A designer by definition is one who is responsible for, well.., designing. It is the designer who comes up with solutions to a design problem. A designer tackles design problems with artistic intuition, creative process and career specific knowledge that other members of the organization may lack. Continue reading “You suck at design. Deal with it.”
So you wanna be a Web Designer
Many, many years ago, a web designer was someone who came up with somewhat believable Photoshop renderings of what a webpage could look like. Sometime later a web designer was expected to know some HTML along with pretty good Photoshop skills. A few years later, a web designer had to have some javascript knowledge, have good HTML skills, Photoshop knowledge along with decent discipline in aesthetics. Next, a web designer became someone who knows about CSS, DHTML, XHTML, XML, XSL, JSON and AJAX along with number of scripting frameworks.
Today, a typical web designer is most likely armed with most if not all of the skills mentioned above. Also, a web designer must possess a working knowledge of various web languages and a pretty good understanding of the programming language in general not to mention the knowledge of databases. Otherwise, it’s difficult to earn any respect or work with other web professionals. In another words, a web designers is a serious jack-of-all-trades. Prepare to be overwhelmed.