13. “Web design is product design. Drawing a
picture of the product is not designing
the product.
Web design is experience design. If you
stop at the PSD you've stopped well before
midpoint in the design.”
— Andy Rutledge
14. You need to know HTML and CSS
to be a designer at Facebook
15. You need to know HTML and CSS
to be a designer at Facebook and
Google
16. You need to know HTML and CSS
to be a designer at Facebook and
Google and Apple
17. You need to know HTML and CSS
to be a designer at Facebook and
Google and Apple and Instagram
18. “Ability to modify and construct solid HTML
and CSS is a BIG plus. [...] You'll be the one
moving your designs from Photoshop to code.
You should be very comfortable with HTML &
CSS or be willing to learn them quickly.
Exceptional candidates will have a fundamental
understanding of Javascript and Python.”
— Instagram’s designer job advert
20. “I take great pleasure in talking to developers
about jQuery, HTML5 and other such dev
terms, completely oblivious to their meaning.”
— Tweet from designer
21. “If you don’t want to learn code,
don’t do digital design.”
— My reply
22. Are you smarter than a 10 year old?
www.codeclub.org.uk
www.raspberrypi.org
28. You will be frustrated.
You will solve your own problems.
29. You will be frustrated.
You will solve your own problems.
You will learn to be self-reliant.
30. You will be frustrated.
You will solve your own problems.
You will learn to be self-reliant.
You will be better at design.
31. You will be frustrated.
You will solve your own problems.
You will learn to be self-reliant.
You will be better at design.
You will be better at your craft.