[IxDA Discuss] Anti Read: Want to build the next ?hot? technology?

[Mark Schraad]

I think I have mentioned this here before, but when it is hard to get  
design students to even have an interest is learning something called  
systems design,  courses in css/html are extremely popular. So, you  
teach the basics of systems design using css...


On Sep 8, 2007, at 7:48 PM, Taneem Talukdar wrote:

> Or alternatively, students could also perhaps take an entire degree  
> program in Systems Design... :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Taneem Talukdar
> Candidate for Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Design  
> Engineering (4th year)
> University of Waterloo, ON, Canada
>
> http://www.systems.uwaterloo.ca/
> http://www.systems.uwaterloo.ca/systems_design_definition.htm
> http://www.systems.uwaterloo.ca/course_curriculum.htm
>
> On 9/5/07, James Leftwich, IDSA <jleft at orbitnet.com> wrote:
> Nah, I think we're saying the same thing, but you were more concise
> and correct as to where this thinking stems.  I'd been introduced to
> systems engineering back in the early  '80s and it's always been part
> of my way of thinking and approach to things.
>
> I used to have "Systems Design" on my cards, back in the 80s and 90s,
> but was never sure if people understood all the things that implied.
> This just points out that it would probably be a good thing for
> design students to be run through a systems thinking course as part
> of their education.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:32 PM, Mark Schraad wrote:
>
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Sorry if I came off a bit flipant. But many of us have been working
> > in systems design doing, from what I can tell from your
> > description, just this for years.  It certainly stems from the
> > systems engineering methodologies, but is prevelent in brand,
> > corporate identity and most evident in software and web design.
> > Though many systems are fairly closed and heavily managed, they can
> > also be very open and adaptable. Likewise the degree of simplicity
> > or conversely the complexity varies significantly.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> >
> > Mark
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