[IxDA Discuss] design by committee??

[David (Heller) Malouf]

> Now, enough has been said about when and how data can be
> leveraged.  My
> point is that in my context at least, Data turns out to be ::the::
> primary means I have of improving people's confidence in my proposals.
> "Design" is not well understood in my context ( a thread I
> don't want to
> start right now), and any proposals that rest on "design" as a metric
> have no mutually understandable framework.

Hi Leo,

I've been at the engineering world.
I think the long term mission (if you choose to take it) is to evangelize
design for design's sake.
I'm sure using data will be a HUGE part of that evangelism.
I also think bringing people into your process outside of the #'s gathering
will go a long way towards that evangelism and towards the end of design by
committee. I think that long term, constantly having to fall back on data is
a double-edged sword for designers. *Sometimes* the right design goes
against the data. Leaps of faith is what makes design really exciting and
break to the next level.

-- dave