How I Designed Code Year in 1 Hour

As a designer, this is why I love working with startups. You can go from idea to actual live site in a few days only.<p>Paradoxically, it was a lot of fun working on such a short timeline: it basically took all the pressure off and made sure I couldn't second-guess myself.

Title should actually be "How I <i>Re</i>-designed Code Year in 1 Hour".

Great writeup, and helpful for people like me. I often know exactly what message I want to deliver and the visual hierarchy I want, but coming up with a nice layout is harder. So the break down is good to see.<p>It was pretty shocking to see the McCurry Afghan girl photo as an icon placeholder though. That's probably one of the top 5 news photos of all time, and I'm not alone in having a strong emotional reaction to it?<p>Maybe Cookie Monster as a placeholder instead? <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=cookie+monster&#38;hl=en&#38;safe=off&#38;client=safari&#38;rls=en&#38;prmd=imvns&#38;tbm=isch&#38;tbo=u&#38;source=univ&#38;sa=X&#38;ei=fWsDT6jfMoKXiALS17zTCw&#38;ved=0CEYQsAQ&#38;biw=1440&#38;bih=995" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/search?q=cookie+monster&#38;hl=en&#38;...</a>

If the most valuable web design tip I learn this year is that this site exists: <a href="http://subtlepatterns.com/" rel="nofollow">http://subtlepatterns.com/</a><p>...Then it will have been a decent year

This was a <i>fantastic</i> step by step guide for people who have absolutely no design sense, like me. Thank you!

If you want to work with Codecademy too, we're hiring ;)<p><a href="http://codecademy.com/jobs" rel="nofollow">http://codecademy.com/jobs</a> or jobs(at)codecademy(dot)com<p>thanks!

It's interesting to see the iterative thought process of a designer as they go through and make changes. I wonder if it'd be a good way to learn design. How about Design Year? :P

Gorgeous design, nice work. Your call to action, the big red "Start learning!", is well done and placed effectively. I like it.

I must be missing something, where's the CSS discussion? Isn't that what takes up most of the time?

Has Code Year started yet?