Smashing Conference – Workshops

Wednesday 19th November, 2012 from 9am – 5pm

"Zum Roten Bär" and "Historisches Kaufhaus" in Freiburg, Germany

We are delighted to present three fantastic workshops. The number of participants for each workshop is limited. So don't waste time and be quick to get a seat. The full day workshop includes catering, soft drinks and snacks.

All workshops are bring-your-own-laptop workshops. We are not providing computers for the workshops.

Please also note, that the ticket for the workshops does not include access to the two conference days. If you also want to be part of two conference days, make sure to get a conference ticket at our conference registration page.

Interface Design Bootcamp

with Aarron Walter

Whether you are designing a web app or a website, following best practices and standard design methodologies will help ensure your interfaces are usable and engaging. In this workshop we'll explore the design process in detail including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design. Through real world examples you'll see how an idea can evolve into an interface.

What you'll learn in this hands-on, practical workshop

- The processes behind brilliant Interface Design
- Improved wireframing and prototyping techniques
- Skills applicable to web app or website design

What hardware/software do you need?

No technology required though a laptop or iPad might be helpful at times. This is a workshop for people of all skill levels. There will be no programming. We'll be talking about design methods and ideas.

Fashionably flexible responsive web design

with Andy Clarke

Responsive design has made designing flexible websites fashionable again, but there’’s more to being fashionably flexible than technology or using CSS3 media queries.

So this unique workshop — hosted by Andy Clarke (http://www.stuffandnonsense.co.uk), designer, author and speaker — puts the design back into responsive design. Andy will teach you how to design from the ‘content out’, instead of from the ‘canvas in’.

He’ll demonstrate how to separate design from layout and if you work with designs made in Photoshop, he’ll show how to deconstruct a design into its components (colour, texture and typography) before reassembling it for a fluid continuum of devices from, mobile phones to desktops and everything in between.

- Adapt layouts for smartphones, tablets and more
- Make decisions about navigation, content modules and layout
- Optimise typography for different screens

What hardware/software do you need?

All attendees will receive the full slide deck and example files before the workshop. Else you only need your brain and enthusiasm!

SMACSS: Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS

with Jonathan Snook

The SMACSS Workshop is a full day of instruction and exercises on writing HTML and CSS using a flexible and modular approach that will improve team efficiency and minimize problems with growing projects. It takes the e-book and brings it to life with practical examples and in-depth discussion.

What prerequisite skills do you need?

You don't need to have played with the latest and greatest CSS3 and you don't need to know what a vendor prefix is. You will, however, need to know a selector from a property and have a general understanding of CSS-based layouts.

What hardware/software do you need?

- Bring your own laptop (Mac or Windows) with your favourite text editor

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