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PRINT TO WEB 101

The web is a medium that changes constantly, which can be daunting to designers who want to try their hand at making websites. Hear from designers who have seen it all — whether in print, digital design or both. You’ll come away (jargon free) with the basic theories and practices behind designing for the web.

Kevin Barnett – Intro to the web
Kevin Barnett is a technical web designer based in New York. He currently leads the front-end development for New York Media, crafting and enhancing the user experience for NYMag.com, MenuPages.com and GrubStreet.com. Previously, he worked for MLB Advanced Media building out a vast inventory of high-traffic, media-intensive websites including MLB.com, MiLB.com and MLSNet.com

Bek Hodgson – The nature of the medium
Rebekah Hodgson is a graphic designer in Brooklyn, New York. With a background steeped in both print and interaction design, she has led design teams at Blurb, Etsy, Parachutes and more. Bek also consults for a number of innovative businesses and organizations and is on faculty at the School of Visual Arts MFA in Interaction Design.

Mandy Brown – Report from the field
Mandy Brown started as a copywriter and layout designer at W. W. Norton & Company in 2000. After designing countless catalogs and brochures, she moved on to become Creative Director for Norton’s college books. Around 2006, her focus at Norton shifted from print to the web, and in 2009 she successfully relaunched Norton’s website. She also writes about books and the reading experience at A Working Library.

Nicholas Felton – Print to web
Nicholas Felton spends much of his time thinking about data, charts and our daily routines. He is the author of several personal annual reports that collate countless measurements into a rich collection of graphs and maps reflecting the year’s activities. He is the co-founder of Daytum.com, a site for counting and communicating daily data, and regular designer of information graphics for numerous publications. His work has been profiled in publications including the Wall Street Journal, Wired and Creative Review.