Dude - you are so spot on for a number of those - especially true with some of the best visual designers I know :-)
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:38 PM, Troy Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I say this half jokingly about the Graphic, Broadcast and Motion Designers: > > > Obsession - bordering on OCD, rare that I see good design that isn't an a > reflection of burning > Perfectionism - > Isolation - generally a happy bubble where they can be a piece with their > alternate realities. > Lack of Accountability / Reality - "It's due on 1 hr, but I'm not happy > let's start again..." > Pixel Perfect Perception - I've seen designers who from about 6 feet away > can tell something's a pixel off > Color Perfect Perception - I've seen designers who will immediately pick up > if a laptops brightness settings are one notch off. > Command - Benevolent Dictators > Communication - must be highly adept visual, social emotive communicators, > able to excite others with their ideas *insert hand waving* > Pride - Ego and self worth and work are deeply intertwined. > > > For IXDers > > Compassion - they care about customers experience > Thinking in time - they understand that a user's experience is more than a > collection of pages. Motion conveys meaning and emotion. > Collaboration - that the best products require a multi-disciplinary > approach, tech design, motion. > Self Awareness of Limitations - find it easy to ask for help when > Constant Searching for the 'real' User - personas > Abstraction - ability to normalize many functions/screens into fewer > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- ~ will "Where you innovate, how you innovate, and what you innovate are design problems" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Will Evans | User Experience Architect tel: +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: semanticwill | gtalk: wkevans4 twitter: semanticwill | skype: semanticwill --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ 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
