Free, exclusive webinars from Adobe and AIGA continue!
Because of the popularity of the first Breakthroughs events, we are returning with another six-part series, this one with emphasis on designing for mobile. Developed jointly by Adobe and AIGA, this series will explore the ways that today’s studios are creating innovative, multi-platform experiences as well as the tools they are using to achieve them. Learn new techniques and methodologies that will ensure success when adding mobile to your design repertoire.
These members-only webinars pair visionary designers with Adobe experts that will help lead you to your next design breakthrough. Moderated by educator and interaction designer Callie Neylan, these mobile-focused sessions will address best practices and zero in on fresh ideas for using new technology and platforms to exceed client expectations.
Upcoming webinars
AIGA members, register now to attend these free, live events:
| Upcoming live sessions |
Design Research: Getting to Know Your Users
Featuring Shiloh Barnat of Lokion Interactive and Adobe expert Sharma Hendel
Wednesday, June 20 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern/9:00 a.m. Pacific
Successful screen-based experiences ensure that a user’s experience is relevant; relevant in terms of time, place and behavior. But how do designers determine what is relevant? How can they discover what their users want and need? Enter design research.
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Recordings of previous presentations and wrap-up articles are available to learn more about each topic. While archives are available to the public, only AIGA members can participate in the live presentations. (Not yet a member? Join today.)
| Archived sessions |
Resources |
Typography for the Web
Featuring Tim Brown, type manager for Adobe Typekit
Until recently, typography for the web was limited to a handful of overused screen-display fonts, but new font services are giving web designers the freedom to choose their typefaces and control their appearance without sacrificing web standards. In this webinar, moderator Callie Neylan will lead a discussion with Tim Brown, type manager for Typekit, about this “golden age” for web typography and how emerging technologies are improving web design. |
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Read the recap: Typography for the Web
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Designing with the Power of Data
Featuring Angela Shen-Hsieh, CEO and founder of GroupVisual.io, and Jared Waxman, Adobe Systems
We live in the information age, where we are continually inundated with increasing amounts of data. Data, however, is almost unintelligible in its raw form. Combined with principles of visual communication design, data can come alive. Well-presented data has the ability to speak to us, inform us and change our behavior. Data visualization requires tools of visual language and literacy, which designers have in abundance. In this webinar, we'll learn how designers are making the invisible visible, and how pairing data and design can help businesses be more effective. |
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Read the recap: Design Plus Data = Power |
Reinventing the Magazine Experience for the Digital Era
Featuring Lindsay Powell (National Geographic) and Colin Fleming (Adobe)
There’s clearly a design revolution afoot. Publications are taking a
hard look at how they can stay relevant today with information consumed
via multiple formats: magazines, books, tablets, smartphones, e-books.
Print isn’t dead, but it is changing dramatically. And the argument now
isn’t so much about where content should live; it’s that content should
live everywhere. This session will give real proof points of how
digital technologies can be used to extend the reach and relevance of
traditional print publications. |
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Read the recap: Reinventing the Magazine Experience |
Responsive Web Design: Design Once, Display Everywhere?
Featuring Dan Mall (Big Spaceship) and Scott Fegette (Adobe)
Designing websites is getting more and more complex, from design considerations to technical and functional approaches. It used to be we only had a
couple of platforms and a few browsers to consider. Now there are a
multitude of devices, screen sizes, platforms, browsers and gestural
interfaces to think about when designing for the web. Even the concept
of the web itself is changing in this age of the Cloud and networked
objects. |
Watch the presentation.
Read the recap: Responsive Web Design |
Devices Everywhere: Smartphones and Tablets and Consoles (Oh, My!)
Featuring Michael Surtees (Gesture Theory) and Ethan Eismann (Adobe)
Mobile phones and tablet devices are fast becoming our primary way of accessing information. Understanding the trends around these devices—who’s buying them and what are they being used for—is important for ensuring you design the right experience for your client. |
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Read the recap: Designing For Devices |
Inspiration +
Technology = Breakthroughs
Featuring Rob Girling (Artefact) and Kiyomasa Toma (Adobe)
Technology is changing the way we create, consume and share information. It is disrupting traditional communication, distribution and business models, while simultaneously creating new ones. What are the technology trends that are driving this change? What will be the role of the designer during this period of change? How should designers adapt and thrive? |
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Read the recap: The First of Many Breakthroughs |
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