[IxDA Discuss] Old guard vs new guard designers

[Katie Albers]

--- Mark Schraad <mschraad at mac.com> wrote:

> Katie,
> 
> I would shift slightly to get at a crucial truism.
> Visual thinking, is a non-negotiable requirement,
> primarily because most design (as it currently
> exists) is delevered as a visual thing. Most people
> at large see "design" as a visual discipline. 
> 
> Mark

This is exactly what I've been trying to get at. I do
not believe that Interaction Design *must* be
delivered as a visual artifact and what has me on
edge, here, is precisely that people see "design" as a
visual discipline and I do not think that is accurate
within the field of Interaction Design. 

Perhaps we can consider visual thinking as the
qualitative equivalent of the measure-based thinking
of the other aspects of Interactive Design. I
understand that idea...but it's inaccurate to position
the supremacy of quality over quantity as solely the
province of visual thinking.

I don't believe that it's necessary to allow people to
continue to consider design as primarily a visual
field as your message implies. I think that deprives
our clients of some of our most critical and important
work, is a fast route to disenfranchising those who
come at Interaction Design from a different discipline
and risks discouraging the entry of a generation of
Interaction Designers who do not have a background in
"visual thinking".

Katie
> 
>  
> On Tuesday, May 08, 2007, at 04:24PM, "Katie Albers"
> <katie_albers at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I'm think I must have been unclear in my post. I am
> >not arguing that a clear understanding of the
> elements
> >and aspects of visual design is extraneous or
> >unnecessary to being a successful interaction
> >designer. Far from it. But these are not
> *sufficient*
> >aspects, nor do I believe that it is *necessary* to
> >have mastered the field of visual design to the
> point
> >that one could be a successful visual designer.
> >
> >The point I'm trying to make here is that I see IxD
> as
> >a nexus of a wide variety of disciplines. Very few
> of
> >us have mastered -- through any means -- more than
> a
> >few of them. To ask more leads us to the "Must be
> >Leonardo daVinci" job description.
> >
> >My issue is that whenever we stop asking for
> >*everything*, we tend to default to visual design
> as
> >the central, non-negotiable requirement of the
> >discipline, and while I absolutely believe that it
> is
> >an important and valid path to IxD, I do not
> believe
> >that it is the only one.
> >
> >Katie
> >Katie Albers
> >User Experience Specialist
> >
> >--- David Malouf <dave.ixd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/8/07, Vermette, Joan <Joan.Vermette at fmr.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> >    However, to Nathan's point, conventions for
> "
> >> layout, form /
> >> > counter-form,  typography, imagery, color, etc"
> 
> >> are a little harder to
> >> > come by without schooling...my own learning of
> >> these is very uneven...
> >> 
> >> To Katie's other point ... are these really
> >> necessary to become a
> >> proficient IxD?
> >> Are they a part of the puzzle?
> >> Can someone succeed as an IxD (really succeed)
> w/o
> >> these visual design
> >> components?
> >> 
> >> -- dave
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> David Malouf
> >> http://synapticburn.com/
> >> http://ixda.org/
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> >>
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