Thanks Dave,
Though I must admit I agree, I'm not sure what a service entails in the
long run for design profession, nevermind scholarship. I think
commercial focused design is reasonably short lived, historically. It
seems to be winding down in fact. Is this what you are referring to as
service? Perhaps you could explain further?
CD Evans
On 22 Nov 2005, at 16:00, PHD-DESIGN automatic digest system wrote:
> Which brings me in a roundabout way to my endorsement of CD Evans'
> plea:
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>> Is it possible that a bunch of designers could send nicer looking =20
>> emails, you know validate your thoughts by creating a clear statement?
> With so much talk about design being 'user-driven', 'sustainable' =20
> etc., perhaps we need to practice what we preach. If design is such a
> =20=
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> force for good, let's apply a little to design thinking and =20
> scholarship. Now that would be a unique contribution to scholarship!
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> I suspect, if we did, we might get DESIGN scholarship taken more =20
> seriously, 'as service'.
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> David
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