Thanks for the responses so far. You are confirming my own beliefs pauric wrote: > Without knowing the members it would seem that this is a > misunderstanding in the normal process of design and implementation. > The produced 'work of art' should be an interactive prototype with > dummy data backed up with research.
That's exactly what I would expect. Jeff White wrote: > But, perhaps the gap between between academia and industry would be > smaller if academics were more encouraged to go through the process of > actually getting their research based designs built and deployed, in > some way. The criteria in Jack's case could have been - "go through > the process of actually building and launching your product. If you > fail, no biggie, but tell us what you learned." I can appreciate this, and I certainly encourage my students to take things as far as they can given their constraints. As I said, she is, in fact, pursuing this. However, that is a significant undertaking for a student, and while I think she has what it takes to see it through, it may take longer than is realistic to expect her to continue paying tuition just so she can finish it and get her diploma. Failure, while "no biggie", could cost another $25,000 or so. If she has done the research, the design, some prototyping, and can communicate that process and an understanding of what it would take to follow through, I would argue that's sufficient. Jack Jack L. Moffett Interaction Designer inmedius 412.459.0310 x219 http://www.inmedius.com When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only of how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong. - R. Buckminster Fuller ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
