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By: liam

liam — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:10:09 +0000

Good stuff Ryan, I think you’re spot on on so many points. You’re work is simply beautiful, you really do produce some lovely work.

On the point about my coding :) I actually can code, and sometimes I do. But Typically I let my developer Spencer handle it as well as the Wordpress Development. As much as it is an important skill I really don’t find it enjoyable, and while there will be times where I will have to do it there’s no harm in giving it to someone who is a lot better than me at it, and enjoys it more than I do :)

Also in some cases (Like when I needed David & Marc to work on a project for me) I’d rather let the developers handle the HTML & CSS as well as the Wordpress Development, to me it just seems logical. And it frees me up for more design work.

But I’d definitely agree that you need to know how to code, even if like me you don’t choose to do it all the time, and it definitely helps you understand the limits and possibilities of what you are designing.

Anyway enough about me :P I see your website is down as you are re-doing it, excellent look forward to seeing it!

By: Aaron Irizarry

Aaron Irizarry — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:30:29 +0000

Ryan,
Nice interview man congrats! Always enjoying our chats on skype.

~ Aaron I

By: Ryan Downie

Ryan Downie — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:35:08 +0000

@Luis thanks for the kind words, glad that you liked it.

@Tom I was aiming more at website designers. I might have gone slightly the wrong way but to be classed as a website designer in my opinion (there are exceptions like Liam) you have to be able to do the front end coding. You know more about what is possible (jquery and progressive enhancement) that you will miss or underestimate if you don’t code.

@David Didn’t know that but Liam is good enough to make money out of not coding. Something I would do personally as it decreases profit on a website for me.

By: Luis Lopez

Luis Lopez — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:57:34 +0000

Great interview, this kind of designers teach more to me that the teacher i had in Design school.

Thanks

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:42:52 +0000

So you’re a designer and a front-end developer. Designers don’t have to code. If they can, then that is great. Otherwise they design and hand it to a coder. The McDonalds analogy is way, way off.

Still, nice interview.

By: David Perel

David Perel — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:37:53 +0000

@Ryan – As far as I know, Liam does the design and then gets other companies to convert it to CSS/HTML and WP (he has used us before).

By: Martin Newham

Martin Newham — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:50:39 +0000

Nice interview..

By: Blue Blots

Blue Blots — Tue, 26 May 2009 04:42:17 +0000

Nice interview adelle :)thanks for for some tips ryan :)

By: Ryan Downie

Ryan Downie — Mon, 25 May 2009 18:07:49 +0000

@Steven not a problem, thanks for the thumbs up.

@David Yes Liam is a awesome designer, I didn’t know he didn’t code tho. Regarding Elliot, it was more of encouraging words and some feedback that he provided on some of my first designs. He is a truly nice guy.

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By: David Perel

David Perel — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:41:36 +0000

Nice interview Ryan, I am interested to read about the influence Elliot Jay Stocks had on your development as a designer.

I also agree with your description of a web designer, although someone like Liam Mckay is an exception to that rule.

Cool stuff.