i'm with Andrei here. If we are talking about our practice and in the realm of software, I think you should call yourself a "software designer" or an "interface designer". The more I dive into ID the more I realize that the designer's job is to make a final appearance model. if you aren't doing that, then you are just a middle man, and middlemen are just too expendable.
Now!!! I want to add that this is completely different than the "discipline" of Interaction Design. The discipline has a very discreet identity from UI and ID and Architecture, etc. It works with all of these and between them. It is a collection of theories and methods that can be applied horizontally across mediums/technologies/contexts. BUT! if we are talking about software, then heck, you are a UI Designer or a Software Designer. Ya know about 15 years ago or so there was a group called the Software Design Alliance or some such with peeps like Cooper & Kapor deeply involved. it didn't go anywhere at the time, but I think it was just bad timing on their part. IxDA is basically that Org, IMHO re-born in a new generation. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=39701 ________________________________________________________________ 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
