Will, You raise a super point that I hadn't really thought about. Am I really doing all I can? In the clear light of day, no. I'm not. While a studio program isn't readily available to me, I'm also not doing anything else to further my education on my own.. I'll go back through the IxDA archives to find suggestions for books, tutorials, case studies, etc. I appreciate the intellectual kick in the pants.
Ben Vaughan On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 11:46 AM, Will Evans <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the funny/ironical part of the whole discussion: > "Interaction Design is MORE than technical skills." > > Technical skills/craft is extremely important, but do not a designer make." > > I would ad that design school is neither a sufficient nor necessary > requirement to be a designer, though the more pedagogically inclined may > disagree with me simply to be disagreeable. > > Um - yes- a design studio work is good too, in addition, though I don't > necessarily believe the hype, I mean orthodoxy, that Only by means of a > formal design education with studio work/formal critical/community of > practice like mentor/apprentice structure can a great IxDer emerge, > Further - those that would argue can only from a place of a false premise > based on Faith, for there is no substantiated research that backs up their > gut feeling) > > But all that misses the point because very few people/very very few - do > all the things that they could possibly do that doesn't involved > formal/meatspace training in a school or design studio. We talk a bit about > all that can be learned from books, etc (and how key skills are missing) - > but the fact remains - most people don't even do that (read all there is to > read), which is of course the easiest way to at least augment the day by day > practice of actually doing it. I highly recommend for many reasons getting > formal design education, or training in a studio environment, but if thats > simply not possible - are you doing everything else that really is possible > first? Really? > > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [email protected] > http://blog.semanticfoundry.com > aim: semanticwill > gtalk: semanticwill > twitter: semanticwill ________________________________________________________________ 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
