Originally presented by Andy Clarke at Web Directions, Sydney, Australia, 2006 Creating inspired design Andy Clarke is a digital designer, speaker, and writer whose designs have helped companies around the world to increase their sales pipeline and revenue, and charities to increase donations. He founded Stuff & Nonsense and has consulted and designed for clients including Disney Store UK, Fairfax Media, Home Office (UK), Greenpeace, ISO, SAP, STV, SunLife, WIPO, and WWF. He works on creative website and digital product designs and provides ongoing creative direction. He coaches agencies and mentors designers on dealing with clients, and delivering creative projects. If you’re looking to design better digital products and websites, develop a design system or style guide, or want to understand how design can help your business, you should talk to him. Stuff & Nonsense Ltd. Eversleigh, Lon Capel, Gwaenysgor, Flintshire, LL18 6EJ, UK For work enquiries go to stuffandnonsense.co.uk or call +44 (0)1745 851848
ANDY CLARKE WEB DIRECTIONS 2006, SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA Transcending CSS Creating Inspired Design Copyright. All Rights Reserved. All works are copyright of their original owners and all copyrights, trademarks and ownerships recognized. This presentation is for educational purposes only
ANDY CLARKE WEB DIRECTIONS 2006, SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA Transcending CSS Creating Inspired Design Copyright. All Rights Reserved. All works are copyright of their original owners and all copyrights, trademarks and ownerships recognized. This presentation is for educational purposes only
Transcending CSS Creating Inspired Design Environment; the inflexibility of the 2d screen, Materials; the limitations of markup and CSS, Medium; poorer CSS support in older browsers Ourselves; unlearning that we have learned from past experience
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Transcending CSS Creating Inspired Design Grid design is a fundamental skill of any designer. Understanding proportional relationships, white space and composition are all vital in constructing a grid for any delivery platform - web, print & real 3d environments. MEASURE Grid design is a fundamental skill of any designer. Understanding proportional relationships, white space and composition are all vital in constructing a grid for any delivery platform - web, print & real 3d environments. FOLD FOLD
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