[IxDA Discuss] Designing versus Responding

2008-10-28 Thread Jerome Ryckborst
Yesterday one of my colleagues said that, when solving a problem, the response IS the design. (That is, Response and Design are interchangeable synonyms.) Really: Response = Design and Design = Response? Isn't it that Design _leads_to_ the Response? In my view, Design requires analysis and

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Designing versus Responding

2008-10-28 Thread Will Evans
Design is both the act of creation (verb); [THE] Design is a deliverable. To use the word response seems like a misuse of the word. If one starts by defining a problem/space, proceeds through various brainstorming/ideation activities/and produces some artifact - that artifact could be THE design,