> what academic courses have proven to be the most valuable in providing you > with the conceptual and practical skills to succeed at your profession??
courses I sat architectural design studio - particularly the 2nd year project: design a house for gaston bachelard - intro'd me to phenomenology, its application to design, and the movement between theory and practice that an idea can take. design history & theory - 'cause it burst my bubble and made me realise a *lot* of stuff had already been done graduate research methods (with a design focus) - got me looking at research *through* design & reflective practice courses I taught design for new environments - teaching graphic designers about users and ixd - taught me a lot about all three design for community - the next iteration of the above course, with focused context - ditto, but in different ways > what academic courses were not valuable? the usual skills based "how to use photoshop/illustrator/software/hardware blah blah" courses (both sat and taught) They're pretty useless except that they taught me what was stupid about this approach. ...and how to use it as camouflage to get ixd in under the radar. ________________________________________________________________ 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
