Val Head
Web animation consultant | Author of multiple books on motion design
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Val Head is a designer and web animation consultant who specializes in motion design for digital interfaces. She has established herself as an authority on bringing animation to the web through both her consulting work and educational resources.
Val Head has authored multiple publications on the subject, including The Pocket Guide to CSS Animations and Designing Interface Animations. Beyond her books, she shares her expertise through various channels - curating the UI Animation Newsletter, hosting the All The Right Moves screencast series, and co-hosting the Motion and Meaning podcast.
Her work focuses on helping designers and developers create more engaging and effective user experiences through thoughtful animation. She has presented at industry events including Beyond Tellerrand Düsseldorf in both 2016 and 2018, where she has delivered talks on designing meaningful animation and motion for the web.
What Val Talks About
Designing meaningful animation for digital products
Creating motion design for web interfaces
CSS animations and implementation techniques
Interface animation principles and best practices
Building engaging user experiences through motion design
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Designing Meaningful Animation
Motion design has become a necessary skill for designing and building the modern web. Covers animation principles like timing, offsets, and secondary action applied to interface design, with focus on motion-specific principles for animated interactions.
Creating Your Own Design Career Path
Creating Your Own Design Career Path
Animation, Your Design System, and You!
Making Motion Inclusive
Adobe MAX
Making Motion Inclusive
Making Motion Inclusive
Purpose and Style: Using Motion with Meaning in Interfaces
Putting Your Brand in Motion
Adobe MAX Los Angeles
Designing With Motion
Making Motion Inclusive
An Event Apart
Designing Motion for the Web
Adobe MAX Los Angeles
Designing More Expressive Products (with Motion and Sound)
Choose Your (Web) Animation Adventure
HOW Design Live
Modern Workflows: Aiming for Faster and Better Without Burning Out
WebExpo Prague
UX in Motion
Choose Your (Web) Animation Adventure
Choose Your Animation Adventure
Designing More Expressive Products (with Motion and Sound)
Design Matters
Motion in Design Systems: Animation, Style Guides, and the Design Process
Choosing Your Animation Adventure
Choose Your Animation Adventure
Designing Meaningful Animation
Designing Meaningful Animation
Designing Meaningful Animation
Designing Meaningful Animation
Motion Prototyping Essentials
Designing Meaningful Animation
Putting Your UI in Motion with CSS
Motion Design with CSS
In Control Conference
Web Designer / Motion Designer
Designing Animation Awesomeness
Designing Animation Awesomeness
What events has Val spoken at?
51 events · 59 appearances · 2014 to 2024
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Jeremy KeithClearleft co-founder | Web standards advocate, author of Resilient Web Design
Brad FrostCreator of Atomic Design | Design systems pioneer transforming how teams build interfacesJCJosh ClarkDesigner, AuthorIs this you?
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Who has Val shared a stage with?
4 speakers who appeared at the same event editions as Val
| Speaker | Shared events | Where they appeared together |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremy KeithClearleft co-founder | Web standards advocate, author of Resilient Web Design | 8 | An Event Apart 2018, An Event Apart Chicago 2019, An Event Apart San Francisco 2019View shared history → |
| Brad FrostCreator of Atomic Design | Design systems pioneer transforming how teams build interfaces | 3 | An Event Apart 2018, Artifact Conference 2014, In Control Conference 2014View shared history → |
| Josh ClarkDesigner, Author | 2 | An Event Apart 2018, Artifact Conference 2014View shared history → |
| Trent WaltonDesigner, Developer | 2 | An Event Apart 2018, Artifact Conference 2014View shared history → |
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Jeremy Keith
Clearleft co-founder | Web standards advocate, author of Resilient Web Design
Both at An Event Apart 2018, An Event Apart San Francisco 2019