Are storytelling tropes relevant to web design?

by Dakota Sexton | at Minnebar spring 2020 (canceled)

Well, of course. And with a little humor and creativity, this discussion is intended to help broaden the vocabulary used to talk about design and animation. Expect a brief breakdown of several storytelling tropes and techniques, what makes each one relevant to web design, and a proposal for how to replace ambiguous industry phrases (like “surprise and delight”) with meaningful discussion of the narrative goals for creative digital work.

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Dakota Sexton

Dakota (they/them) is a designer and creative technologist, a front-end engineer at White House Custom Colour, and a former writer and editor for publications that include Monkeybicycle, The Way We Sleep, American Craft, Yoga International, and Paper Darts.

Find them online at tinykitelab.com or twitter @tinykitelab