On Oct 15, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Will Evans wrote:
I have seen some great interactions. I have known some fantastic
interaction
designs. I have also know some fantastic visual designs/designer/s.
the two
sets are orthogonal and do not overlap - I have not met one great
IxDer that
was also a great visual designer. Not even in La-la SF/bay area
moonbat
treehugger land.
Will, perhaps you haven't, but we exist nonetheless. I have known
many, and I'm sure there are many others on this list that can claim
both skill sets. I've even known a couple that are extremely talented
in IxD and GD, and are decent programmers.
Your assertion that Interaction Design and Visual Design are
orthogonal couldn't be more wrong. It is a perfectly logical route to
move from Graphic/Communication Design into Interaction Design. It is
also completely natural for an Industrial Designer to practice IxD.
The training in either field is a perfect background to build upon.
Do I then believe, like Andrei, that an IxDer must have this
combination? No. I've known enough very talented IxDers that aren't
visual designers to be disabused of such a notion. Do I believe that
visual design skills make an IxDer better than s/he would be without
them? Absolutely.
But to argue that a designer can't be both? I'm sorry, Will, but you
don't have a leg to stand on.
Best,
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
inmedius
412.459.0310 x219
http://www.inmedius.com
First, recognize that the ‘right’ requirements
are in principle unknowable by users, customers
and designers at the start.
Devise the design process, and the formal
agreement between designers and customers and users,
to be sensitive to what is learnt by any of the
parties as the design evolves.
- J.C. Jones
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