is not code

The future of web design

February 8, 2018

Hi

• Customer Success Specialist for Webflow
• Web designer at Illumina
• Started fiddling with web design at age 13

the rundown:

• 30min - Talk on ux, web design & the future
• 1.5 hours - Hands-on workshop using Webflow
• Q&A

Let's talk about UX

What is UX?

#badUX

Design a website UX

like a restaurant

4 main pieces to a great UX

in a restaurant

• Fresh ingredients

• Clean kitchen

• Beautiful dining area

• Fast wait staff

• Content, Images, etc.

• Folder structure, file naming

• Website design

• Webhost

Why do graphic designers
hate web design?

Web design is a creative industry that hasn't evolved

The future of Web Design

is not code

Enter Webflow

• Designer tool - design sites without coding, in real-time
• CMS editor for clients - create databases without coding
• Hosting - 2-click publish
• Security - Amazon Web Servers

Graphic designers are

the best web designers

(I'm not pandering. seriously.)

Hands-on workshop

• Rebuild the Tesla.com homepage
• Build a database for a blog
• Design a blog page
• Make everything responsive 
• Publish it live

Clone the project

webflow.com/website/plnu

Q&A time

Before you go:

• university.webflow.com
• nelson@webflow.com
• twitter.com/thepixelgeek
• Tuesdays - 10am - youtube.com/webflow

One more thing:

• 6 months Lite account plan coupon code
• PLNU-ROCKS

THANK

YOU