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Developers Can't Design (2013)

Jen Myers
November 08, 2013

Developers Can't Design (2013)

And other completely untrue design myths. The most recent version of this talk.

Jen Myers

November 08, 2013
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  1. developers can’t design
    AND OTHER COMPLETELY UNTRUE DESIGN MYTHS
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  2. I’m a designer.*
    Hi, I’m Jen.

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  3. You keep using that
    word. I do not think
    it means what you
    think it means.

    INIGO MONTOYA

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  4. We have a
    communication
    problem.

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  5. Don Draper is a bad role model.

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  6. Don Draper is a bad role model.
    creative
    v

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  7. We can communicate better.

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  8. developers can design

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  9. design is decoration
    DESIGN MYTH #1

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  10. It’s not just what it
    looks like and feels
    like. Design is how
    it works.
    STEVE JOBS

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  11. form function
    follows

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  12. functionality

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  13. wireframes ui
    patterns
    fonts words
    color
    theory

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  19. design is subjective
    DESIGN MYTH #2

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  20. BOB BAXLEY
    Visual design is about
    problem solving, not
    about personal or
    unsupported opinion.

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  21. repetition emphasis balance
    proximity ratios contrast

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  22. negative
    space

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  25. design is separate
    from development
    DESIGN MYTH #3

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  26. TOM PETERS
    The dumbest mistake is viewing
    design as something you do at the
    end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the
    mess, as opposed to understanding
    it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of
    everything.

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  27. design development

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  28. art science

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  29. development
    design

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  30. the digital native
    designer →
    a designer who understands how
    visual and interface design works
    in applications and how to
    implement it

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  31. Jen Myers
    Dev Bootcamp
    [email protected]
    @antiheroine
    SLIDES:
    jenmyers.net/speaking
    RESOURCES:
    tinyurl.com/designfordevs

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