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=A Case Study=

facilitated by the Design Action Collective Team

==3rd I Film Festival==
* Needed to build the festival site so it could launch, before going through the design of the organization site (the two would eventually merge, in a sense)
* During the time of the festival, the site utilizes festival specific template/content

==Electric Embers==
* Being able to articulately detail the discrepancies between the design and the resulting live coded site/tool
* Creating a common language between designer and developer

==Discussions==
* Are Wireframes a useful tool?
** Wireframing guides the design
** It's a good tool to share ideas between designer and developer
** WordPress/Live wireframing
* Challenges/successes in collaborating Wireframe through design through development
** Designers who come from a very strong print background starting to design for web
** Project where you are not involved in architecture/design until its time to commit to code (time consuming, frustrating)
** Clients who aren’t interested in the discovery process under the false assumption that not engaging in one will save them money
** It's up to us to be clear to the client about what we can and cannot do
** How to communicate feelings about the design without hurting feelings
** Mismatch between goals of client and the resulting design
** Clients, us designers and devs are interpreting solutions for you, negative feedback is just as useful as positive feedback
* Communication is key