[IxDA Discuss] What's your Personality Type? (Related to: Now Hiring Leonardo DaVinci?)

[cheryl kimble]

great. then i'm not crazy...


>Yes, over the years I have experienced more challenges in 
>communicating with rationals in general. I've found collaboration to 
>be virtually non-existent with rationals as well. Collaboration to 
>the rationals I've worked with seems to be "you do your stuff, I'll
>do mine and we'll integrate it in the end".

i'm a photographer too. i've thought a lot about this, why ia/id 
folks tend to come from art/photo, and i think it has to do with the 
formal structure of art. formal structure in art has quite a bit to 
do with how the elements are composed (canvas, print, etc...) and so 
does a webpage, application, etc...

in western cultures we tend to be, and think the rest of the world as 
well, reads and views visual elements from top to bottom, left to 
right. of course this isn't true, but our view of an americanized 
world insists that they do and also that they conform to our ways of 
seeing and experiencing.

it also has to do with the conceptual nature of the industry. more 
and more ia/id is required to "create" an interface that doesn't 
conform to current conventions. conceptual thinkers are much more 
suited to this type of work since they can create something from 
nothing. and artists are most certainly conceptual.

ck


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>Side note: I've noticed many photography majors from college (15-20 
>yrs ago) are now UI designers and/or IA people. This has always been 
>a curiosity for me. Photography was very technical (chemicals, light, 
>apertures, etc) but also very creative (self-expression, 
>communication, etc). I find interaction design to also be a balance 
>of technical (specifications, functional requirements, etc) and
>creative (emotional quality, etc).