I'm going to avoid the definition of "design" bit here until someone pours me a nice beer in a pub in Savannah ...
But as to this question ... A sense and appreciation of aesthetic is a requirement. "artsy" is a bit random to me. But to be able to look at a Yugo and distinguish its aesthetic qualities from a mini and understand that they both define themselves functionally with the word "small" and that's where they stop to me is a key. someone said this: "You should be able to think logically, sequentially" Yikes!!! that is engineering, not design. In fact it is the ability to think and connect non-sequentially that is design. (Ok, I got into a bit of definition war there, and it is up to you not to fall for the bait.) Being open to the serendipity and illogical connections that the natural human free association mind can make to create unique, novel, and beautiful ideas come to life. Now getting back to Interaction design. What separates IxD from other disciplines is that it is behind form and so many of the craftside of other design disciplines are important for us to understand as "purists" of interaction design, but not required. However (big however) few of us are in a position where we can complete ignore the making of things as a primary means of communicating appropriately how it is we want forms to behave. Cooper often speaks of the dualing roles of designer and design communicator, but to me the dual should be designer and designer (interaction designer and ID/Visual/Interactive Designer - your choice). These 2 roles should be glued to the hip throughout a project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23732 ________________________________________________________________ *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
