I would suggest that this division of the design field may originate from the fact that the WDS seemed first devised as a professional meeting in which the professional associations had to play a central role. In Quebec, and most probably in Canada, the six disciplines lined up for the event, are the fields that are regulated by professional corporations or benefit from the strongest membership. (With the notable absence of UXers who benefit from their own strong independent networks of institutions) In our part of the world (at least), there is quite a few orphan and emerging trends in design (service design, social design, system design, gamification, and the like) that still didn’t give rise to any large associative effort.
But then, I bet that some of the organizers of the WDS would argue that the event they organize is the best opportunity to « put our fist on the table » (can we say that in english?) and show professional associations that they still have some catching up to do. I’m inclined to think that they could be right.
Cheers !
Philippe Gauthier, D. Sociologie
Professeur agrégé
Directeur, groupe design ∩ société
www.gds.umontreal.ca <http://www.gds.umontreal.ca/>
Université de Montréal
École de design
Faculté de l'aménagement
Case Postale 6128, succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal (Québec)
CANADA H3C 3J7
Téléphone : (514) 343-6138
Télécopieur : (514) 343-5694
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