10 things I hate about you.

The difficult relationship between coders and designers.

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1. 10 things I hate about you. The difficult relationship between coders and designers.
4. I hate you. because you only speak jargon because you've sent me a chaotic PSD because you didn't use a font scale because I can’t read this file type because you question my choices because your requirements give me a hard time because you don’t understand the core of the product because you just say “it can’t be done” because you don’t understand what I say because you feel free to make changes to my work
5. Why?
6. Clash of cultures
7. The Web was born for text
8. The first web page
9. The webmaster
10. Graphic professionals
11. Mistrust
12. The result is just bad teamwork
13. The result is just bad teamwork • bad quality of product • long times • more costs • bad quality of life
14. Teamwork requirements
15. Teamwork requirements • Trust • Commitment • Accountability
16. Everyone is accountable in the success of a project.
17. Form and substance require each other
18. Designers and developers are more similar than they think. • creative • analytical • pattern • continuous improvement • excellence
19. It’s not hard to understand how our counterpart works
20. If you develop software, you have to learn how a design comes to life
21. If you design for software, you have to know how your ideas are turned into code
22. Why?
23. What’s the purpose?
24. Don’t be afraid to explain your aesthetic choices
25. Don’t be afraid to explain your technical choices
26. Work together since the first project meeting
27. Get to know people you have to work with
28. Find a common jargon
29. Share technical and aesthetical constraints.
30. Share your requirements and your workflow • describe how you work • discuss formats • discuss grid • discuss fonts • discuss images resolutions • …
31. Keep the communication alive during the project
32. Don’t be afraid to express your ideas about the work of your counterpart
33. Respect the agreements
34. If you’re not sure if something will work for our counterpart, just ask.
35. Communicate.
36. Listen.
37. Explain.
38. Find common solutions.
39. Thank you. ὑ (I hate the way I don’t hate you) @jimmy2k @welaika Federico Parodi