Piccia Neri

Colour is an essential design element. When we design for the web, we’re sometimes conditioned in our colour choices by the colour palette of the brand we’re building the site for. However, usability and accessibility must be the first consideration in our choice of colours and their application.

This talk starts from basic colour psychology and theory, and gives practical guidance on how to approach and use colour on the web for better accessibility and UX.

Many clients come to us thinking that design is just about making things pretty in a website. And as such, it’s a luxury that can be taken out of the overall investment.
On the contrary!
This talk will show you how using the 5 stages of the Design Thinking process in a new website build will guarantee great results in terms of UX as well as marketing. This solution-based approach makes sure that you start building a website knowing exactly what the target audience needs are, and how to meet them. What’s even better is that knowing the basics of the Design Thinking methodology will also give you a rock-solid framework to solve any problem. The Design Thinking approach can make all the difference between a website that converts, and one that gathers cyber dust.

22 June 2018, TYPO3 Developer Days Conference
This talk shows how the application of simple principles of Gestalt psychology can greatly enhance the design of WordPress websites. Most of us probably use some of those principles intuitively already. However, consciously adopting a Gestalt-driven approach helps us hugely towards creating a more meaningful, efficient and improved experience of our websites for our end users. And by the way: it's not necessary to be an expert to use these principles. The talk covers a selection of the Gestalt principles that have a real, practical role in the designing of web pages. Examples of real-world applications will be provided.

Colour is an essential design element. When we design for the web, we’re sometimes conditioned in our colour choices by the colour palette of the brand we’re building the site for. However, usability and accessibility must be the first consideration in our choice of colours and their application.

This talk starts from basic colour psychology and theory, and gives practical guidance on how to approach and use colour on the web for better accessibility and UX.

Colour is an essential design element. When we design for the web, we’re sometimes conditioned in our colour choices by the colour palette of the brand we’re building the site for. However, usability and accessibility must be the first consideration in our choice of colours and their application. This talk gives practical guidance on how to approach and use colour in your web designs, with a few touch points on colour psychology and theory.

Talk on Gestalt theory applied to web design, for WordPress Valencia meetup.

30-minute with 15 minutes Q&A at WordCamp Madrid, 21 April 2018. This version of the talk is in Spanish. The talk shows how the application of simple principles of Gestalt psychology can greatly enhance the design of WordPress websites. Most of us probably use some of those principles intuitively already. However, consciously adopting a Gestalt-driven approach helps us hugely towards creating a more meaningful, efficient and improved experience of our websites for our end users. And by the way: it’s not necessary to be an expert to use these principles. The talk covers a selection of the Gestalt principles that have a real, practical role in the designing of web pages. Plenty of examples of real-world applications are provided.

Panel talk for Birds Eye View Film Festival
Every filmmaker knows they have to engage with social media early on to ‘build an audience’ – but that isn’t the only route to success. Film marketing expert Debbie Rowland (Curzon/Artificial Eye, Twentieth Century Fox, Icon) leads this panel discussion about how to release specialised films and what assets are needed to execute a perfect campaign – including what makes a great movie poster.
panel

Deborah Rowland | Entertainment Marketing and Film Distribution Expert

Piccia Neri | Designer

Andy Green | Account Manager at Organic PR

Tanya Laird | Consultant and Digital Entrepreneur

Paid residency at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia, April 2011. I taught a workshop on film poster design to 2nd-year graphic design students. During the course of the residency, I also gave faculty-wide talks on my practice as a designer.

WordPress community talk on how to extend the use and possibilities of a page builder by adding a custom post types tool. Geeky but very useful for the community of professionals!