Thanks - you are also right in that design is a process.
It needs talent to function and this talent stands on the shoulders of the
art and crafts movement - and sometimes this process is reduced to an
instantaneous moment of inspiration after considerable 'process' in the
part of the brain we really know little about.
It is a like a combustion engine placed in medieaval times. The medieaval
folk would know what to press and eliminate to modify the engine
performance - yet no clue as to 'how'. Cutting out and shocking parts of
the brain modify it's performance too, (surprise, surprise)
We are still in a dark ages reference this process of design talent.
Why is it, that sometimes instantaneous - and on the toilet (or middle of
night, etc) - that the best design occurs?
Finally, in eliminating talent - can a useful design process even begin?
So, what is this kernel of talent and why the instantaneous design 'muse'.
I don't know either, but it seems pretty crucial to studying design as a
research activity.
Glenn Johnson
Industrial Design Manager
Industrial Design Studio, B/E Aerospace Inc.
1455 Fairchild Rd. Winston-Salem NC 27105-4588 USA
Tel. (1) 336 744 3143 Fax. (1) 336 744 6934
http://www.beaerospace.com/
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