Dave, If I am understanding you correctly, you are saying that you prefer to be in a particular position or phase of the process -- but doesn't the process, looked at as a whole, still end up in an interface?
If this is the case, then I would say that there is already plenty of room within the discipline of interaction design for specialists, principles, generalists, etc. There are many architects who have a role analogous to the one you describe, but they are still very much architects, because they need to understand the whole in order to do their part of it -- and the ultimate purpose of the process is still designing a building. Joseph Selbie Founder, CEO Tristream Web Application Design http://www.tristream.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave malouf Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Defining UCD (and other things) I think in the end I'm very happy NOT designing things, but rather I'd be the more influential person designing the ideas and telling the person who design things what I want them to do and if they don't get it right, tell them to do it again. Or ... Collaborate with experts in form making w/ my expertise in dialog creation. This is what I do now, and I have to say this sort of co-designing to me is the model that I would like to see pushed forward. Being charge of interaction and form is nice but some subjects are just more complex and when you are working at that level of complexity (digital/analog eco-systems and services) its great to apply design theory and practice in this way. things are commodities. ideas generate true value. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24685 ________________________________________________________________ *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 ________________________________________________________________ *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
