@Jared >#3 is what we'd call Genius Design, in that it leverages the existing >experience and >knowledge of the design team without the need for further >research. We've seen this >many times in our travels and have come to believe >it's a solid style that often has >positive outcomes. Agree, it possible. But do maybe mark already anwsered the question "Genius design Is not a great label or term, but the community at large as failed to come up with anything better... and well, it is in print."?
@ Josephine, > Would you mind very much reviewing it, making the corrections necessary, and > reposting it? Reframed it as following. Guys are keep asking "genius design", and it seems to me some newbie designers take it as a secret path to great design success, which is not a good thing from my understanding. from http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/designing-for-interaction-an-interview-with-dan-saffer "Genius design is when the designer relies on his or her own experience and skill to design, without any input from users. It's done by designers who either don't have the resources or the inclination or temperament to do research. Too often, it is practiced by inexperienced designers with little skill, but it can and has been used by many designers to create impressive things. Reportedly, the iPod was made with no user research, for example. " there's problems from this description, 1. "Reportedly, the iPod was made with no user research, for example". As we know, iPod is not first portable music player. iPod designers may do critical design according to previous music player and the user feedback indirectly(so they do get user's input). Further, apple designer adjust the design generation by generation, what's the driven force? user's feedback. (how it be explained in other way?) 2. "relies on his or her own experience and skills to design, without any input from users". With doubtful iPod case, it's solid to say one cant can create a produce without user's feedback, with one exception, himself is the user ( so he may not visit other user) 3, With one exception, he himself is the user. This is not because of genius design but because he's the user so he can understand user from his own using experience. Genius is died (or never existed there), thy user is long-life. There's genius designer instead of genius design, who 1. has good sense of good or bad design 2. come up with spark design solutions according to insight on user 3. can empathy with user effectively Regards, Jarod -- http://designforuse.blogspot.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
