Design & development collaboration

These days we use the word ‘Design’ as relating to only the ‘visual appearance’ of a website. It is common thinking and practice that companies run their business separating the design (visual appearance) from the development (functionality). Although in this world of interactive web design functionality is just as crucial in the creative process.

In this world of interactive web design functionality is just as crucial in the creative process.

If you want to have control and further explore how your website is going to respond, it is in your best interest (and also you clients best interest) to include development earlier in the process. You will create a better product and also cut down on wasted time on changes later in the project.

Awwwards' website showcases these such sites. You can have a site that looks pretty but unless it works well it doesn’t rate on their radar. There selection process includes; DESIGN, USABILITY, CREATIVITY, CONTENT.

Here are some example sites:

 

The reason for these websites looking fantastic and running smoothly is undoubtabley down to the collaboration of design, development, UX and production.

Whos responsibility to do this?

Everyones!

You should be having meetings with the client and internally throughout the project process if you want the design outcome I've outlined above.