> I think Jared Spool's talk on the Amazon is a perfect example. The fact that Amazon is able to turn inventory 25 days > faster than it's credit line, floating cash, making interest instead of paying interest is by Design. It's not an accident. It's > by Design. They've designed their business model that way.
This is a perfect example. Sure this is designed, but by business professionals. Just like engineers design trusses for bridges. This has nothing to do with IxD or <Insert favorite UX acronym here> Design. And again, I'm not saying that we have no input in business modelling. We should influence it, but the final solution & accountability rests with business professionals. Todd, do you then agree that anyone can (UX) Design? -Vishal On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel <li...@toddwarfel.com>wrote: > > On Jun 18, 2009, at 12:20 PM, Vishal Iyer wrote: > > That does not make business models a part of design. On the contrary, > design is a part of the business model. > > > I fail to see how design can be a part of the business model w/o the > business model being part of Design. Not taking into account the business > model is a Design failure. > > I think Jared Spool's talk on the Amazon is a perfect example. The fact > that Amazon is able to turn inventory 25 days faster than it's credit line, > floating cash, making interest instead of paying interest is by Design. It's > not an accident. It's by Design. They've designed their business model that > way. > > In the case of Fever, the decision to make it $30 and whether or not to > offer a demo is by design. Shaun designed the business model for Fever that > way. He may have very good reason to do so, but it's still by design. > > So, exactly how is the business model not part of Design? > > > Cheers! > > Todd Zaki Warfel > Principal Design Researcher > Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. > ---------------------------------- > *Contact Info* > Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: t...@messagefirst.com > AIM: twar...@mac.com > Blog: http://toddwarfel.com <http://toddwarfel/> > Twitter: zakiwarfel > ---------------------------------- > In theory, theory and practice are the same. > In practice, they are not. > > > > > -- -Vishal http://www.vishaliyer.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
