Ken,
Sorry, I did not read the full contexual text because I have been
working on some presentations.
I was responding only to the quote I saw which seemed to be saying that
designers were not capaple of analytic approach. I know that some
designers are and I hope that in the future more will be as training at
design schools moves beyond the traditional craft skills. The sort of
approach that Bryan is taking is helping to develop new effective
processes for designers to cooperate with anthropologists and
researchers. This type of cooperative process was developed last century
to allow engineers and designers to work productively together. UCI may
be able to help in training designers with better skills in this area. I
did not mean to seem to be personally attacking you but just defending
some of the better designers out there who I believe have equally good
analytic skills as some of the best engineers and scientists. I was just
replying to the quote which seemed to be (out of context) unfair to my
colleagues.
I tried to call you but couldn't get through.
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>>> Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]> 12/05/03 03:04PM >>>
Rob and other friends,
David misrepresented what I said by taking my words
out of context. I do not wish to respond at the moment.
So many issues were tangled and misconceived that I
want to reflect on whether to respond and what kind
of response to offer.
If you want to respond to David's claims, feel free. Justr
don't mix me up in it, and please don't mistake David's
mis-statement of my views for the views I hold.
Rob, you should especially recognize the fact that I tend
to agree with what you said. You can't confuse one sentence
out of context in a polemical attack as a fair representation
of my carefully delimited post.
As you well know, I share many of Bryan Byrnes's views
on these issues and many of Susan Squires's. They invited
me to write the concluding chapter to their book.
If you want to argue with me on some point, fire away. But
please don't argue at me over a single phrase ripped out
of the context of a specific, delimited argument. Argue with
my views and not with a misrepresentation.
--
Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management
Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
Faculty of Art, Media, and Design
Staffordshire University
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