Jeff Bridgforth :: Webcraftsman

Important Skills for a Designer

May 2, 2008

Design (Web)

Yes­ter­day I read an arti­cle by John Dilsworth on NorthTem­ple. The arti­cle came about as John con­sid­ered the ques­tion, “what is the one skill that can make the most pos­i­tive impact in your pro­fes­sion?” John breaks down the work that design­ers are called to do into 3 categories

• under­stand­ing
• iden­ti­fy­ing
• craft­ing

He goes on to talk about the work that must be done under those cat­e­gories and then lists some skills a designer must have and sharpen to be suc­cess­ful in that work. He also lists some spe­cific skills that a Web site designer or inter­ac­tion designer must have. It is a good list to check and deter­mine where growth needs to occur.

Thanks to Cameron Moll’s Pre­mium link­age for bring­ing this arti­cle to my attention.