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

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June 22, 2017

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

Presented at WordCamp Kent, 2017

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June 22, 2017
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  1. DESIGN IS DEAD
    Long live..design!
    (WHY DOES EVERY WEBSITE LOOK THE SAME?)

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  2. Hi, i’m @tapps
    PARTNER, DIRECTOR OF UX + CREATIVE
    CORNERMARKET.MEDIA

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  3. Does this look familiar?

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  4. Does this look familiar?

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  5. Does this look familiar?

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  6. Does this look familiar?

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  7. Does this look familiar?

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  8. Does this look familiar?

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  9. It..wasn’t..always this way

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  10. It..used to be..worse

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  11. It..used to be..worse

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  12. It..used to be..worse

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  13. It..used to be..worse

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  14. It..used to be..worse

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  15. It..used to be..worse
    BUT… WAS IT REALLY?

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  16. Websites looked different

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  17. Websites looked different

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  18. Websites looked different

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  19. Websites looked different

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  20. Websites looked different

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  21. Websites looked different

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  22. Websites looked different

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  23. Websites looked different

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  24. Websites looked different

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  25. Websites looked different

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  26. Websites looked different

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  27. Websites looked different

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  28. So how’d we..get..here?

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  29. Frameworks
    ONE:

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  30. Web 2.0
    hangover
    TWO:
    (AKA “FLAT DESIGN”)

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  31. More
    devices
    THREE:

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  32. More
    distractions
    FOUR:
    AND LESS TIME*
    *at least we think we do

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  33. Trends &
    templates
    FIVE:

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  34. What..can..we..do about..this?
    HERE’S SOME OF MY IDEAS…

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  35. Embrace
    REAL WORLD
    ELEMENTS

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  36. Strategize
    AND ASK MORE
    QUESTIONS

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  37. Look..deeper
    STUDY YOUR
    SUBJECT

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  38. Step away
    FROM THE COMPUTER

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  39. Take..up..a
    hobby

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  40. Stop abusing
    STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

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  41. Stop abusing
    STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY
    WE ALL KNOW SHE DOESN’T WORK THERE…
    WE ALL KNOW SHE DOESN’T WORK THERE…

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  42. Break..free
    FROM THE GRID
    SOMETIMES YOU GOTTA
    A LITTLE

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  43. Lern..& experiment
    W/NEW TECHNOLOGIES
    AND TECHNIQUES

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  44. Think..bigger
    than..pixels
    THE FUTURE IS
    SCREEN & SCREENLESS

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  45. Collaborate..& listen
    STOP,

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  46. Collaborate..& listen
    STOP,

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  47. So.. back..to this

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  48. Better..already...

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  51. What..lovely..placeholder..text..you’ve..got..there...

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  52. For..pretty…

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  54. Carry..out..some..design..elements throughout

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  55. And so on..and so forth...

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  56. Questions ?
    ? ?
    Any
    @TAPPS
    @TAPPS
    @THEREALTAPPS
    IAMTAPPS.COM
    CORNERMARKET.MEDIA
    THESE SLIDES CAN BE FOUND AT
    SPEAKERDECK.COM/TAPPS
    Or..things to add?

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