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15 April 2009

Whatever happened to the Art in Design?

By Keir Whitaker

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:

  1. The 50% thing: Remember the visible pixels on the screen are only 50% of your canvas
  2. Preparation: By knowing your subject matter well you will arm yourself with the knowledge to create well thought out and meaningful ideas
  3. Get Inspired: Get yourself into a headspace where you’re totally consumed by ideas for your project
  4. 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
  5. Ditch your Mac: Get back to basics with paper and a pen
  6. 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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Keir Whitaker

Keir started his career as an IT support technician in an East London NHS organisation and progressed to the position of Web Services Manager for a large NHS Trust. After leaving the NHS in 2004 he worked as a freelance web developer in both PHP and ASP.Net. More recently he has been delving into the world of Python and Django. Keir joined Carsonified in February 2008, lives in Bath, subscribes to far too many magazines and enjoys the occasional mojito. You can follow him on Twitter

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