Milan,I'm not talking about all courses, but specifically the courses in IxD. There is a very distinct difference between these courses of study. In fact, in the US there are currently 2 active courses in IxD from a design perspective at all. There are other programs that talk about IxD, but not from a design perspective.
Your course of study sounds very similar to what in the use is "Interactive Design". -- dave On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Milan Guenther <[email protected]> wrote: > > In the US a very scientific approach was formed. It built off the > > work being done in Human Factors and called itself HCI & its method > > collection as User-centered Design. > > In other parts of the world, especially in Europe, designers began > > applying THEIR methods and practices to understanding this in a > > fairly different way. > > There are some on this list, including myself, who attended a design > school in Europe. I would like to know if this is really so different > from the US in terms of teaching. > > I graduated in Communication Design, and there was a sub-field called > "Interactive Systems" where I did most of my coursework. Now, after > completing, there are also "Interface Design", "Interaction Design" and > "Information Design" courses emerging in Germany. They have UCD classes, > we didn't. > Yes, we didn't care much about formal HCI or Usability issues, in fact > most of the knowledge about these things I acquired in self-study. Just > as mastering some code and design apps, but that is expected from any > student at my school, because classes are essentially about studio work. > There are no Photoshop or HTML classes. Some theory courses centered > around art, semiotics, systems and media theory. > > > I think that it is from here (That Euro school of design thing) that > > many are unaware of, b/c they haven't looked for it, or otherwise > > experienced it, but THIS is what for me has made IxDA and IxD a > > But why then IxDA was created by Americans, in the US? > I think it is the mix of HCI knowledge and Design methods that makes the > difference. > > milan > > -- > milan guenther * interaction design > ||| | | |||| || |||||||| | || | || > > +33 6 67 11 13 83 * www.guenther.cx > > -- Dave Malouf http://davemalouf.com/ http://twitter.com/daveixd http://scad.edu/industrialdesign http://ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
