I agree with Philip for the most part, though I share Mark's split between frustration and appreciation.
Although it's understandably a weird feeling to have government involvement in what has purely been a creative space, I also feel there's a lot of opportunity to do good here - There are a ton of government services that could benefit from proper application of design thinking, for the good of the country. As for being 'tied to the government', it doesn't seem like there will be Men in Black peeking over your shoulder every time you fire up Illustrator, at least from my reading :) It might be good to look at the way the UK Design Council operates and examine the role it plays and the effect it has on the design community there. While flawed at the moment, I think it's certainly an effort worth pursuing, with substantial input from the community. But that's the iterative design process, right? Point #6 worries me substantially, however; I feel like it would be a bit of a boondoggle at best, and a vehicle for manipulating the flow of grants or other financial benefits at worst. ________________________________________________________________ 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
