Comments on: Design is similar across domains http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains Information architecture, interaction design and much more Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:23:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Donna Maurer http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-710 Donna Maurer Mon, 05 Feb 2007 20:35:01 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-710 Dan - yes, that's a constraint I didn't mention (but did take into consideration - the scarf will be silk and decorative, not warm) Chris - thanks Dave - yes there is a design stage in there. This isn't craft - if it were, I would just copy and tweak something I already had done, or follow a pattern. Instead I have to use quite a big skillset to create something that suits my goals & constraints. So I should have included the iterative aspect of the entire process ;) Dan - yes, that’s a constraint I didn’t mention (but did take into consideration - the scarf will be silk and decorative, not warm)

Chris - thanks

Dave - yes there is a design stage in there. This isn’t craft - if it were, I would just copy and tweak something I already had done, or follow a pattern. Instead I have to use quite a big skillset to create something that suits my goals & constraints. So I should have included the iterative aspect of the entire process ;)

]]> By: Dan Saffer http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-709 Dan Saffer Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:40:28 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-709 A scarf? You do know that Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert, right? :) You forgot a design constraint: context. The solution has to fit the context. :) A scarf? You do know that Las Vegas is in the middle of a desert, right? :)
You forgot a design constraint: context. The solution has to fit the context. :)

]]> By: Chris McLay http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-708 Chris McLay Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:42:25 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-708 Have a read - if you haven't already - "Thoughtful Interaction Design" Löwengren & Stolterman I enjoyed the design discussion more than the specifics on interaction design... Have a read - if you haven’t already - “Thoughtful Interaction Design” Löwengren & Stolterman

I enjoyed the design discussion more than the specifics on interaction design…

]]> By: David Malouf http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-707 David Malouf Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:23:03 +0000 http://maadmob.net/donna/blog/2007/design-is-similar-across-domains#comment-707 HI Donna, But where is the Design stage? I"m sure you had to come up with ideas for what the design would look like, and "sketched" out a few ideas of different color and pattern combinations with guesses of the fabric textures you were hoping for? Otherwise what it looks like above is really just "craft". I don't mean that in a derogatory way at all, but I want to call out that craft is distinct from design and that I'm sure you thought up something GREAT!, but did that thinking go through a design process where you explored through sketching many different ideas and then evaluated, combined, borrowed, "weaved", eliminated elements from each sketch into the final prototype (that you mention above). In our discussion on the IA-Members list, I think this distinction between craft and design may be what was missing. Design does not require any sort of skill of craft, and craft does not require any sort of skill or practice in design. -- dave HI Donna,

But where is the Design stage? I”m sure you had to come up with ideas for what the design would look like, and “sketched” out a few ideas of different color and pattern combinations with guesses of the fabric textures you were hoping for?

Otherwise what it looks like above is really just “craft”. I don’t mean that in a derogatory way at all, but I want to call out that craft is distinct from design and that I’m sure you thought up something GREAT!, but did that thinking go through a design process where you explored through sketching many different ideas and then evaluated, combined, borrowed, “weaved”, eliminated elements from each sketch into the final prototype (that you mention above).

In our discussion on the IA-Members list, I think this distinction between craft and design may be what was missing. Design does not require any sort of skill of craft, and craft does not require any sort of skill or practice in design.

– dave

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