I am a Web Designer
Wednesday, 10 October 2007
Yesterday I went to the Scottish Webteams forum and realised for the first time I am now a web designer. I have never felt comfortable calling myself this as I am not a graphic designer and while I do have some artistic abilities I never felt they measure up to the mighty title.
However, it is slowly dawning on me the designer part has little to do with graphic design. Being a designer is about understanding a process that produces a quality product.
For web design the graphic elements are a small but important part of this process. To produce a great website you have to take in areas such as user experience, information architecture, front-end development (XHTML/CSS), accessibility, and the list goes on.
So today, Wednesday 10th October, I declare I am a Web Designer. I can design and produce a quality website.
I still have loads to learn but then I'm sure even Jeffrey Zeldman feels like that at times.
Labels: thoughts, web design
Yesterday I went to the Scottish Webteams forum and realised for the first time I am now a web designer. I have never felt comfortable calling myself this as I am not a graphic designer and while I do have some artistic abilities I never felt they measure up to the mighty title.
However, it is slowly dawning on me the designer part has little to do with graphic design. Being a designer is about understanding a process that produces a quality product.
For web design the graphic elements are a small but important part of this process. To produce a great website you have to take in areas such as user experience, information architecture, front-end development (XHTML/CSS), accessibility, and the list goes on.
So today, Wednesday 10th October, I declare I am a Web Designer. I can design and produce a quality website.
I still have loads to learn but then I'm sure even Jeffrey Zeldman feels like that at times.
Labels: thoughts, web design
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