Boxes and Grids, Oh My

2014 Front End Design Conference talk I gave to encourage front end designers to think outside of the box when it comes to creating great responsive design websites.

Transcript

1. BOXES OH MY NOAH STOKES & GRIDS
2. NOAH STOKES
3. NOAH STOKES
4. NOAH STOKES
6. GIDDY UP
7. I HATE #RWD
8. I REALLY HATE #RWD
10. THE WEB WAS LOSING IT’S SOUL… 
 AND I WAS BLAMING #RWD
11. I GREW UP A POOR BLACK CHILD
15. K10K CSS ZEN GARDEN STYLEGALA 2ADVANCED
16. I FELL IN LOVE WITH WEB DESIGN
17. I WAS HORRIBLE AT DESIGN
18. FAST FORWARD
19. AND MY SUPER RAD TWEET
23. HOW CAN A WEBSITE HAVE A SOUL?
24. WHAT IS SOUL?
25. A SOUL IS THE INTANGIBLE DETAILS OF A DESIGN
26. WHY DO OUR SITES LACK SOUL?
27. WHY HAVE TODAY’S DESIGNERS STOPPED DREAMING
28. “laziness amongst designers has never been more rife” ! – Elliot Jay Stocks
29. TRENDS
30. BUDGETS
31. “the Rule became a frequent time and budget casualty” ! – Chris Cashdollar
32. SKILL SET
33. “people will lean on established patterns to provide a level of comfort as they’re working things out” ! – Tim Kaldec
35. THIS IS WHERE I WAS WRONG
36. #RWD WASN’T TAKING THE SOUL OUT OF DESIGN
37. THE WAY WE IMPLEMENTED IT WAS
38. WHAT CAN WE DO?
39. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
40. DUPLICATE HTML
43. POSITIONING
46. JAVASCRIPT TO THE RESCUE
58. WE’RE GETTING THERE
63. DON’T SETTLE
64. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
65. BRING THE SOUL BACK
66. THANK YOU
67. @MOTHERFUTON HELLOBOLD.COM