If I am going to be strict in my definition of design I´d call your current work planning or management.
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From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sandra Bermudez
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Subject: Is this still design?
I was trained as graphic designer and started working as web designer, by the beginning more on the making: drawing interfaces and coding them. As long as the projects were more complex I had to focus more on the definition of the requirements, then on the problem, finally on the people.
That's more UX. When UX was more complex and I had to be accountable to the business, I became Product Manager and then Head of Product. Now I'm also working with my city government in the definition of public policies for AI development.
And I wonder myself: is this still design?
Now I constantly invoke sociology, psychology and humanities principles to face the concerns of my day to day practice. Recently I attended a symposium of techno-sociology and now I feel tempted to address the way I do design as applied sociology.
And yet, we still need "traditional" design.
So, is "strategic" design the evolution of "traditional" design? An opposition? A displacement?
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