I want to. But I wonder if it is mostly a marketing position (differentiation) and lip service. Though they do show up at the Cooper-Hewitt as a sponsor. Regardless of commitment and intent, they do positively effect the general publics sensitivity to good design, which is a good thing.
On Mar 25, 2008, at 8:47 PM, W Evans wrote: > Actually - I do consider Target a design patron. I don't know their > numbers, but its evident they spent a lot of time and money on > their e-commerce site and while it may not win any design awards - > I think its very effective. I would say that the entire IxD > experience there is no better or worse than Amazon - and that says > something. > > On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 8:28 PM, mark schraad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > Actually a very cool town. Lots if industry headquarters by midwest > standards and the headquarters of Target (if you consider them a > design patron). > > > On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr wrote: > > >> > >> UX Intensive in June is in Minneapolis... > > > > > > Strangely, this is the second conference I've heard about in two > > days that > > will be in Minneapolis. It's also only the second conference I've > > heard > > about in my life that will be held in Minneapolis. > > > > -r- > > ________________________________________________________________ > > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > > > > -- > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------- > Will Evans | CrowdSprout > tel +1.617.281.1281 | fax +1.617.507.6016 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ________________________________________________________________ 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
