Why it is better for a designer to know code (and vice versa)
18th May 2014I was an engineer before becoming designer and for a long time I hated writing code, but now I feel so lucky because I finally understand that a designer and a coder can live safely in the same soul, and this stuff is very important as never before.
You (Designer) have ever listened something like this from your developer:
Why did you do this block of 18px instead of 20px?
or (Developer) by your designer:
Why is this text aligned to the left? I made it justified.
I think a lot of working issues when we deal on a web project because, overall, designers think that a great part of developers are weird and, similarly, developers think that designers are dreamers that play with colors and shapes, although luckily there are some exceptions.
Designers are afraid of Html as developers are afraid of Photoshop.
What could happen if we will discover some basics of each world?
In the times were the media is fluid and anything could change in a second, is important to maintain an open flexible mind and to satisfy our curiosity.
Designers could know what is possible to do in web (almost anything now) and developers could understand more deeply what we are coding, but more widely, known more about other fields, like user experience and user interface, make us a better freelancer.
As a designer when I work with a developer I tend to collaborate with someone that know the basic of design and, when I can, I tend to do both, design and develop because I’m sure that the final result fits perfectly with the design process.
All the posts
Taking snapshots of life
21st Apr 2024Berlin through a lens
5th Mar 2024On digital relationships
3rd Feb 2024A pathway to a raw and timely creation (and being)
21st Oct 2023Pragmatism VS Loose conversations in a remote work life
13th Feb 2021On diversity
24th Jul 2019What's reality?
5th Jul 2019What design thinking can teach politics
26th Sep 2017Now more than ever European Union must get together, starting from the language
11th Nov 2016My framework for everyday problems
15th Apr 2016Remote working: a long time relationship
16th Jun 2014Why it is better for a designer to know code (and vice versa)
18th May 2014