How the current initiatives have opened the doors for a better design process for Drupal 8. While our modules become more abstract and empowers more users, we will need new ways of tackling complex interface issues.
We will tackle the following topics :
Designing Drupal 8
Embracing design chaos
Untouched interfaces such as Fields UI, Installation profiles
Learn how to theme a site from scratch within about half an hour using the painter module in conjunction with the joker theme - no coding.
Start out with a theme design, cut up the image elements using joker, including logo, page header, footer, blocks, buttons and navigation. Theme page title, primary and secondary links as well as primary and secondary tabs with the painter.
Ever walk up to a door and pull on the handle, only to discover the door is push-only? Do you really know how to operate your clock-radio? Doors may be pretty, clocks may look cool, but when we have to actually use them, the measure of their design changes.
Same with websites. A website may be pretty at first blush, but can you find what you're looking for? Can you do what you want to do? Can you even figure out what you're supposed to do?
For too long the Drupal community has lamented the lack of high-quality themes that are freely available. But the solution to this problem is much simpler than we’ve ever thought. We need learn how to communicate with the Design community and make Drupal dance!
[ Edit: Given the state of the miscommunication between Designers and Developers just before Drupalcon Paris, I’ve re-written the first half of my presentation to talk about the improperly-named “Designer vs. Developer” problem. ]
