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Is WordPress Killing Web Design

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Dan Oliver .net magazine
Description Is WordPress killing web design? Leading creatives from the world of web design debate whether CMS tools have made designers lazy, and created a new set of design conventions that designers feel obliged to follow.
Questions
Answered
  1. What is the problem with designing with a CMS?
  2. Are designers becoming too reliant on CMS themes?
  3. Do these tools widen the gap between graphic designer and web designer?
  4. What have the major effects of WordPress et al. been on web design?
  5. Have CMS tools such as WordPress made web design homogenous?
  6. What can be done to inject new life into web design?
  7. Who is to blame for this trend?
  8. As designers, what can we do to improve things?
  9. How does our panel stay creative?
  10. Is there actually a problem? (Could open this up to the floor)
Level Intermediate
Category Accessibility / Web Standards, Design Thinking, Interface Design, User Experience, Visual Design