Since what I was saying was, in fact, intended to be silly. I had hoped that was obvious... I'll only defend "The Science of Art"
Think of that phrase to mean the science behind how art does what art does. Art has always been something magical. I mean magical in the old sense. There are practices and methods and forms which if you follow will produce results. Somewhat like if you have a slab of iron and you pray over it while heating it, then hammer paper prayers into it as you fold it, to imbue the iron with the magic of those prayers. The end result will be steel. And in certain places in Japan this process is still carried out for ceremonial swords. That is what art has been. But we are now able to separate the superstition of art from what really matters. What I meant, and it was really the only serious point I was trying to make, was that IxD is the space between a need, and the tool that meets that need. A space that is traditionally held by someone who takes a superstitious path to design. Be it software design, our field's foundation, or some of the many fields we've branched out to handle as well. We apply the scientific method to what has normally been the whim of artists. Even if that art were programmer art. Especially on the web, where most of our growth has been. And where the design of pages has historically been the exclusive domain of graphic designers, at least of the AAA professional level. I flowered it all up with other metaphors and such. I was trying to get the gist of us across without going into great detail. Because, as in this email, a short description won't do a better job of explaining our gist, so why not attempt to inject something more in it to at least make it enjoyable to read? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=40209 ________________________________________________________________ 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
