Where should I start? I fear that this discussion will end in a fierce debate concerning the meaning of the term 'design' -- one that has probably occurred several times on this list (and elsewhere). There might even be a secondary debate on the meaning of the term 'interaction'.
Nevertheless, coming from an engineering background, there are several streams of design in engineering where aesthetics play no role at all. Then there is organization design, service design and systems design where again, aesthetics, if it is an issue, is at best peripheral. If you ask me personally, I would tell you that aesthetics should be integral -- but I recognize that that is a personal value of mine, one that I would like to evangelize, but one that is not universally shared, since it is not essential to design (in many domains of design). Aesthetics is an issue only where: a) there exists human interaction with the design, b) the human interaction involves the senses, mainly visual and auditory, probably, and, c) aesthetics are a key aspect of the perceived or real usability or acceptance of the thing designed. Now I beginning to wonder if there will occur a fierce debate on the meaning of 'aesthetics'. - murli On Feb 1, 2008 9:45 AM, Andrei Herasimchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2008, at 7:44 PM, Pankaj Chawla wrote: > > > On 2/1/08, Andrei Herasimchuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I know of no formalized design profession in existence in this modern > >> world where aesthetics, both material and immaterial, are not > >> integral in some fashion to the practice of the discipline. > > > > Integral, yes; fundamental no. > > Ok... I'm game. What other formalized design profession is this true > for? What other formalized design discipline exists where aesthetics > are not fundamental? > > > > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > ________________________________________________________________ *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
