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Speaking as someone who doesn't design much anymore, I think the key here is: There was one key difference between me and many of the other designers t

Speaking as someone who doesn't design much anymore, I think the key here is: There was one key difference between me and many of the other designers that gave me an edge: I knew how to work with developers. Being able to work with developers and being able to understand how their end of the process works will ultimately lead to much better design and UX (assuming you're working on web/mobile). There are too many designers that keep designing for web/mobile as if it were print and it bothers the hell out of me. EDIT: Formatting.

yogo 13y ago
Yes, super annoying. Fixed width is one thing but fixed width and height (easy way to see that a designer comes from print) is absurd.
- reeses 13y ago
  I love flexible designers who come from print who have adapted to web/mobile/etc.. Getting PSDs with intelligent layout and absolute color references, offsets, etc. are a dream compared to sloppy html, css, and canned javascript that so many 'designers' deliver without validating on anything but the browser they use on a daily basis.
film42 13y ago
I've dealt with many people who say they're 'technical' and 'work with programmers' only to have them say, "Hmm.. let's change this module to this side, and then add this functionality." not knowing those small changes will cost several days of work: static changes, backend peeps changing the api, circling through people trying to get things done. It can be a real issue. The best designers I've ever worked with would dive into the code with me and ask questions. On one particular iOS project, a designer would actually make custom views after showing him the basics.. it really helped me, and I can tell he learned a ton about approaching developers/ making sure a design is truly done before implementation. In other words, I totally agree with you, but it's up to a programmer to decide if the designer fits, not the other way around.
- lucisferre 13y ago
  Pretty sure it goes both ways.

yogo 13y ago

Yes, super annoying. Fixed width is one thing but fixed width and height (easy way to see that a designer comes from print) is absurd.

reeses 13y ago
I love flexible designers who come from print who have adapted to web/mobile/etc.. Getting PSDs with intelligent layout and absolute color references, offsets, etc. are a dream compared to sloppy html, css, and canned javascript that so many 'designers' deliver without validating on anything but the browser they use on a daily basis.

film42 13y ago

I've dealt with many people who say they're 'technical' and 'work with programmers' only to have them say, "Hmm.. let's change this module to this side, and then add this functionality." not knowing those small changes will cost several days of work: static changes, backend peeps changing the api, circling through people trying to get things done. It can be a real issue. The best designers I've ever worked with would dive into the code with me and ask questions. On one particular iOS project, a designer would actually make custom views after showing him the basics.. it really helped me, and I can tell he learned a ton about approaching developers/ making sure a design is truly done before implementation. In other words, I totally agree with you, but it's up to a programmer to decide if the designer fits, not the other way around.

lucisferre 13y ago
Pretty sure it goes both ways.