On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Christopher Fahey < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There is basically little to no invitation for actual designers to > become business players. Designers -- we, the people who practice > design and actually design things -- are simply not an integral part > of the design thinking school of thought. > > Sometimes it's more than omission. Sometimes they are even actively > hostile, painting us as obstacles. Nussbaum even says so, directly (if > a little facetiously). And the designers who read it lap it up: > "Are Designers the Enemy of Design?" > http://tinyurl.com/29q667 > A quote from the article: "Back to the backlash against design. Designers suck because they are also IGNORANT, especially about sustainability. The rap against designers is that they design CRAP that hurts the planet. That's the argument." Designers might be ignorant about many things, just like business people are. However that's one mindbogglingly juvenile (ignorant?) argument. Designers *are paid* to drive the consumption, just like salesmen are paid for sales -- should we blame sales clerks at Target for luck of sustainable consumption? Here is cute, yet surprisingly insightful explanation of current state of affairs with sustainability: http://www.storyofstuff.com/. The gist is articulated at 12 min: "The ultimate purpose of American economy is to produce more consumer goods" -- the economic advisor to president Eisenhower. "People should not be afraid to shop" -- president Bush. Designers have not invented that little golden consumption arrow in the clip. -- Oleh Kovalchuke Interaction Design is design of time http://www.tangospring.com/IxDtopicWhatIsInteractionDesign.htm ________________________________________________________________ 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
