This workshop will introduce the professional practice, language, and methodology of design for the web. The goal of the workshop to provide a solid basis for a journalist working with a web design team.
In the course of this workshop, we will be introducing and discussing both the technical structures of web design as well as the independent disciplines within the field. You will produce a project that combines your journalistic process with one of the disciplines of web design, which will be presented and discussed on the last day of the workshop.
Regular office hours are schedules for Tuesdays and Thursday while the workshop in in session. Cafe hours can be scheduled on an individual bases as needed.
Web Design Workshop Office Hours
Esri Portland R&D Center
309 SW 6th Ave, 6th Floor
Tuesday, Thursday in May
3pm – 5pm
Classes will be 9-3 on Saturdays in May, with a one hour break for lunch. There will be no class on May 23rd.
The below articles from A List Apart are a small sampler on the language, scope, and approaches of contemporary web design and how it got there. They should give an overview, or at least a frame of reference, of the ground to be covered in the workshop without a large amount of technical jargon. Exploring A List Apart further is highly encouraged.
- Breaking Stuff by Laura Kalbag
- Our Enclosed Space by Rachel Andrew
- Responsive Comping by Matt Griffin
- A Case for Responsive Resumes by Andrew Hoffman
- To Hell With bad Browsers by Jeffrey Zeldman
- Introduction of Technical Aspects
- Disciplines within Web Design
- Introduction to GitHub
Identify examples of world-class web design outside of the field of journalism. Identify examples of awful, truly terrible web design as well. Be prepared to discuss these examples, and how at least one of the disciplines of design is evident in your selections. Register a GitHub account, and post your work there.
- Discussion of sites located by students
- Generate ideas for individual projects.
Complete your project laid out in todays workshop. Be prepared to present and have a discussion about your project. Purchase tequila shots and drink them.
- Present and Review the Projects
- Final discussion about the relationship between Journalism and Web Design.