I think that this 'magic' in design idea is an interesting concept to explore. On the one hand, we intuitively sense that there is a special something that makes a design great rather than merely good. But if we can't exactly place it, does that mean that it is in fact unknowable at a rational level, or does it mean that we just don't have enough knowledge to understand it (yet). It's the difference between attributing human consciousness to the existence of a soul vs. attributing it to neuronal activity. If that analogy holds, we might as well abandon all hope for reconciliation between the two sides on this issue...
-eva Joseph said: > In my experience, a good design process merely enables talented individuals > to design well. A good process insures that the designer(s) are not unaware > of key criteria for the design. A good design process iterates without > losing the magic of the core design. But the outcome of the process still > relies centrally on the talents of the designer(s). As I said earlier, if > the designer isn't very talented, a good design team may insure that the > horse that started with only two legs ends up with four. But if you don't > have a talented designer you'll never end up with a racehorse. -- Eva Kaniasty http://www.linkedin.com/in/kaniasty ________________________________________________________________ *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
