Isaac, Full disclosure, I am one of the teachers and helped develop material for the design strategy and design research days. UXI was designed primarily to give attendees hands on experience with tools and techniques that we have found effective in our practice. Each day is more geared to the application of theory in practice rather than delving deep into the underpinnings of what we do and why we do it. There is a pretty comprehensive bibliography for most of the days that goes deep into the theory side of things.
In regard to the design strategy day, it's geared to give the designer tools to a) bridge the gap between business objectives and design outcomes and b) better communicate the value of design to the people s/he works with. I hope this helps clarify a few things for you. If you have any other questions the content or schedule (both practical or theoretical), drop me a line at henning [at] adaptivepath [dot] com. One last thing, the UXI 2009 will have a lot of revised and new content this year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38469 ________________________________________________________________ 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
