Professionalism is more than knowing the latest HTML5 elements by heart — you are a vital link in the design process. And with this great power comes great responsibility.
More and more, front-enders are expected to work well with others: managers, marketeers, designers and/or backenders (plus of course other front end-professionals). Your work is going to change, whether you want it to or not.
The slides were all based on the great tradition of (graphic) design. I paid tribute to:
- International Typographic Style
- Bauhaus
- De Stijl
- Modernism
- Pop art
- Jan Tschichold
- David Carson
- Dick Bruna
- Alvin Lustig
- Jamie Reid
- Milton Glaser
- Jonathan Ive
- Harry Beck
- Jacqueline Casey
- Saul Bass
- Gert Dumbar
- Paul Rand
- Wim Crouwel