Visual Design Essentials for Non-Designers
What You’ll Learn
- Be able to explain why design is important
- Understand the rules of good design
- Avoid common mistakes in web typography
- Conduct a design critique with your team
Expert: Dan Rubin
To learn the essentials of visual design, you need a good instructor. That’s where Dan Rubin comes in. He’s one of the web’s rising stars, responsible for many great web site designs. Moreover, he’s a great teacher. He’s got a fun, easy way for anyone to learn the nuts and bolts of graphic presentation.
Dan is a highly accomplished user interface designer and usability consultant, with over ten years of experience as a leader in the fields of web standards and usability, specifically focusing on the use of (X)HTML and CSS to streamline development and improve accessibility.
His passion for all things creative and artistic isn't a solely selfish endeavor either. You'll frequently find him waxing educational about a cappella jazz and barbershop harmony, interface design, usability, web standards, typography, and graphic design in general.