Stop Designing like the World is Flat: Introducing Component Driven Design

Presenter: Caryn Eaton, Drupal Designer and Developer, Kanopi Studios

One of the hottest topics in Drupal circles this past year is the concept of Component Driven Design to streamline front-end development and theming. While atomic design principles are not new to the design community, the introduction of twig in D8 provides those of us designing for Drupal a unique platform to integrate tools like Pattern Lab and KSSNode to break free of a world constrained by flat PSDs. Awesome right? Now what?

This is where the work really begins. Moving an organization away from static designs means a fundamental shift in the internal process for both your team and clients alike. It’s a good and needed change for the better! In the world of responsive design, we all know that a flat PSD is unable to adequately set client expectation and provide unambiguous design targets to developers in our non-pixel perfect world. After all, when you design a website, you are designing an entire ecosystem, not just a singular page.

Key concepts:

1. What are the benefits of component driven design?

2. What does the toolset look like?

3. Where does this fit into the workflow on a typical web project?

4. What are the design deliverables (style-guide versus page) and how to manage client expectations?

Sponsors: Kanopi Studios (https://www.kanopistudios.com/) and Amazee Labs (https://www.amazeelabs.com/en)

New to the ADUG and curious about attending or attended before and need a nudge to come back? Well, this is your nudge. Come! Seasonal milk & cookies will be provided.

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When: Doors open at 7, presentation starts at 7:30.
Come early for networking and refreshments.

Where: Amazee Labs 3108 N Lamar Blvd #100, Austin, TX 78705

Parking: Free lot parking is available at the building.