I was thinking about the qualities of good Interaction Designers (and also comparing and contrasting the profession to that of IA, Graphic Designer, etc.) It hit me that what was missing from this list - is time-based arts: music, dance, etc. Then I thought of Tai Chi and American Sign Language.
After thinking about why that was important -I settled on this suggestion for the list: Time based activities and arts which combine rhythm, pattern, physical movement, communication, and language. Some examples: dance, tai-chi, and choreography. This also addresses Dave's desire to develop skills which are medium agnostic. -Donna Fritzsche On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:41:09 -0700, Dan Saffer wrote > On Jun 22, 2008, at 5:54 AM, Adam Connor wrote: > > > I think it would be great if IxDA came up with a proposed curriculum > > that could be used by schools to build new offerings in the IxD field. > > As a thought experiment, here are my dream courses for undergrad and > grad (Master's): > > UNDERGRADUATE > > Year 1: > Sketching and Modeling > Introduction to Typography > Industrial Design Fundamentals > Introduction to Programming > Writing Fundamentals > > Year 2: > Intermediate Industrial Design > Intermediate Typography > Information Design and Visualization > Introduction to Cognitive Psychology > Design History > > Year 3: > Design Research > Digital Prototyping > Physical Computing > Design Theory > Interface Design > > Year 4: > Senior Project > Studio: Projects with New Technology > Advanced Topics (CD, ID, CS, Psychology, Anthropology) > Current Topics in IxD > Documenting Systems > > Ideally, there would be a mix of humanities classes in here as well. > > GRADUATE > > Year 1: > Refresher Courses (sampler as per undergrad courses) > Design Theory > Design Strategy > Design Research Analysis > Business Fundamentals > > Year 2: > Master's Thesis > Master's Project > Design Management > Advanced Topics (CD, ID, CS, Psychology, Anthropology) > Current Topics in IxD > > What's your list? > > Dan > > Dan Saffer, M.Des., IDSA > Experience Design Director, Adaptive Path > http://www.adaptivepath.com > http://www.odannyboy.com > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
