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An interview with Andy Budd
This is an interview with Andy Budd, a user experience designer and partner at Clearleft. He runs the dConstruct and UX London conferences, created the Silverback usability testing application and wrote the book, CSS Mastery.
Q. Can you tell me about Clear:Left, the company you are the Managing Director for and what you do for them?
A. Clearleft are a little like an architecture company for the web. As well as designing how the site will look, we also work out the strategy, plan where everything is going to go and how each interaction is going to work. We do this though site maps, wireframes and prototypes, the blueprints and scale models of our profession.
We’re basically user centred designers so we build products that focus on the needs of the user. This may seem obvious but so few companies actually do this. Instead they build their sites based on what they think people want, or according to their own personal preferences and biases.
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An interview with Jonathan Snook.
8th Feb, 2009. By SahilThis is an interview with Andy Budd, a user experience designer and partner at Clearleft. He runs the dConstruct and UX London conferences, created the Silverback usability testing application and wrote the book, CSS Mastery.
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Interview with Cindy Chong, freelance designer.
8th Feb, 2009. By SahilWith over 6 years' experience in Website design, Cindy Chong decided to leave the corporate environment and become a freelance designer in May this year, starting her own business as 72dpi pixelartist. What made her choose this path? How has she managed her business? Who are her clients? How is her time and personal life managed? Cindy tells us all this and more...
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6th Feb, 2009. By SahilHe’s one of those designers who live and breathe letterforms, whose hand-lettered titles and brand names look as if they’ve always been there. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Mark Simonson worked as an art director and lettering artist for many years before being able to fulfill a lifelong dream: to become a full-time type designer. Having started out in the pen-and-ink, cut-and-paste era, he has made the transition to digital design with flying colors. Meet Mark Simonson, a contemporary craftsman.
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