Hello Don and all,
You wrote
> Le 13 nov. 2016 à 19:46, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :
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> I believe that automated design tools of the future will change the way
> designers work, allowing designers to concentrate upon their creativity and
> overall judgment instead of their skill at mechanical tasks and even at the
> traditional craft skills of drawing, and materials, etc.
and though I agree with your belief, I would step aside regarding the relative value given to the activities/tasks (which is maybe not what you think yourself).
It always seems to me that the idea(tion) and the judgment are perceived as the gold nugget of the designer, and the rest (drawing, making mockups, modeling etc.) are the chores of the materialization procedure that we should take rid off.
There are designers for which this might be true. And businesses with an eye on productivity are pushing for that.
But if I can speak for myself (and some designers, in various fields of design, that I know well), sketching, mockups and the time spent in making a design sustain a mental and physical engagement that actually fuel the thinking process. And, in my personal experience, it is very different from being confronted to the evaluation of hundreds of « variants/solutions/alternatives… » that would be generated by myself, assistants, or smart machines. It is, literally, digging deeper in the project itself, rather than looking for solutions. I realized that this was the only way in which a holistic understanding of the thing-to-come could emerge (and isn’t this, by definition, designing?). Maybe those of you who are interested in sketchbooks (e.g. by architects) have noticed that some of them think somehow simultaneously on the building or the planning and some cladding or panel or window detail…
Of course, I am using softwares, and I guess that I might even use some automated softwares if they suit me. But this will not be for a question of (design) time, rather for the robustness they provide when data must be manipulated and transmitted between parties.
If I ever see them, though…
Jean
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