Don— instead of reaching for more specificity in the nomenclature (which is already the status quo), perhaps we ought to be fierce generalists in opposition to mistaken pronouncements and oversimplifications.
i.e., let’s just call it all “design” and be more persuasive—or at least louder—than the other fools shouting about it.
-arjun
> On Jun 27, 2018, at 2:33 PM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> It is so much fun to start a thread on this list and then see how it
> wanders hither and thither.
>
> ---
> I am NOT (and am not) interested in defining design or deciding what is or
> is not a part of Design.
>
> I was simply concerned with the fact that many people (Lay folks and
> professional designers alike), believe that Design is one thing, and so
> they make pronouncements about "design" that are false for many of the
> legitimate areas of design.
>
> I was wondering if there was some other word (or phrases) we could use to
> describe what we do that would avoid this false over-simplifications.
>
> --
> the best suggestion I have heard is always to use adjectives to specify the
> area of concern.
>
>
> - Fashion design
> - Automobile styling (or design)
> - Interaction design
> - Industrial Design
> - Typography
> - Graphic design
> - Communication design
> - service design
> - x design ( chose your own adjective. X = hair, clothing, interior,
> landscape, traffic signals, automation, machines for killing people,
> clothing, ice cream, ... )
>
>
> Eh?
>
> Don
>
>
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