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1890-1941 El Lissitzky was born in Russia as Lazar Markovich Lissitzky —you can call him El— and lived life to the full. He became accomplished and influential in painting, architecture, photography and graphic design. Most of his work uses geometric shapes and a strong grid. Often with a limited colour palette, asymmetry, diagonals and sans […]
Day 1: Rachel Andrew: When using CSS grid @support is your friend. Alla Kholmatova: The right design system for you is where you are able to manage the downsides effectively. Michael Riethmuller: A media query does a hard change of a setting at that point. This causes stress points to the design just before and […]
A brief summary of the Patterns Day in Brighton Laura Elizabeth: Design systems are hard, that’s why they are only useful to create if the need exceeds the effort. Ellen De Vries: The story is what holds everything together. Sarah Heidani: When adding a new pattern variation to your CSS, ask yourself if that is […]
How do I best describe the type of web design I do to someone who is a complete novice when it comes to websites? Most people are familiar with using a website, but making one is a different matter all together. For many people the “making a website” part is a dark art. I also […]
Adaptive Web Design Crafting Rich Experiences with Progressive Enhancement – a (very good) book by Aaron Gustafson I learned to code and build websites years ago, but every now and then it’s good to take stock and read a book about it. One such book that is a very good read is Adaptive Web Design […]
Last week I finished teaching the HTML/CSS for Beginners course from Code First: Girls at Loughborough University. It was my first ever stint of teaching. Teaching is hard, teaching code is even harder. That said, it’s been a great experience, and one I would like to do again. If only to get better and iron […]