Here is my (slightly less unhinged than I expected) musings on the current state of designing for the web.
Generally, I think we lost something when we stopped calling people web designers and forced people to pick a side.
https://heather-buchel.com/blog/2023/10/why-your-web-design-sucks/
@hbuchel This is *exactly* my experience! I could write a whole essay on it haha.
Started as a web designer in the early 2000s and watched as over the years that role split into two.
And since it split I've struggled to figure out where exactly I belong. I'm not a real designer because I code but I'm not a real developer because I design?
It's at the point now where it's rare to find a job for someone who can do both. The number of times I've been called a "unicorn"... 🙃
@hbuchel Also so many times in my career I've been handed a design to build by a "proper designer" and thought "wow. This person has no idea how to design for the web."
It's almost equal to the number of times I've felt bad about my *own* design for "not being good enough" because I've designed it to work on web and be accessible but I'm "not a proper designer" so it doesn't feel as good.
It's silly. I don't want to pick a side. Just let me do both and don't make me feel bad about it. 😂
Heather Buchel
Shib Willoughby