[IxDA Discuss] "non-object" (What magazines do we like)

[Michael Tuminello]

I think DIY magazines like Make and Tape Op (audio focused) are very 
much what the future of design is about.  The cost of production is 
going into the ground and really making it possible for designers to see 
products much further along the development timeline, rather than having 
to hand things off to the business folk.

Take this trend combined with designers finding their way into 
programming via the web, development languages getting to be higher 
level (drag and drop rather than text), and chips getting stuck into 
everything, plus the web as a distribution mechanism for new DIY 
products, and it's really a pretty exciting time to be a designer, 
particularly if you have any technical inclinations (and that part will 
be less important as time goes on).

check out a site like sparkfun.com, where you can pay $24.95 for a board 
to talk to your Nike+ ipod product... you can get touch sensors like the 
ones used in drum trigger pads for $4!

Michael


David Malouf wrote:
> On 4/10/07, Chris Bernard <Chris.Bernard at microsoft.com> wrote:
>> It begs the question though. What journals and publications do like? Is it Interactions?
>> Should GAIN be sold at Borders? What do others think?
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> Good question Chris,
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> I have not found a design magazine that I like, that I would pay for.
> I read Wired, BusinessWeek (online and off), and Fast Company to have
> a toe or two in the "real world" so I'm not so insulated. I chose BW
> and FC as business resources b/c they actually cover "design"
> usefully. Wired is just fun. The blogsphere is my real domain of
> useful content around design, but it is easy to become insular since
> blogs turn into circles of connections all referencing each other. I
> try hard to branch out from time to time, but its hard as like I said
> the connections are circular. Even if you think you are branching out,
> it often turns back on itself and re-connects at some point. I.e.
> Armano's "Logic + Emotion" is not linked into BusinessWeek. It's good
> that they find each other, but once they start influencing each other,
> it reduces the value in reading both sometimes (this one isn't the
> best example).
> 
> Anyway, good question. I'm curious if anyone has found a design zine
> worth buying.
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> -- dave
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