Brian Graves

Mission-driven organizations face a number of unique challenges when it comes to building digital products. Finding cost-effective ways to launch new services, having the ability to iterate quickly, providing non-resource intensive access to remote and underserved communities, and creating the most accessible and secure experiences possible, just to name a few. Composable Architecture can bring a whole new set of capabilities to an organization’s digital stack by providing the means and the way… Show more

Mission-driven organizations face a number of unique challenges when it comes to building digital products. Finding cost-effective ways to launch new services, having the ability to iterate quickly, providing non-resource intensive access to remote and underserved communities, and creating the most accessible and secure experiences possible, just to name a few. Composable Architecture can bring a whole new set of capabilities to an organization’s digital stack by providing the means and the way to do all of the above and more, but is it right for your mission-driven organization? Let’s take a deeper look. Show less

CSS4 may only be in the working draft stage, but that doesn't mean we can't begin to use some of it's capabilities in our current designs.

Variables, color manipulation, custom media queries, and custom selectors are just a few of the powerful new features that can be utilized to take our CSS to the next level.

This talk will take a look at the benefits of using postprocessers to write powerful, bleeding-edge CSS and have it work in today's browsers.

Websites are no longer made up of static pages. Between the varying device sizes we have to tackle and design systems that are becoming ever more complex, they simply don’t hold up to the challenges we’re faced with on the web today. We’ll join Brian Graves and Ryan Heap from DEG to take a look at using a combination of Style Tiles and Atomic Design to create design systems that can take content all of the places it needs to go and keep it looking great, extendable and user friendly along the… Show more

Websites are no longer made up of static pages. Between the varying device sizes we have to tackle and design systems that are becoming ever more complex, they simply don’t hold up to the challenges we’re faced with on the web today. We’ll join Brian Graves and Ryan Heap from DEG to take a look at using a combination of Style Tiles and Atomic Design to create design systems that can take content all of the places it needs to go and keep it looking great, extendable and user friendly along the way. Show less

HTML email has the reputation of being a particularly tough design medium. Buggy email clients stripping out your CSS or the suspicious image that one-to-many emails not seldomly partake of, i.e. building compelling emails is quite a challenge for designers. With opening rates on mobile growing tremendously, things don’t get any easier either. If you haven’t ventured on the task yet or want to improve your existing email design skills, then this book offers the practical advice you need… Show more

HTML email has the reputation of being a particularly tough design medium. Buggy email clients stripping out your CSS or the suspicious image that one-to-many emails not seldomly partake of, i.e. building compelling emails is quite a challenge for designers. With opening rates on mobile growing tremendously, things don’t get any easier either. If you haven’t ventured on the task yet or want to improve your existing email design skills, then this book offers the practical advice you need, whether you want to share your stories in a newsletter or aim at committing to email to market your product. Show less

Interview on Workspiration about tools, inspiration and work environment.

Whether you’re in a Fortune 500 company or part a two-person team launching your first web app, email is one of the most important tools for reaching your customer base. But with the ever-growing number of emails to send, getting them all out the door can seem a little overwhelming. By putting in place a solid email design workflow, you’ll be able to regularly ship engaging and mobile-friendly emails with ease.