Introduction to Web Design — Week 4, Waistedeep

In Spring of 2011, I taught an 8 week introductory course to web design at Brookline Adult and Community Education. This is the presentation deck from week 4 of the course.

1. introduction to WEB DESIGN brookline adult and community education SPRING 2012 taught by lou suSi
2. a list of online web design resources [: just in case :] week 3.5 rescue no drowning on me, okay?
3. let’s build a page including week 4 waistdeep design a quick visual comprehensive set up the page using photoshop to measure and do layout creating a few styles of text linking it all together
4. let’s take a look at the homework
5. just some simple sketchwork
6. let’s talk about process
7. start with paper and a pencil
8. sketch, sketch, sketch
9. show your sketches to people talk to them about the sketches take notes and sketch while you talk
10. sketch, sketch, sketch again
11. then you can open photoshop
12. make some digital sketches
13. show your digtial sketches to people talk to them about the digital sketches take notes and sketch while you talk
14. do some research along the way
15. rinse, repeat
16. when you get to a digital design that ‘feels right’ and tells the story you’d like to convey
17. now you can ‘code it up’
19. and now ...
20. this week’s simple challenge
22. let’s redesign this site
23. here’s what i have to work from
24. this image of Chris
25. this image of Chris and these few documents
26. so what kind of site can we make for Chris tonight?