[IxDA Discuss] Are interaction designers an elite class?

[thedude thedude]

>The reason is we create new stuff out of nothing. Creativity is a central 
>part of our jobs, not simply necessary to do the job well (as it is for 
>lawyers, doctors, etc. in the rest of the Creative Class.

In depends on consideration what creativity is and what purpose it serves, 
the same gows for "elite". I never had much consideration for authority, 
only for the merit of intellectual work (what I consider to be 
"intellectual"). As long as it serves some common sense purpose, or 
contributes to that I think it's worth for me to listen.

I think it's save to say there is so much to be done in our field. I agree 
with Dan that we create stuff out of nothing (if you would exclude our vivid 
minds). Our field is still not the place to rely on routine descisions. But 
I would like to refrain from comments about other jobs such as lawyers, 
docters, etc. At least there is too some creativity and ingenuity involved.

If a group of minds targeted on the now and the future of how people 
interact with technology would cover the definition of "elite ", I would be 
happy to be included. If it would mean: "people who are authorities and can 
sit on their lazy asses to say how other people should think" than I would 
consider me not part of the elite, speaking for myself I would happily be a 
dreamer.

It not all in words, it's in what people decide what they contribute so 
their existence serves a purpose. And I think most people here are practical 
enough to see we are not the wrong kind of elite, at worst we are a bunch of 
dreamers.


The context:
>>If being an user experience designer makes me part of an elitist
>>group than I want off and should change careers ;)

>The original question here, if I'm not wrong (I'm restating), is whether or 
>not interaction designers fall into the category that Richard Florida calls 
>the "Creative Class." The answer IMHO is emphatically yes, in what Florida 
>deems the "Super-Creative Core." (Along with writers, artists, architects, 
>performers, other types of designers.)

>Florida said in an interview with Tom Peters, "I call the designers, 
>architects, and culturally creative people the "super-creative core." "

>http://www.creativeclass.org/_flight_article_tompeters051605.shtml

>The reason is we create new stuff out of nothing. Creativity is a central 
>part of our jobs, not simply necessary to do the job well (as it is for 
>lawyers, doctors, etc. in the rest of the Creative Class.

>Dan

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