To cindy's point, patterns usually don't involve the aesthetic presentation, which is very open. for example one might call a Cathedral ceiling in order to create a hollowed feeling a pattern, but there are an infinite number of ways to create that Cathedral ceiling.
At the heart of Alexander's work is that Patterns ARE. They are primarily a description of what already exists, but then through conversion of being described as a pattern is canonized. They are not rules for what you have to do, but rather suggestions for how previously similar "problems" have been solved "with success". Patterns further can be innovated, they can be nested and scaled. To answer Christian. I "believe" in patterns, but am uncertain to how to best make them work in a living real workspace given my experience. I fall between the line academic who loves "pattern recognition" and a "gotta get it done" person. As for the facebook reference, you are the "Chris" (sorry about that) I was alluding to in your status message where you said you wished you were in Chicago because you were wondering about whether or not it all is worth it. -- dave On 10/16/07, Cindy Blue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Semantics aside, my point was simply that even within large, beautiful > structures there will always be some elements that do not need to be > redesigned everytime. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Dante Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Tue 10/16/2007 3:11 PM > *To:* Cindy Blue; Mark Schraad; David Malouf > *Cc:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Subject:* RE: [IxDA Discuss] Recap: Chicago IxDA's Pattern > Libraryconversation > > That would be a standard, not a pattern. > > This is an important distinction because a standard represents a > requirement, while a pattern represents a design element. > > Dante Murphy | Director of Information Architecture | D I G I T A S H E > A L T H > 229 South 18th Street, 2nd Floor | Rittenhouse Square | Philadelphia, PA > 19103 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.digitashealth.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > On Behalf Of > Cindy Blue > > > Surely there are patterns for things like how many square feet to > allocate for a bathroom stall, right? > > -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
