I have a new question with group work in IxD. How do we harness the power of the ego in our work?
I know there is a long tradition of squashing the individual designer in UX/HCI, but as IxD transitions more towards a traditional arts design discipline (pendulum swing of the moment so to speak) how do we encourage, harness, and catalyze the power behind the individual ego that makes other traditional design disciplines so compelling, moving and soulful? Recently through a great group project here at SCAD, I noticed that we had some amazing egos in the room. They are industrial designers after all, but the project's success even as a group project seemed to be based on the reality of the vision truly being owned by an individual (or two) and then that vision being pushed through, assimilated by the team, so that by the end of the project, the ownership really seemed to fall back onto the group again. (not 100%, but spread enough that the individual got lost again; in a good way). -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=47452 ________________________________________________________________ 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
