February 13, 2019 — How design trends shape the future of digital design and how to distinguish those that are simply a ‘flash in the pan’ and those that can serious benefit, mould and inspire future thinking.

January 5, 2019 — You’ve designed a beautiful website. Every detail is perfect; every angle considered. But does Google like it? If you can’t get the website to rank, your gorgeous design is never going to be seen or used. We’ll cover five of the most common design practices that could be tanking your SEO.

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January 12, 2016 — What grabs you as you scroll through Facebook, Twitter, or other social media outlets? What causes you to stop and give a site a second glance? Images. Visual communication methods are more and more important as a hook to get people to listen to your message. By looking around, you can see there are various trends that have been occurring in the web world related to what types of imagery is more popular than others. People do judge a book by its cover. You want your cover to be attractive!

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September 17, 2015 — What does the current WordPress design landscape look like? What are popular and upcoming design trends to look out for? We’ll take a look at the current WordPress design ecosystem and explore how it’s projected to change in the next year.

Prerequisites:
An interest in design! The talk is open to people of all levels of experience, but it’s going to be less of a lecture and more of a show-and-tell. It won’t teach you how to design, but it will give you a lot of examples of modern design built on and for WordPress and some of the really cool things WordPress can do.

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July 29, 2015 — What does the current WordPress design landscape look like? What are popular and upcoming design trends to look out for? We take a look at the current WordPress design ecosystem and explore how it’s projected to change in the next year.

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