Design is Dead–Long Live Design! (Why does every website look the same?)

Presented at WordCamp Kent, 2017

Transcript

1. DESIGN IS DEAD Long live..design! (WHY DOES EVERY WEBSITE LOOK THE SAME?)
2. Hi, i’m @tapps PARTNER, DIRECTOR OF UX + CREATIVE CORNERMARKET.MEDIA
3. Does this look familiar?
4. Does this look familiar?
5. Does this look familiar?
6. Does this look familiar?
7. Does this look familiar?
8. Does this look familiar?
9. It..wasn’t..always this way
10. It..used to be..worse
11. It..used to be..worse
12. It..used to be..worse
13. It..used to be..worse
14. It..used to be..worse
15. It..used to be..worse BUT… WAS IT REALLY?
16. Websites looked different
17. Websites looked different
18. Websites looked different
19. Websites looked different
20. Websites looked different
21. Websites looked different
22. Websites looked different
23. Websites looked different
24. Websites looked different
25. Websites looked different
26. Websites looked different
27. Websites looked different
28. So how’d we..get..here?
29. Frameworks ONE:
30. Web 2.0 hangover TWO: (AKA “FLAT DESIGN”)
31. More devices THREE:
32. More distractions FOUR: AND LESS TIME* *at least we think we do
33. Trends & templates FIVE:
34. What..can..we..do about..this? HERE’S SOME OF MY IDEAS…
35. Embrace REAL WORLD ELEMENTS
36. Strategize AND ASK MORE QUESTIONS
37. Look..deeper STUDY YOUR SUBJECT
38. Step away FROM THE COMPUTER
39. Take..up..a hobby
40. Stop abusing STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
41. Stop abusing STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY WE ALL KNOW SHE DOESN’T WORK THERE… WE ALL KNOW SHE DOESN’T WORK THERE…
42. Break..free FROM THE GRID SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA A LITTLE
43. Lern..& experiment W/NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNIQUES
44. Think..bigger than..pixels THE FUTURE IS SCREEN & SCREENLESS
45. Collaborate..& listen STOP,
46. Collaborate..& listen STOP,
47. So.. back..to this
48. Better..already...
51. What..lovely..placeholder..text..you’ve..got..there...
52. For..pretty…
54. Carry..out..some..design..elements throughout
55. And so on..and so forth...
56. Questions ? ? ? Any @TAPPS @TAPPS @THEREALTAPPS IAMTAPPS.COM CORNERMARKET.MEDIA THESE SLIDES CAN BE FOUND AT SPEAKERDECK.COM/TAPPS Or..things to add?