I have been asked by quite a few folks now, can there be exceptions for X or Y group b/c that school only does group work?
The answer has to be "No" at this stage in the game. I realize that a lot of great designs will be missed through this process and maybe we have learned some lessons along the way as this is the first time we are doing this. But the current structure of the competition isn't just about the best designs, but also about the best designer. And thus, group work would not aid us in determining who that might be. Further, it has been suggested that an individual submit on behalf of a group. But this is not fair to the individuals who truly did individual work as obviously group work should and would be more impressive in scale and regardless of the objectivity of the criteria the scale would definitely impact the jury. Now, in my own classes I teach group work and individual work. I went into this thinking that my current students were not going to be able to submit anything. But as I was grading recent work I realized that even small projects can "exemplify excellence in IxD" and have encouraged them to submit that work as well. I will be sequestering myself from judging all of my own students' work, as would any of the other jury members. Anyway, I thought it reasonable to put this information out here for everyone. I encourage any educator or professional with interest in education to contact me to discuss how we can improve the competition for the next go around. As stated from the beginning this will be evolutionary since unlike other design disciplines educators are not so in sync about what is the right way to educate interaction design. This is one of the reasons for the competition. -- dave Dave Malouf Prof. Interaction Design Industrial Design Savannah College of Art & Design http://iact.in/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
