On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 9:10 AM, Carl Alviani <[email protected]> wrote:
> The level of discourse and soul-searching within the IxD community is > incredibly high, and its theoretical tenets get debated with a > precision rarely seen in [many other professional communities], but that > discourse rarely seems to > extend beyond the realm of theory, at least in the view of the > outside observer. > Took the words right out of my [draft]! ;o) > What do Interaction Designers do that nobody else does? > > And what don't Interaction Designers do, that other designers do? Great questions. I feel like it is less important to draw distinctions than to just describe the activities. I'd suggest the key question is just "what do those who call themselves 'interaction designers' do?" It's not so much how they define themselves or how they think about themselves or how they call themselves. >From what I've observed of the state of the industry today, at least, there is both a lot of diversity in focus/subject matter but a lot of overlap in essential activities. And as I said in the other related thread, it seems to me that "ux designer" is a better term to describe those essential, common activities. Actually, the summary on the IxDA about page is pretty good, IMO, though still kinda vague. Anyways, Carl, nice to have you here. I hope your questions will be answered. -ambrose ________________________________________________________________ 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
