On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Dave Wood <i...@bazaar.me.uk> wrote:
> and any guidance on whether Design Patterns is just a synonym for > Design Models or something different. I have a few academic papers > that cite Christopher Alexander's name. > Yes, for seminal work, Alexander is the (physical architecture) design patterns guy. I recommend his *The Timeless Way of Building*. For software design patterns from a slightly more academic perspective, this is maybe a good start: http://hillside.net/patterns/about/. Lots of folks have built on these ideas in the software industry. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about how they relate to what you think of as design models. -Ambrose "Quince" Little ;) ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
