Andy, I got through the mud and to the point of your piece, no worries. In the end, it is OK to disagree and try different methods and learn from those. Fail big, fail often, but you have to try to fail and who knows someone's failure is another person's success.
Some of this debate is on the level of "religious belief". Either you believe steadfastly in foundation and studio, or you are a reformist, or don't even care. There has to be room for all modes, and to be honest, to have those other programs out there to react to better helps more orthodox programs differentiate themselves against that. But like all religions there are reasons for these beliefs and so the discussion is not with each other but rather it is with those listening to the conversation who will be making decisions about their lives and their education. I'd like to clarify my religious stance here though: 1. There is no substitute for in-person, small group, project-based, studio design education. a) 1 it mirrors the ideal working environment outside of the education system (one must learn the ideal b4 they can move away from it. you need to know what you are moving from) b) real-time, in-person critique is a real-world requirement. Design over distance will always be a compromise. Critique is not criticism. 2. Scale is a double-edged sword. Yes, it helps w/ $, but how does it serve the greater good of design and more specifically interaction design All that being said, we have seen 1st and 2nd and even 3rd tier education systems in business, law, accounting, computer arts, etc. If we didn't have Phoenix University we might not appreciate Harvard as much as we do. (Ok, we would but you get my point.) Me? I'd rather just aim for Harvard, Cambridge, Sorboune or more correctly towards RISD, Pratt, RCA, IIT/ID, CCA, Art Center/Pasadena, Cincinnati then try to create something that will sell for its own sake. -- dave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=37349 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
