Becoming a Victim of the Tools You Use

css, design, Photoshop, process, responsive design, software, tools

Dave:

A danger I am constantly battling is becoming too tied to my tools. By tools, I mean the things I use to get work done. It could be Photoshop, CSS, a CMS, pen, paper, anything I use to do my job. Why is this so dangerous? Aren’t tools there to make our lives easier? Well, they are, but we often lock in out toolset too early on projects and it ends up hurting our product in the long run.

Posted 01/31/2012 - 12:49

Going from Design to Cut-up Involves Switching Mental Gears

css, Photoshop, User Interface Design

Laura:

Being a user-interface designer involves two jobs: designing a comp and then turning this design into code (or as we say here at Phase2, "doing a cut-up.")

Both involve creativity and precision, but while there is some overlap, at a certain point I take off my designer hat to put on my cutter-up hat. It involves a clear switch of mental gears.

Posted 03/30/2009 - 17:59