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Evolution of your Design

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Iteration & YouDesigning Adaptable WebsitesDaniel Burka – Digg Creative Director – Pownce Co-founder

Your design sucksTrust me, you can do better

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Are you in or out?in-house vs contract design

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Read this bookStewart Brand - How Buildings Learn

High roadarchitecture

High roadwebsite

Low roadarchitecture

Look what you can do!Build yourself a castle in no time!

Low roadWebsite

Establish a visual languageAvoid the Tower of Babel

Example from Pownce

Mezzoblue(thanks Dave!!)

Mozilla Digg

Desire pathsDon’t try to predict everything

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Adapt to ScaleIt’s a great problem to have

Subtraction is iteration tooTry to remove as much as you add

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Realign, don’t RedesignCameron Moll is clever

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I want to shoot them in the face”

Stuart Butterfield, Flickr

“Every time I hear a designer say the word

innovation I reach for my revolver....

March, 2008

Make time for iterationDon’t overbook yourself on new stuff

Credit: Jeremy Keith

Don’t hesitate to release

But don’t panic!Listen and learn carefully before reacting

Low road is much easier to adapt

Realign, don’t redesign

Create a visual language and iterate it

You can’t predict all eventualities

Remove as much as you add

Don’t be reactionary

Make time to iterate