Design for Developers • Stephanie Stimac & Sophie Freiermuth

GOTO - Today, Tomorrow and the Future

This interview was recorded for the GOTO Book Club.
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Read the full transcription of the interview here

Stephanie Stimac - Author of "Design for Developers" and Design & UX Consultant
Sophie Freiermuth - UX & Service Design, Manager, Strategist, Designer, Trainer, Coach, CSPO
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Stephanie
seaotta.dev
@seaotta
linkedin.com/in/stephaniestimac
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Sophie
@wickedgeekie
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linkedin.com/in/sophiefrei
github.com/wickedgeekie

DESCRIPTION
Design for Developers reveals essential design and UX principles every web developer needs to know. You’ll love the book’s developer-centric approach, which demonstrates new ideas with examples from popular sites and user interfaces. Discover insightful techniques for user research, and learn to use color, typography, and layout to create communicative web visuals. By the time you’re done reading, you’ll know it’s true: having good design sense will make you a better web developer!
In Design for Developers you will learn how to:
• Use color, typography, and layout to create hierarchy on a web page
• Apply color palettes consistently in a user interface
• Choose the correct typefaces and fonts
• Conduct user research to validate design decisions
• Quickly plan a website’s layout and structure
* Book description: © Manning
The interview is based on the book "Design for Developers"
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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. The story behind the book (00:01:27)

3. What is design? (00:04:12)

4. Smart design for devs, by devs (00:09:12)

5. Design skills for building products (00:15:24)

6. A sequel to “Design for Developers” (00:22:03)

7. Making colors accessible (00:24:13)

8. Handling “I don’t like that color” feedback (00:27:27)

9. Hands-on design (00:36:59)

10. Leave a door open to grow (00:40:12)

11. Outro (00:45:46)