Having taken a path similar to others here, starting out as a graphic/web designer and evolving with the web towards doing more interaction design, I find that there are challenges for both strategies, being a generalist or specialist.
I personally crave to be a specialist, but having other skills like drawing or coding allow me to be more thoroughly involved. Also, going beyond the touch points of your area of specialization can be an opportunity to refine your own skills in your specialty. For example, it might be that some graphic designers can do some beautiful, clear visual styling but a certain segment have more of an itch to delve below the skin - and explore the added dimension of interaction. Print designers are really missing out on this kind of fun - I guess that makes up for the web's lesser typographical control. I digress - what I initially wanted to say, that when there is a team of specialists, the challenge is communication. Hence lots of time documenting and discussing. If there is some fantastical person who can do both, they are far more instrumental in achieving the goals of the project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=33500 ________________________________________________________________ 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
