SXSW Design Workshop
If you're interested in design for the web, you'll want to claim your interactive badge early on Friday and book it to Ballroom E for three consecutive talks on the subject. →
Beauty in Web Design
Great web design is all around us, but can we go beyond ‘cool’, ‘usable’ & ‘fun’ to create something truly beautiful? This session examines our changing attitudes to beauty, art and meaning, and why the web is ideally suited to become a vehicle for true beauty in the Information Age.
Get Stoked on Web Typography
Typography can make or break a design, but are there really differences between what makes jaw-dropping type offline from what makes great type online? In this presentation, Samantha will evaluate interesting offline lettering and discuss how you can translate those principles and leverage CSS3, @font-face, and new font-as-service web apps to create engaging online typographic experiences.
Simple Steps to Great Web Design
Creating beautiful web design is largely a matter of mastering a handful of simple techniques. The best designs employ systems of color, contrast, typography, and white space to achieve hierarchy, balance, and rhythm. The rest is just ingenuity and creativity. Matthew will review dozens of great and nearly-great sites, sharing how to raise the bar on your next design.