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
Val Head at Front Conference Zurich 2023
Animation, Your Design System, and You!
Val Head at An Event Apart Denver 2022
Val Head at An Event Apart San Francisco 2022
Making Motion Inclusive
Val Head at Adobe MAX 2021
Val Head at Web Directions Code Remote 2020
Val Head at An Event Apart Online Together 2020
Making Motion Inclusive
Making Motion Inclusive
Val Head at Intersection Conference Milan 2019
Val Head at An Event Apart DC 2019
Purpose and Style: Using Motion with Meaning in Interfaces
Val Head at An Event Apart Chicago 2019
Putting Your Brand in Motion
Val Head at Adobe MAX Los Angeles 2019
Designing With Motion
Val Head at An Event Apart San Francisco 2019
Val Head at Finch Front End Edinburgh 2019
Making Motion Inclusive
Val Head at An Event Apart 2018
Designing Motion for the Web
Val Head at Adobe MAX Los Angeles 2018
Designing More Expressive Products (with Motion and Sound)
Val Head at Design Observer Conference 2018
Choose Your (Web) Animation Adventure
Val Head at HOW Design Live 2018
Val Head at FrontEnd NE Newcastle 2018
Modern Workflows: Aiming for Faster and Better Without Burning Out
Val Head at WebExpo Prague 2018
UX in Motion
Choose Your (Web) Animation Adventure
Choose Your Animation Adventure
Val Head at Awwwards New York 2018
Val Head at An Event Apart Chicago 2018
Val Head at UX Week San Francisco 2018
Val Head at An Event Apart Boston 2018
Designing More Expressive Products (with Motion and Sound)
Val Head at Design Matters Copenhagen 2018
Val Head at Design Matters 2018
Val Head at Awwwards San Francisco 2018
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
Val Head at In Control Conference 2014
Web Designer / Motion Designer
Designing Animation Awesomeness
Designing Animation Awesomeness
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Who has Val shared a stage with?
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
Brad Frost
Creator of Atomic Design | Design systems pioneer transforming how teams build interfaces
Both at An Event Apart 2018, Artifact Conference 2014