This is an author's talk about "Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills," delivered at South by Southwest Interactive festival on Friday, March 11th, 2011.
3. Photoshop Flash Axure
Illustrator Catalyst MS Office
InDesign Blend XML
HTML5 Processing Objective C
CSS3 Visio Java
Javascript Omnigraffle …?
a quick survey of job ads
4. Photoshop Flash Axure
Illustrator Catalyst MS Office
InDesign Blend XML
HTML5 Processing Objective C
CSS3 Visio Java
Javascript Omnigraffle …?
typography UI design
grid systems user research
information prototyping
architecture usability testing
a quick survey of job ads
5. Photoshop Flash Axure
Illustrator Catalyst MS Office
InDesign Blend XML
d’oh.
HTML5 Processing Objective C
CSS3 Visio Java
Javascript Omnigraffle …?
typography UI design
grid systems user research
information prototyping
architecture usability testing
a quick survey of job ads
8. “…I prefer to have the
cool as the topping for
a carefully planned design.”
—Wendy Quesinberry, Principal & Creative Director,
Quesinberry and Associates
01 02 03 04 ideation & planning
9. “Technology and tools
should not get in the way
of your ideas. The second
this happens, you’re screwed.”
—David Conrad, Studio Manager, Design Commission
01 02 03 04 sketching ideas
10. “Sharing your thoughts
isn’t a risk, it’s an asset…
It just doesn’t feel like work
when you’re doing it right.”
—Duane King, Principal, BBDK and founder
of Thinking for a Living
01 02 03 04 active collaboration
11. “There is nothing like the
impossible and the unfair
to stretch your talents.”
—Scott Berkun, author of The Myths of Innovation
and Making Things Happen
01 02 03 04 resilience
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FINAL
CLEAN
SKETCHES
REFINED VISUAL
WIRE- DESIGN EVALUATE
FRAMES THINKING
DETERMINE ROUGH
APP WIRE- EVALUATE
CONTENT FRAMES
BRAIN-
STORM EVALUATE
BIG IDEAS
timeboxing