@Christian, interesting that you mentioned the Target designer lines.
That was actually subject of the conversation Saturday and how,
regardless of success they helped bring design to the mainstream a
little bit more.
@Colleen, I agree wholeheartedly that a background in fields other
than design
David Farkas wrote:
With that in mind I ask what are we, the new generation of designers,
missing from the puzzle?
Speaking from my experience as an engineer working with designers,
history of the domain. Nobody can be an expert on everything,
obviously, but you should know something about
On Nov 2, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Gretchen Anderson wrote:
Worth pointing out @peterme's latest tweet:
"I'm always disappointed 2 get a resume from designers who went from
undergrad straight 2 grad skool. The real world, ppl! Live it!"
I kind of agree. You can't get design judgement experience in s
Worth pointing out @peterme's latest tweet:
"I'm always disappointed 2 get a resume from designers who went from
undergrad straight 2 grad skool. The real world, ppl! Live it!"
I kind of agree. You can't get design judgement experience in skool. You
can get lots of insight about the process and
On Nov 2, 2009, at 1:14 PM, David Farkas wrote:
Where will this trend of 'breeding
designers since youth' take the field as opposed to our educators
who found
design after years of practicing in other disciplines?
I too come to Interaction Design from a straight, educational path.
Howev
You asked:
With that in mind I ask what are we, the new generation of designers,
missing from the puzzle?
Some answers:
- I got into the game before there was a lot of formal training around
IxD/UX. That's the reason many of us oldsters have backgrounds that are
different.
- What's missing from d
This past weekend Carnegie Mellon University held their Homecoming
celebrations. As a part of that, the School of Design celebrated their 75th
year as well as the recognition as the oldest ID school in the country.
Among an afternoon of events was a panel in which five alumni, dating from
the Class
