On Jan 26, 2008 9:02 AM, Mark Schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A designer is a person the arranges elements in a final order for a > specific purpose. Those elements can be visual, physical or > conceptual. The designer develops a strategy either prior to or while > executing this arrangement. >
Ack!!!! Being a designer is not focused on the artifacts or decisions we make. That is focusing way too much on craft. Being a designer is about HOW! we make those artifacts & the decisions we make. By your definition above, anyone who does any sort of creativity is a designer. There is more to it than that. > A professional designer is one who generates their livelihood by > designing. > > Qualifications: > > Has been trained by a designer > Has attended design school > Has experience designing > Has achieved a level of quality consistent with the medium or domain > Proclaims themselves a designer > Displays a creative tendency > Bought a Mac (kidding) Talk about USELESS. What's the point? I especially like (NOT) the inclusion of "Proclaims themselves a designer". > As we work to further educate our audience and bring ourselves into > some consistency of message this bears keeping in mind. MBA's, > engineers, executives, HR people and biz dev people do not see > themselves as designers, but in this sense they often are. The do > however see themselves as qualified to make many many design decisions. Yes, and this is a problem b/c 1) they lack foundational education in both craft and theory 2) it devalues the true expertise of those who ARE designers 3) it leads to bad design Being a collaborator and contributor in a design process does not make one a designer. The fact that these people are making "design decisions" is usually a sign of corporate cultural flaws more than a sign of "innovation" or "design thinking" taking hold in the organization. -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ________________________________________________________________ *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
