if terry can't find an alternative for tying his own shoes, he wouldn't qualify as a lay designer much less as a professional one.
to me, a professional designer proposes artifacts or practices of benefit to others who would not have thought of them on their own.
klaus
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On Sep 4, 2013, at 15:20, "Charles Burnette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Sabine,
>
> Right on!. But then Terry might not be able to "tie" his shoes!
>
> Chuck
>
> On Sep 4, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Sabine Junginger wrote:
>
>>
>> A designer might simply do away with the shoe lace :)
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>>
>> On 4 Sep 2013, at 14:59, Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>> Yoad, Terry, Ken and colleagues
>>>
>>> Yoad is right! My quick response was not what it should have been. Designing is not defined by what is given - shoe laces that need tying to hold a shoe to a foot, rocks on a beach, or the circumstances of any situation that becomes the focus of a need or a desire to change them or their expression. Designing is, instead, based on the intentional stance one takes toward the circumstances of interest. A design stance includes the desire to improve the expression of the focal circumstances as they are or as they may develop. In this case a designer is one who approaches tying a shoe as an opportunity to tie it in a better, more pleasing, more satisfying way (as a fashion designer might do, although probably by changing materials, patterns, and technology as well as the actions involved.)
>>>
>>> Thanks Yoad,
>>> Chuck
>
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