I would be very cautious about this topic. We don't even know definitively what an Interaction Designer is, let alone how we were all educated.
While we are some 30 years into our existence (depending on what you consider a "start date") the reality is that most of us a) got to "interaction designer" in the most convoluted of paths 2) don't even have the title of "interaction designer" I would ask you, before submitting your research question, what is the focus of intention of the research you want to do? Cmoparison to what end? Why those professions? What similarities do they have to IxD? I find it odd that you wouldn't rather look at say other better defined design positions such as graphic designer and industrial designer and maybe even architecture (most formalized, requiring licensing.) This is a topic though I have been giving a ton of attention to lately. I was at a little mini-summit during IDSA in Miami last month and it was depressing how even a solid design discipline like Industrial Design is STILL struggling with core issues of "what should we be teaching?" ... It really speaks to the state of complexity of the world we now live in. Anyway, that's my take. It obviously didn't answer your question, but I feel it adds to the conversation your question implies. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47104 ________________________________________________________________ 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
