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
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Fresh ingredients
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Clean kitchen
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Beautiful dining area
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Fast wait staff
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Content, Images, etc.
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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
