“Technical knowledge aside, what makes for a good Web designer?”
What makes a good Web designer? Web design isn’t just about making things look good or the technical aspect of them. Becoming a good Web designer requires you to think a little deeper and look at things a little different from most to be able tell the stories your clients want to tell through design. Perception, how you perceive the world, yourself and the people around you is a huge factor in your design. The author of the article “Design Isn’t Just About Pixels” explains how stepping out of box created life experiences that changed their perception. Real life experiences build stronger ideas. Experiencing new and different things will have you thinking deeper with a more open mind to the world and the people around you than you had been before. Being a good designer comes down to each new out look you can have to drive your design to the next level.
Asking the right questions, according to the article “Why You Need to Ask More Creative Questions” the right questions can lead to more creative insight. The author says that directing your thinking in a way that requires an answer will expand your problem solving solutions. Asking questions like “what if?” Can open up the mind to explore. The right questions like, “What if?”, lets your imagination open so you may be more creative. The last article “Jump from Graphic to Web Design in Seven Easy Steps” points out that to be a good Web designer we need to get past our fears of the “tech aspect” and to get our of our own way. Web design is about learning to effectively collaborate with multiple disciplines to tell the stories for your clients through design.
Aside from the technical knowledge, what makes a good Web designer is life experiences, and how they make you view the world around you differently. Asking the right questions, getting your mind to open and expand to come up with solutions. Lastly getting out of your own way and facing your fears.
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