Okay, so then how would you distinguish between an interaction designer and a functional designer? Are they the same?
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:08:41, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've used the term functional design to help our clients understand > the different roles within the design process. The IAs are > responsible for the functional design while the visual designers are > responsible for the design of the form. > > When you add to this, form should follow function, you have an adage > that helps explain why you want to get your wireframes done before > the comps. > > I think this also serves project teams to better understand the role > in a project. If the final design looks like a coat of paint was put > on a wireframe, then the project team is not working well together. > conversely, if the wireframes are merely suggestions to the > designers, then you also have a problem. > > But to think of design as form following function, you have a mental > model to help a team work together. The IA designs the functions of > the application, the visual designer does the form. > > Finally, the best design happens in an iterative fashion (no one can > get a design perfect on the first try). > > When you put this all together, you have form and function design > tracks interweaving and building on each other... with the functional > track starting just before the design track. > > Anyway, that is how I explain it to my clients. > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://gamma.ixda.org/discuss?post=21651 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- Russell Wilson Blog: http://www.dexodesign.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
