or story within your design that can take a website from a good design to a work of art
- Ditch your Mac: Get back to basics with paper and a pen
- Execution: Attention to detail is the difference between a good design and a great design
Download a PDF of Mike’s hand drawn talk summary leaflet.
Mike will giving his new talk “Graphic Design: The Forgotten Web Standard” at the Future of Web Design in London on Thursday 30th April.
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Marc Ashwell
# April 15, 2009 - 9:38 am
The PDF is missing?
bruno
# April 15, 2009 - 9:50 am
Hi! FYI the link to pdf doesn't work… :o)
bye
Dan
# April 15, 2009 - 11:51 am
to parrot for great justice, the PDF link is broken
y3rt
# April 15, 2009 - 11:58 am
tweetd to Kier that link was broken replied “Thanks for the heads up. Will fix ASAP”
ryancarson
# April 16, 2009 - 12:37 am
We're on it – thanks!
conrad
# April 16, 2009 - 2:03 am
pdf throws 404 :-(
ronley
# April 16, 2009 - 3:01 am
Broken pdf link :(
keirwhitaker
# April 16, 2009 - 3:55 am
Apologies for the PDF link not working. Wordpress hasn't been my friend today. We are on it and it should be live shortly. Thanks for your patience.
ryancarson
# April 16, 2009 - 5:36 am
The PDF link is now fixed: Download now
Adelee
# April 16, 2009 - 6:21 am
Wow, I just discovered this site through surfing the Google. Huge help as in my attempt to learn the how-to's of building a website on my own.
JS-Trade Station
# April 20, 2009 - 8:04 am
This site talks about anything and everything and really is a great tool.
training a puppy
# April 20, 2009 - 9:26 pm
Art is about having the BIG idea.
Stefan Seiz
# April 21, 2009 - 4:57 am
In case someone needs a Ticket for FOWD London 2009, i have to sell mine as i can’t attend (bad economy and company won’t pay for travel).
It’s a 2 day Ticket incl. Workshops (Pollyfilling and “How to use Javascript to enhance…”).
Got the Ticket for an early bird price and will sell for exactly the price i paid, which is 380Euro (via Paypal). If you want the ticket, contact me via twitter @seiz
Cheers!
grace
# April 22, 2009 - 4:58 am
very nice
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# April 24, 2009 - 1:14 am
Very clear explanation that Mr. Kus had presented.
I agree in all of the ways that he had enumerated to create a great design (web design) for a website, even though I wasn't good in it.
Veronica
# April 28, 2009 - 5:04 pm
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Aceo
# May 17, 2009 - 3:40 am
Neat post – was looking for something else. Thanks anyway.
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