Hi Peyush, It may be a stretched analogy, but the point I was trying to make as David Malouf states is that the architect/interaction designer is empowered by having in-depth technical knowledge of his/her domain. Take the famous spanish architect Calatrava, he was trained as a structural engineer and because of this he could do things that other architects could not.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/The_Turning_Torso% 2C_Malmo.JPG Moving back to interaction design, a practical scenario of where in depth technical knowledge would be of benefit is say an interaction designer has an idea for a new interface component using the in house graphics framework. He goes to the developer responsible with the request, the developer takes a look and gives a flat no. The developer knows the component maybe possible, but maybe is a word that they don't like. If the interaction designer through their knowledge of programming and the framework knows thats its a maybe and not the flat no they have received, he/she can make a decision on whether or not to go forward with the component and also share in the responsibility of it working. Getting back to the architecture analogy, in Spain the architect is legally responsible for the building staying up where as this responsibility lies with the structural engineer in other countries. By the interaction designer also being responsible and having the power to go with a component I think that like Calatrava, new and better interfaces can be designed. Suppose what I am trying to say is that the hard/soft developer/ designer gap that is mentioned in the manifesto that IXDA.org was born out of can be bridged by interaction designer also having technical training and being involved and responsible for their designs working both at a user level and a technical development level. On 14 Apr 2008, at 16:23, Peyush Agarwal wrote: > Hello Gavin, > With due respect, your description of the relationship of > architects and structural engineers is so far off, I almost don't > know where to begin! You are trying to explain a computing design > phenomenon with an example that simply doesn't hold water. ________________________________________________________________ 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
