I also think it really depends on the collborative environment you want to work in. I have had much more success working with great visual/3D folks than doing it on my own. They are deep in viz and I'm deep in IxD and the combination is rocket fuel when applied well.
So I don't think this is an always situation at all. I have been giving some thought to this b/c I think the answer depends a lot of your perspective when you answer it. If I were to think about this from a career path/education perspective, I actually agree MORE with Andrei than not. What I mean is that I don't think that there is a real path for an entry level interaction designer (purist). IxD is best when it is work done in conjunction with form design (graphic or industrial). The next level of education is mastery in Interaction outside of any specific medium (or across any medium). This is like converting from a screen writer to a creative writer regardless of medium. The goal of the master grad is to be able to direct, not to build directly and work with great form-giving talent while guiding the narrative & interactive aesthetics to the next level. The one thing I totally agree on with Andrei is that none of this is theory for theory sake. Theory w/o a grounding in practice is mental-masturbation. And practice w/o grounding in theory is just a waste of time and resources. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=34316 ________________________________________________________________ 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
