Thanks Don. And please maybe share Bruce's talk if its published post-talk.
Perhaps a real value in Core77 and this list is staging the argument, the
bazaar model of socializing an inquiry. You can't get people to engage in
wikis and Twitter in this depth, I think that's why email lists serve so
well.
I still consider Dick Buchanan's minding that "design has no subject matter"
and that designing as a craft is skilled performance learned by apprenticing
and applying. Domain expertise is learned by continuity and socialization,
not reading and quick study. I think a spectrum of domain expertise needs to
be considered for senior designers, where a world-class designer specializes
in a select few domains because - at first - these projects are high impact
and rewarding. Then as field expertise accrues, they become invaluable
senior advisors in a given field and can serve in social capacities such as
authors, congressional or expert witnesses. Like you have in several fields.
I'm finishing a chapter on medical and patient education for a Rosenfeld
book I'm feverishly finishing (http://designforcare.com ) The residency
model of education has been called a craft practice by the medical
literature, and I think there are lessons to be learned from medicine for
design studio apprenticeship.
More later, thanks, Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Norman [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:19 AM
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Subject: Re: Design: Dismay and delight
Peter (and list readers)
(During a break in the Milan conference -- Just heard a great talk by Bruce
Brown of Brighton on "economies of meaning.")
I am trying hard to write a piece on design education. I have now decided
that the generalist-specialist argument is wrong with regard to designers.
Designers are not generalists, they are specialists in design, and what they
offer is a unique point of view and approach to problem solving.
Designers must work with domain experts. Many designers pride themselves on
being quick learners, able to acquire considerable relevant domain expertise
quickly, deep enough to be able to interact intelligently with the real
domain experts.
But I am still trying to work out the argument.
Don
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