Unfortunately not at the moment. We are trying... but cultural change  
in a corporate environment is difficult. Right now I work (and do not  
preside) in a cross between what Dave describes and an agency  
environment. About half the work is collaborative, but not all.

I have run and worked in environments like what Dave is calling  
'studio'. It can be amazing.

Mark


On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:44 PM, Adrian Howard wrote:

>
> On 26 Jan 2008, at 17:27, Mark Schraad wrote:
> [snip]
>> Look at the roster of designers at IDEO, Cooper, Razorfish... and so
>> many other firms. If you look up their qualifications, you will find
>> lots of very qualified people doing great work that do not have a
>> formal design education. Lots of good professional designers do NOT
>> have deep theory or a craft background. This is not an component that
>> is required (but I would agree that it has a huge upside) no matter
>> how much we wish it so. And, it can be learned in a good work
>> environment. Frankly, I believe that foundation skills are much
>> easier to teach in a working environment than user/customer empathy
>> and market vision.
> [snip]
>
> I've also found teaching in the workplace to be effective. I wonder
> if your working environment resembles the studio system that David
> described?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adrian
>
>
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