Jack, is this a design degree or a research degree? A design degree is about craft. Craft is about making.
to answer Mark, an architect IS expected to build something. Either in 3D tools creating walk through virtual spaces, or to build in balsa and other materials a representation of the space. They are required to do this, so that anyone who comes to the piece understands what the designer is trying to communicate. If all i delievered was a sketch and blueprints, this would not come through. I think Jonas nailed in on the head. You have to be able to prototype, b/c if you can't interact with the solution, you haven't actually made something that has interaction design modeled enough to communicate those interactions. The subtelties of IxD require that transition, flow, and movement are all part of the ending "make" deliverable. Everything else is just falling short of the real need. At the masters level you have to make something. This is very different from a deployable and production ready system. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23446 ________________________________________________________________ *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
