On Nov 13, 2007, at 8:23 AM, Matthew Nish-Lapidus wrote: > I also think this sounds a little strange... shouldn't we design for > our specific medium? The medium dictates how the user/viewer will > interact with the product, and thus effect the design. I don't see > any way around that....
I've been working on a new blog post regarding this subject, and I gave the first iteration of a talk about this very topic in Utrecht, Holland a few weeks ago at a CHI Nederland event. The PDF of that talk can be found at: http://www.designbyfire.nl/documents/think_center_design_edge.pdf I'm hoping the new blog post and my thoughts that better explain this presentation go live in the next two weeks or so. Since giving the talk in Holland, I've figured out some better means of communicating the larger point that I need to rework in. I'm also going to be giving this talk at Yahoo! in the next couple of weeks and should have a lot more of the pieces in place. The short summary for me is that the core design definitions come first, technology agnostic. Then once these core pieces are defined for any particular product, you then work towards the specific medium dealing with its specific technology constraints. The example I use to describe this is to think of the graphic designer working on a business system. They define the color, logo, type, and other core brand elements first, then figure out how to express that brand on envelopes, letterhead, signage, packaging, etc. More on it in the near future though. -- Andrei Herasimchuk Principal, Involution Studios innovating the digital world e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] c. +1 408 306 6422 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.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
