Ever noticed how all websites kinda look alike these days? Yeah, let's talk about that. Presented at Render Conf 2017.

1. @sarahsemark triggersandsparks.com/talks/likeness

8. why why why

11. blastfrom the past

14. tables
…inside tables
…inside tables
…inside tables

23. rescue!
CSS to the

27. look good
the web starts to

28. look good
the web starts to
(sort of)

36. whereare we now?

41. It’s easy
to build a website
that looks good…

42. great
…but it’s hard
to build a website
that looks

43. designer developer
continuum

44. this is me!
designer developer
continuum

45. constraintsare holding us back

47. current tastes are
important

52. but they are also
fickle

55. UI conventions are
not a trend

56. be an ally to
accessibility

57. design is about
communication

58. are you trying to say?
what

59. don’t be a
sheep
Baa.

60. okay then,let’s get real.

61. textureisn’t the enemy

65. GET
typography
creativeWITH

66. not very
businessy

70. breakout of the box

77. makes things more interesting
movement

80. beyond
look

94. “Literature
should not disappear up its own…
Vonnegut (paraphrased a smidge)

96. experiment!
go forth and

97. thank
you
@sarahsemark triggersandsparks.com/talks/likeness

98. • Geocities screenshots: oneterabyteofkilobyteage.tumblr.com
• internet archives: waybackmachine.org
• artist by my name is mud from the Noun Project
• sheep by gira Park from the Noun Project
• packaging design from lovelypackage.com
• lettering work by Tobias Saul, tobiassaul.de
• fashion editorials by Annie Leibovitz for Vogue US
• film titles via artofthetitle.com
• interiors by Gypsy Yaya via apartmenttherapy.com
• museum photos by Ben Askins and mendhak via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0
• Romeo & Juliet and Othello covers by Manuja Waldia for Penguin
• Bloomberg Business Week layouts by Braulio Amado