Instructor: Aliyah Marr, Author & Speaker

Duration: 25:43 minutes

Added December 2008

Aliyah Marr presents an overview of the various ways in which a website can engage the user. She likens web design to driving a stick shift, with the five gears corresponding to levels of intricacy and depth in a website's visual environment. Examining each "gear" individually, Aliyah finds fun examples at all levels that are sure to surprise and inspire.

About Aliyah Marr

Author of a groundbreaking book on creative development named Parallel Mind, The Art of Creativity, Aliyah Marr is a multimedia artist, graphic designer, and educator. She has explored painting, design, artistic gymnastics, sculpture, music, ice skating, dance, poetry, prose, and improvisational humor. As a visual artist, she works in a variety of mediums from painting and sculpture through to interactive art and video art.

A graphic designer with a stellar client list of Fortune 100 companies, the author is also a business and marketing mentor for startup companies and entrepreneurs. As an educator, she has taught graphic design, art, interactive programming, and new media at three top design schools in New York City.

www.parallelmindbook.com (book)
www.linkedin.com/in/aliyahmarr (author/artist)
www.radi8.org (art)
www.freshasylum.com (design)