The document discusses fundamental design principles from a Christian perspective. It references biblical stories and concepts like the Tabernacle to illustrate principles of design such as structure, dimensions, symbols and their meanings. Design elements from nature like triangles, arches, honeycombs and fractals are also examined. The document advocates for thoughtful, well-executed design that solves problems and prevents them.
29. Our craft is becoming a commodity
and people in charge don't care
about the quality of the markup, CSS
or how nice our JavaScript is. What
matters is how fast you can get it to
market, how many people it reaches
and how cheaply it can be built.
– Christian Heilmann
http://thinkvitamin.com/dev/web-development-is-moving-on-are-you/
30. Luddites were a social
movement of British textile
artisans in the early nineteenth
century who protested, often by
destroying mechanized looms,
against the changes produced
by the Industrial Revolution,
which they felt were leaving
them without work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite
31. I’m convinced the people railing
against CSS frameworks are just
trying to drum up false job security.
– Jeff Croft
http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2007/nov/17/whats-not-love-about-css-frameworks/
32. There’s a somewhat disturbing thing
going on with people advocating a
rebirth of table based web design.
Why? Probably because CSS
layouts are “hard.”
– Marco van Hylckama Vlieg
http://i-marco.nl/weblog/archive/2009/02/18/the_death_of_web_development_a
43. In Lives of the Artists, Giorgio
Vasari relates that when the
Pope sent a messenger to
Giotto di Bondone, asking
him to send a drawing to
demonstrate his skill, Giotto
drew, in red paint, a circle
so perfect that it seemed as
though it was drawn using a
compass and instructed the
messenger to give it to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giotto_di_Bondone
56. How do you eat an elephant?
http://flickr.com/photos/flametree/145019107/
57. (one bite at a time)
lion
lion lion
lion
lion
lion
http://flickr.com/photos/24027284@N08/2277860703/
58. SELF-MANAGED TEAM – GREEK MYRMIDONS
Μυρμιδόνες = elite + fearless + took initiative
http://imdb.com/title/tt0332452/
59. Comfort and prosperity have
never enriched the world as
much as adversity has.
– Rev. Billy Graham
http://billygraham.org/mediaRelations/photographs.asp
61. My brother Wesley acted wisely –
the souls that were awakened under
his ministry he joined in class [study
groups], and thus preserved the
fruits of his labor. This I neglected,
and my people are a rope of sand.
– George Whitefield
62. “SCRUM WALL” at FELLOWSHIP TECH
http://flickr.com/photos/34694527@N06/3221379926/
63. If I had eight hours to chop
down a tree, I'd spend six
hours sharpening my axe.
– Abraham Lincoln
http://flickr.com/photos/bigberto/2764464101/
64. Make everything as
simple as possible,
but not simpler.
– Albert Einstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein
67. Once the pedestrian
begins walking, there
is no safety indicator.
When you’re halfway
across the road, you
have no idea whether
or not it is safe.
– Jeremy Keith
http://adactio.com/journal/1154/
68. Documentation
is no substitute
for good design
http://adactio.com/journal/1154/
70. Let choirs sing well or not at all.
Otherwise we merely confirm the majority
in their conviction that the world of
business, which does with such efficiency
so much that never really needed doing, is
the real, the adult, and the practical world;
and that all this culture and religion (horrid
words both) are essentially marginal,
amateurish, and rather effeminate activities.
C.S. Lewis
73. Those who code XHTML + CSS as
well as they design will always
have an edge over those who only
design... You’re able to foresee
potential layout and coding issues
while the comp is still in Photoshop
or Fireworks or even Illustrator.
– Cameron Moll
http://cameronmoll.com/archives/000036.html
74. The artisan is not dead!
Modern-day craftsmen are in high demand.
31three.com SquaredEye.com
76. Design is Anticipatory
• Don’t wait for problems. Solve ahead of time.
• Know your audience, adapt your workflow.
• Communicate function via aesthetic form.
• Learn to convey more, by saying less.
• Don’t lose sight of the primary focus.
77. That’s all. Keep in touch!
twitter.com/nathansmith
slideshare.net/nathansmith
http://flickr.com/photos/mrjoro/89187454/