Andrea wrote: > My take and fear on this is that "aesthetics" are deemed > to be not needed in other aspects of interaction, > and are therefore not required as a core skill.
Andrei, I feel like you're tilting at windmills. No one in this thread is suggesting that aesthethics aren't important. I just re-skimmed it to be sure. I believe that aesthetics are even important to the "other aspects of interaction" like service and process flows. I would only point out that aesthetic concerns transcend visual aesthethics. None of the following quotes from this thread should be taken to mean that interaction designers are unaware of aesthetic concerns or dismiss their importance: > IxD exists outside the form. > UI designer delivers the interface, the IxD plans it. > Interface design is the form-giving counterpart > to interaction design. > IxD primary focus is on defining... I believe that understanding and caring about aesthetics makes interaction designers better at their job. But there's a leap from understanding and caring about the fundamentals to being responsible for form-giving. Once you make that leap you're practicing Interface Design. We've had threads in the past that debate whether Interaction Designers should know how to program. Perhaps it would be useful to devote a similar thread to exploring the aesthethic demands on the discipline. // jeff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25077 ________________________________________________________________ *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
